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        • Bre Shanahan: Flux Forest, Jul. 3-24, 2026
        • Vick Naresh & Ravinder Ruprai: Gatekeepers, Jun. 2-27, 2026
        • Mark Prier: On Conjuration, Apr. 2-28, 2026
        • John Haney: The Dog that Caught the Car, Mar. 5 - Apr. 12, 2026
        • Brian Kelly: flotsam & jetsam, Jan. 24 - Mar. 1, 2026
      • 2025 >
        • Group Show: One, Two, Three, Dec. 10-23, 2025
        • Stephen Altena and Andrew McPhail: Vignette / Mackenzie Browning: Vessels, Nov. 4-30, 2025
        • Michael Allgoewer: ...being a history of the West (in 7 stations), Sept. 2-28, 2025
        • Adam Matak: Keep It Together, Aug. 2-29, 2025
        • Mike Hansen: You caught me singing in the shower, Jul. 1-26, 2025
        • Andrea Carvalho, Kristina Durka, & Matthew Tegel: Porus, Jun. 5-28, 2025
        • Sarah Sproule: Variations on a form, May 3-31, 2025
        • Nancy Anne McPhee and young collaborators: Stagecraft, Apr. 11-29, 2025
        • Natasja Bischoff and Nathan Eugene Carson: Connect, Mar. 1-29, 2025
        • Nathan Eugene Carson, Christopher Reid Flock, Veneda Jane, Maureen Locke, Ryan Nesbitt, & Laura Wagner: Progressions: A dialogue in clay, Feb. 1-28, 2025
        • Vick Naresh: You are many faces, Jan. 6-28, 2025
      • 2024 >
        • Breanna Shanahan: Glares from a past / Glances of a future, Nov. 14 - Dec. 1, 2024
        • Angela Busse: Surge + Flow, Oct. 10 - Nov. 5, 2024
        • Mark Prier: Pulp, Sept. 4-28, 2024
        • John Haney: Landfall, Aug. 9-28, 2024
        • Corinne Duchesne: Self-ish, Jul. 3 - Aug. 6, 2024
        • Brian Kelly: Gemini, May 4-30, 2024
        • Stephen Altena: Everything's Gone Green, Jun. 4-30, 2024
        • Matt Walker & Michael Allgoewer: Space Between: Equal Time, Apr. 1-30, 2024
        • Andrew McPhail, Lindy Fyfe, & Urmas Lüüs: Piecework, Mar. 4-31, 2024
        • Adam Matak: All that we wish to stay, Feb 2 - Mar. 1, 2024
        • Natasja Bischoff & Reuben Bischoff-Hadala: Deathinator, Jan. 1-31, 2024
      • 2023 >
        • Kristina Durka, Sarah Sproule, & Laura Brandreth: PART of the FURNITURE, Nov. 3-30, 2023
        • Christopher Reid Flock: The Structures Within, Oct. 1-31, 2023
        • Mothra, Aug. 5-27, 2023
        • Dan Gibbons, Nancy Anne McPhee, Philippa Gibbons, Helena Gibbons: Twilight Craft Table, Jul. 2023
        • Angela Busse: Gore Park: a 3D exploration, Jun. 3-29, 2023
        • Breanna Shanahan: Green Prescriptions and other colours amid boundaries and blades of grass, May 5-28, 2023
        • Vick Naresh: A Sequence of Events, Apr. 1-30, 2023
        • Stephen Altena: Frolic, Mar. 4-31, 2023
        • Brian Kelly: ... for my cat Annie (RIP) a poem, Feb. 2-28, 2023
        • Sarah Kernohan, Gareth Lichty, & Mark Prier: again and again and again, Jan. 6-29, 2023
      • 2022 >
        • Christopher Reid Flock: Shards, Dec. 1-31, 2022
        • Adam Matak: (in)organic, Nov. 2-29, 2022
        • John Haney: Received Wisdom, Oct. 8-30, 2022
        • Andrew McPhail: Boo Who, Jul. 4-30, 2022
        • Jeanne Fries & Sarah Sproule: Veneration, May 2-28, 2022
        • Angela Busse: Urban Interstices, Apr. 2-30, 2022
