Brian T. Flinn

Brian T. Flinn serves as Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Central Connecticut State University. He maintains an active exhibition career with over two decades of solo and group shows, including recent solo exhibitions at Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT, and international presentations in Romania.

His artistic practice explores texture, form, and symbolic communication through painting, drawing, mixed media, and digital assemblage. Key series include "Message In a Bottle" (2017), "Reliquaries" (2015), and the 2023 exhibition "Adjusted Intentions," demonstrating evolving investigations into materiality and visual language. Flinn's work frequently engages with themes of loss, transformation, and spatial relationships across diverse media.

Flinn has received significant recognition including the Artistic Excellence Award from Oxford Cultural Arts Commission (2017) and First Place at Visions from Veterans (2016). His award history reflects consistent excellence in both traditional and experimental formats:

• Artistic Excellence Award, Oxford Cultural Arts Commission, Oxford, CT (2017)
• First Place Award, Visions from Veterans, Valley Arts Council, Derby, CT (2016)
• Honorable Mention, Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2, Art-Competition.net (2015)
• Honorable Mention, MAC 650 Gallery, Middletown, CT (2014)
• Juror’s Award, Canton Gallery On the Green, Canton, CT (2012)
• Juror’s Award, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT (2012)
• Juror’s Award, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT (2011)
• Juror’s Award, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT (2007)
• Best in Photography Award, CT Academy of Fine Arts (2007)
• Silver Gavel Award, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT (2004)
• Best in Graphics Award, CT Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic, CT (2003)
• Juror’s Award, Canton Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT (1995)

No information is available regarding student advisement or grant-funded research projects. His professional activities emphasize exhibition curation and jury service, including roles for Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards and Kehler Liddell Gallery exhibitions.

Press coverage in the New Haven Independent and Daily Nutmeg highlights his community engagement, though studio practices appear individually focused without documented collaborative laboratories or research teams.