About
Flor Kent was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, and subsequently lived in USA, Bahrain and UK. Since early on, she had a strong interest in both science and art and pursued both careers, doctor and artist, committed to developing them academically and professionally over the years. The effect of this symbiotic relationship between art and science has enriched her skills, informed her work and given an added dimension to both of her professional practices. In UV dependent Iris After the Flood, elements of nature combine with man made materials to offer the viewer a visual feast of colour, light and shapes.In her nominal Für das Kind installation at Liverpool Street Station, she combined challenging science inert gas technology with art to deliver a unique and complex response to a unique and complex subject in history.
Kent’s Für das Kind Project was pivotal in bringing the then relatively unknown historical subject of the Kindertransports into the public spotlight. It also contributed greatly in the gathering and documentation of information and materials for academic study and research, and it served as subject matter graduate student’s dissertations. The project’s many offshoots include the Für das Kind Kindertransport Objects Collection at the Imperial War Museum in London, the Für das Kind Museum in Vienna, traveling exhibitions, collaborations with other artists,and inevitably the eventual appearance of controversial derivative works.
Kent focuses in site-specific projects but enjoys creating a wide range of studio based work. In both, she oftentimes combines a diverse practice of installation, sculpture, painting, etching and drawing to challenge the subjects, and respond to spaces. She continues to explore the issues of science, behaviour, nature, history, culture and inextricably politics, translating her observations into visual form.
Kent’s works are in private collections and public spaces worldwide.
Education
MA Site-Specific Sculpture, University of the Arts -Wimbledon School of Art,London, UK
Post-Graduate in Advanced Prosthodontics, University of Illinois Medical Centre, Chicago, USA
Odontologo/ DMD (Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Bachelor in Science, Colegio Moral y Luces HB, Caracas, Venezuela
Public Artworks
2015
Eva Heyman, Bãlcescu Park, Oradea, Rumania
2014
Für Das Kind, Vienna District 3, Für das Kind Memorial Museum, Vienna, Austria
2011
Für Das Kind Displaced, Liverpool Street Station, London, UK
2009
Für Das Kind Prague/ Pro Dítě, Hlavni Nadrazi Central Station, Prague, Czech Republic
2008
Für Das Kind, Vienna, Westbahnhof Station, Vienna, Austria
2003
Für Das Kind, Liverpool Street Station, London, UK
2002
Nativity, Matterhorn Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland
2001
Memories of a Seagull, Tout Quarry, Portland, UK
2000
Iris After the Flood, Cannizaro Park, London, UK
2000
Color Picker, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
1999
Reflexions, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
1998
Bodies of Evidence, Cannizzaro Park, London, UK
Exhibitions
2017
International Summer Art Show, Rocca Sforzesca, Soncino, Italy
2012
IJAYA- 4th International Artist of the Year, Ben Uri Gallery- London Jewish Museum of Art, London
2010
Inner Voices, Red Gate Gallery, London
2007
Run Rabbit, Run, Gallery Primo Alonso, London IJAYA- 3rd International Artist of the Year Award, Ben Uri Gallery,London
2005
Landmark East International Ideas Competition, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk, UK Big Arts Week, Aboutsbury School, London Via Dolorosa, Art Beyond Belief, Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge,UK Via Dolorosa, Art Beyond Belief, St Mary’s Church. Slough, UK Arte Venezolano del Siglo XXI, En Honor a Jesús Soto, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela The International Jewish Award, Ben Uri Gallery, London
2004
Landmark East international Ideas Competition, Cambridge, Norwich & Chelmsford, UK Big Art Challenge -The UK Art Prize, Channel 4, 2004. London Eco Goat, Big Arts Week, Wimbledon Park School, London Challenge the Nail Exhibition, Salon des Arts, London
2003
Für Das Kind, Liverpool Street Station, London
2002
Annual Picture Fair, The Ben Uri Gallery, London FUSE: AFTER DOLLY: An Art/Science Initiative for,CIWF Trust, London
2001
J Artists Awards, Candid Art Gallery, London
2000
GLA Art Exhibition, Greater London Authority, London *Curator & Artist Degree Show, Wimbledon School of Art, London Cannizaro Park Sculpture Exhibition, London The One Minutes Award, The 4th Kunsvlaai, Amsterdam, Holland Color Picker, Wimbledon School of Art, London
1999
Merton Arts Festival, Merton Civic Hall, London The Ideal Home Show, Earls Court, London Speaking Pictures, Silent Poetry, Cotman Gallery, London King’s Proposals, Cotman Gallery, London Slippage, Wimbledon Library, London
1998
Erotica, A Gallery, Olympia, London Figure 5 Women, Fulham Library, London Merton Arts Festival, Merton Civic Hall, London London Garden Square Day, Dove Gardens, London Summer Exhibition, London Figures in 2 & 3 Dimensions, Putney Art School, London Salon de Sud Amerique, Southfields, London
1997
Wimbledon Studio Group Exhibition, London The Figure in Study, Students Gallery, London Merton Arts Festival, Merton Civic Hall, London Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Merton Civic Centre, London Bodies, Putney Art School, London
1996
Family Expo Art Gallery, Alexandra Palace, London,UK
1993
22nd National Day Fine Arts Exhibition, National Museum, Manama,Bahrain
1992
AMH Centennial Benefit Art Exhibition, Sheraton Centre, Manama, Bahrain *Organiser & Curator, Under the patronage of HH Shekh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa 21st National Day Fine Arts Exhibition, National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
1991
National Day Fine Arts Exhibition, National Museum, Manama,Bahrain
1989
Camden Art Institute, London
Associations
The Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, Portland, UK Director vArteNews Magazine, NY, USA London Correspondent Big Arts Week, UK Associated Artist