        • Natasja Bischoff & Nancy Benoy: Nb2, March 2022
        • Andy DeCola, Colin Bowers, Nicholas Zirk, & Cameron Wylie: Lost in the supermarket, Feb. 2022
      • 2021 >
        • Mark Prier: Jubilee, Oct. 2-27, 2021
        • Corinne Duchesne: Your kiss needs more tongue, Mar. 4-28, 2021
      • 2020 >
        • Andrew McPhail, Matthew Varey, & Steve Newberry: Pricks: Men Who Sew, Dec. 5-23, 2020
        • Michael Allgoewer: Marking Time, Nov. 5 - Dec. 3, 2020
        • Adam Matak: Let a Thousand Blossoms Bloom, Oct. 9 - Nov. 2, 2020
        • John Haney: Sea Change / The Garden, Feb. 1 - Mar. 1, 2020
      • 2019 >
        • Nancy Anne McPhee: Solid State, Aug. 31 - Sept. 29, 2019
        • Andrew McPhail: TEXTiles/This is not an AIDS quilt, Aug. 1-31, 2019
        • Andrea Carvalho: no flowers, no cake, Jun. 3 -30, 2019
        • Abedar Kamgari: Alef, beh, and other necessities, May 3-27, 2019
        • ​Sylvia Nickerson: break in to break out/all we have left is this, Apr. 2019
        • David Trautrimas: ​ The Lake Dives Where The Earth Curves, Jan. 4-26, 2019
      • 2018 >
        • Mia Sandhu: Soft Kaur, Nov. 2018
        • John Farr, Evelyn Kelch, & Brian Kelly: Trouble Light, Oct. 2018
        • ​Stephen Altena: The Miss Philippa Savary Residency, Elton House, Bath UK, Sept. 2018
        • Steve Mazza: (me)mentos, Aug. 3-25, 2018
        • Summer School, curated by Andy DeCola, Jun. 29 - Jul. 28, 2018
        • John Haney: The Angel of History, May 4-26, 2018
        • Andrea Carvalho: Light From Two Sides, Apr. 6-28, 2018
        • Andrew McPhail: Grudge, Mar. 2018
        • Dan Gibbons: Slump, Feb. 9 - Mar. 3, 2018
        • Stephen Altena: Another Spring, Jan. 5 - Feb. 3, 2018
      • 2017 >
        • Group Show: Generalists Die in Bed, Dec. 8-22, 2017
        • David Trautrimas: ...itself, by an ellipsis, Nov. 10 - Dec. 2, 2017
        • Fiona Kinsella: In Progress, Oct. 6 - Nov. 4, 2017
        • Margaret Flood: Something Round / Melissa Neil: smoking lake, Sept. 2017
        • Jacqui Oakley & Jamie Lawson: Drowned World, Aug. 2017
        • Brandon Vickerd: Monuments to a Perfect Future, Jul. 2017
        • Gary Barwin, Laine Groeneweg, Stephanie Vegh, & Steve Mazza: The Library of Known Planets, Jun. 2017
        • Andy DeCola: Where is my Mind?, May 12 - Jun. 3, 2017
        • Brian Kelly: Fridge Magnets, Apr. 14 - May 6, 2017
        • Svava Thordis Juliusson: Piles, Mar. 10 - Apr. 8, 2017
        • Nancy Anne McPhee: Still Life with Flowers, Feb. 10 - Mar. 4
        • Daniel Hutchinson: Delta Flowers, Jan. 7 - Feb. 4, 2017
      • 2016 >
        • Group Show: Sad Lights, Dec. 2016
        • John Haney: Working in the Dark, Nov. 11 - Dec. 3, 2016
  • Artists
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    • Andrew McPhail
    • Adam Matak
    • Angela Busse
    • Breanna Shanahan
    • Dan Gibbons
    • Christopher Reid Flock
    • Corinne Duchesne
    • Brian Kelly
    • John Haney
    • Kristina Durka
    • Mark Prier
    • Michael Allgoewer
    • Mike Hansen
    • Nancy Anne McPhee
    • Natasja Bischoff
    • Ravinder Ruprai
    • Sarah Sproule
    • Stephen Altena
    • Vick Naresh
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Christopher Reid Flock

