Collection: CHRISTOPHER REID FLOCK

Christopher Reid Flock began a ceramic mentorship with Canadian ceramist Kayo O'Young in 1997 followed by ceramic studies at Sheridan College School of Ceramic Design. In 1999, Flock moved to Japan initiating a self guided cultural and studio emersion. Returning to Canada in 2009, Flock unpacked the ten years of study through numerous community activities, national and international exhibitions.

In 2014, Flock initiated a world first with Siemens Canada and Mohawk College in CT scanning a 6000BCE Jomon-yaki vessel. Employing traditional clay processes with rapid prototyping he questioned process and cultural engagement from a colonial perspective with historical clay artifact as institutional play thing.

A short listed candidate for the permanent outdoor ceramic sculpture, Gardiner Museum,
Recipient of the 2014 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics, the 2015 Founders Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, through the support of three Canada Council for the Arts grants, and an MFA in 2022, Flock continues to push the clay envelope.

His work can be found in international private collections, the Canadian Embassy in Paris,
France, the permanent collection at the Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, the Residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, Permanent collection at the Clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo, Canada, the Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Canada, the Taoxichuan permanent collection, Jingdezhen, China, Pioneer Petroleum Head Office, Burlington, Canada, and Denton’s International Head Office, Toronto, Canada.