THE STRUCTURES WITHIN
An exhibition of 12 limited edition and one off digital prints

​October, 1st - 31st, 2023
​

Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 7th, 6-9pm


In my journey with clay, I find myself deeply immersed in the malleable nature of my craft, constantly shaping and reshaping ideas and forms. A process that mirrors the greater algorithmic dance, I believe, we unknowingly participate in, extending from our sustenance to the systems that structure our lives.

The collection of 12 digital prints here captures a mental landscape that traverses the tumultuous period from mid-Covid to the present day. These images of vulnerability are a chronicle of my journey through this transformative era.

I've arrived at these images through a unique compression of time and the careful management of place. However, only some things I wished to capture through my lens could be framed. In those instances, I've turned to a sequence of words, phrases, and thoughts generated with an AI calculator. Testament to the strange turn of events brought about by COVID and my exploration of new tools.

The unexpected intersection of Covid-induced vulnerability, the employment of unfamiliar technological tools, and my artistic expression have left me feeling exposed, deconstructed, and paradoxically imploding, I am a wanderer in search of a home amidst a discombobulated world. Through my work, I aim to unravel the enigmatic interplay between the tangible and the algorithmic, inviting viewers to contemplate the complex tapestry of our existence within a system that often operates beyond our control.

- Christopher Reid Flock


www.studioreid.com
IG @christopherreidflock

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  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • Current
    • Past >
      • 2026 >
        • ​Nancy Anne McPhee: Highway, Sept. 4-26, 2026
        • ​Natasja Bischoff & Kristy Woudstra: Built & Quilt, Aug. 7-29, 2026
        • Bre Shanahan: Flux Forest, Jul. 3-24, 2026
        • Vick Naresh & Ravinder Ruprai: Gatekeepers, Jun. 2-27, 2026
        • Mark Prier: On Conjuration, Apr. 2-28, 2026
        • John Haney: The Dog that Caught the Car, Mar. 5 - Apr. 12, 2026
        • Brian Kelly: flotsam & jetsam, Jan. 24 - Mar. 1, 2026
      • 2025 >
        • Group Show: One, Two, Three, Dec. 10-23, 2025
        • Stephen Altena and Andrew McPhail: Vignette / Mackenzie Browning: Vessels, Nov. 4-30, 2025
        • Michael Allgoewer: ...being a history of the West (in 7 stations), Sept. 2-28, 2025
        • Adam Matak: Keep It Together, Aug. 2-29, 2025
        • Mike Hansen: You caught me singing in the shower, Jul. 1-26, 2025
        • Andrea Carvalho, Kristina Durka, & Matthew Tegel: Porus, Jun. 5-28, 2025
        • Sarah Sproule: Variations on a form, May 3-31, 2025
        • Nancy Anne McPhee and young collaborators: Stagecraft, Apr. 11-29, 2025
        • Natasja Bischoff and Nathan Eugene Carson: Connect, Mar. 1-29, 2025
        • Nathan Eugene Carson, Christopher Reid Flock, Veneda Jane, Maureen Locke, Ryan Nesbitt, & Laura Wagner: Progressions: A dialogue in clay, Feb. 1-28, 2025
        • Vick Naresh: You are many faces, Jan. 6-28, 2025
      • 2024 >
        • Breanna Shanahan: Glares from a past / Glances of a future, Nov. 14 - Dec. 1, 2024
        • Angela Busse: Surge + Flow, Oct. 10 - Nov. 5, 2024
        • Mark Prier: Pulp, Sept. 4-28, 2024
        • John Haney: Landfall, Aug. 9-28, 2024
        • Corinne Duchesne: Self-ish, Jul. 3 - Aug. 6, 2024
        • Brian Kelly: Gemini, May 4-30, 2024
        • Stephen Altena: Everything's Gone Green, Jun. 4-30, 2024
        • Matt Walker & Michael Allgoewer: Space Between: Equal Time, Apr. 1-30, 2024
        • Andrew McPhail, Lindy Fyfe, & Urmas Lüüs: Piecework, Mar. 4-31, 2024
        • Adam Matak: All that we wish to stay, Feb 2 - Mar. 1, 2024
        • Natasja Bischoff & Reuben Bischoff-Hadala: Deathinator, Jan. 1-31, 2024
      • 2023 >
        • Kristina Durka, Sarah Sproule, & Laura Brandreth: PART of the FURNITURE, Nov. 3-30, 2023
        • Christopher Reid Flock: The Structures Within, Oct. 1-31, 2023
        • Mothra, Aug. 5-27, 2023
        • Dan Gibbons, Nancy Anne McPhee, Philippa Gibbons, Helena Gibbons: Twilight Craft Table, Jul. 2023
        • Angela Busse: Gore Park: a 3D exploration, Jun. 3-29, 2023
        • Breanna Shanahan: Green Prescriptions and other colours amid boundaries and blades of grass, May 5-28, 2023
        • Vick Naresh: A Sequence of Events, Apr. 1-30, 2023
        • Stephen Altena: Frolic, Mar. 4-31, 2023
        • Brian Kelly: ... for my cat Annie (RIP) a poem, Feb. 2-28, 2023
        • Sarah Kernohan, Gareth Lichty, & Mark Prier: again and again and again, Jan. 6-29, 2023
      • 2022 >
        • Christopher Reid Flock: Shards, Dec. 1-31, 2022
        • Adam Matak: (in)organic, Nov. 2-29, 2022
        • John Haney: Received Wisdom, Oct. 8-30, 2022
        • Andrew McPhail: Boo Who, Jul. 4-30, 2022
        • Jeanne Fries & Sarah Sproule: Veneration, May 2-28, 2022
        • Angela Busse: Urban Interstices, Apr. 2-30, 2022
        • Natasja Bischoff & Nancy Benoy: Nb2, March 2022
        • Andy DeCola, Colin Bowers, Nicholas Zirk, & Cameron Wylie: Lost in the supermarket, Feb. 2022
      • 2021 >
        • Mark Prier: Jubilee, Oct. 2-27, 2021
        • Corinne Duchesne: Your kiss needs more tongue, Mar. 4-28, 2021
      • 2020 >
        • Andrew McPhail, Matthew Varey, & Steve Newberry: Pricks: Men Who Sew, Dec. 5-23, 2020
        • Michael Allgoewer: Marking Time, Nov. 5 - Dec. 3, 2020
        • Adam Matak: Let a Thousand Blossoms Bloom, Oct. 9 - Nov. 2, 2020
        • John Haney: Sea Change / The Garden, Feb. 1 - Mar. 1, 2020
      • 2019 >
        • Nancy Anne McPhee: Solid State, Aug. 31 - Sept. 29, 2019
        • Andrew McPhail: TEXTiles/This is not an AIDS quilt, Aug. 1-31, 2019
        • Andrea Carvalho: no flowers, no cake, Jun. 3 -30, 2019
        • Abedar Kamgari: Alef, beh, and other necessities, May 3-27, 2019
        • ​Sylvia Nickerson: break in to break out/all we have left is this, Apr. 2019
        • David Trautrimas: ​ The Lake Dives Where The Earth Curves, Jan. 4-26, 2019
      • 2018 >
        • Mia Sandhu: Soft Kaur, Nov. 2018
        • John Farr, Evelyn Kelch, & Brian Kelly: Trouble Light, Oct. 2018
        • ​Stephen Altena: The Miss Philippa Savary Residency, Elton House, Bath UK, Sept. 2018
        • Steve Mazza: (me)mentos, Aug. 3-25, 2018
        • Summer School, curated by Andy DeCola, Jun. 29 - Jul. 28, 2018
        • John Haney: The Angel of History, May 4-26, 2018
        • Andrea Carvalho: Light From Two Sides, Apr. 6-28, 2018
        • Andrew McPhail: Grudge, Mar. 2018
        • Dan Gibbons: Slump, Feb. 9 - Mar. 3, 2018
        • Stephen Altena: Another Spring, Jan. 5 - Feb. 3, 2018
      • 2017 >
        • Group Show: Generalists Die in Bed, Dec. 8-22, 2017
        • David Trautrimas: ...itself, by an ellipsis, Nov. 10 - Dec. 2, 2017
        • Fiona Kinsella: In Progress, Oct. 6 - Nov. 4, 2017
        • Margaret Flood: Something Round / Melissa Neil: smoking lake, Sept. 2017
        • Jacqui Oakley & Jamie Lawson: Drowned World, Aug. 2017
        • Brandon Vickerd: Monuments to a Perfect Future, Jul. 2017
        • Gary Barwin, Laine Groeneweg, Stephanie Vegh, & Steve Mazza: The Library of Known Planets, Jun. 2017
        • Andy DeCola: Where is my Mind?, May 12 - Jun. 3, 2017
        • Brian Kelly: Fridge Magnets, Apr. 14 - May 6, 2017
        • Svava Thordis Juliusson: Piles, Mar. 10 - Apr. 8, 2017
        • Nancy Anne McPhee: Still Life with Flowers, Feb. 10 - Mar. 4
        • Daniel Hutchinson: Delta Flowers, Jan. 7 - Feb. 4, 2017
      • 2016 >
        • Group Show: Sad Lights, Dec. 2016
        • John Haney: Working in the Dark, Nov. 11 - Dec. 3, 2016
  • Artists
    • Andrea Carvalho
    • Andrew McPhail
    • Adam Matak
    • Angela Busse
    • Breanna Shanahan
    • Dan Gibbons
    • Christopher Reid Flock
    • Corinne Duchesne
    • Brian Kelly
    • John Haney
    • Kristina Durka
    • Mark Prier
    • Michael Allgoewer
    • Mike Hansen
    • Nancy Anne McPhee
    • Natasja Bischoff
    • Ravinder Ruprai
    • Sarah Sproule
    • Stephen Altena
    • Vick Naresh
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