Tammy Flynn Seybold

I am an artist and art conservator, born in the San Francisco Bay Area, but now living in Vancouver, Canada.

I have worked as a Paintings Conservator for many years, and through positions at several museums (National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, SFMOMA and the Art Gallery of Ontario) I have developed an intimate knowledge and appreciation of artist techniques and materials.
Health issues related to use of solvents as a conservator for many years, has led me to focus on creating my own art - something that I have always practiced, but that now I can give my full dedication to.
Given my technical background, I am often drawn to historical techniques and unique materials. I enjoy the challenge of trying to recreate traditionally difficult visual effects such as opalescence, water reflection, refraction and transparency.
As someone who has lived and worked in several locations (including the US, France, Denmark, Hong Kong and France) I am deeply interested in the theme of transformation. This is visible in my works that explore the transformative change that glass undergoes as it is tossed by time and tide to become sea glass. Also, my underwater paintings explore how this cool blue alternate realm beneath the surface ...

In my undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, I studied Chemistry, Art and earned my B.A. in History of Art. I went on to achieve my Masters in Art Conservation at Queen's University (M.A.C.)
I was the Kress Fellow in Art Conservation at Faelleskonserveringen in Aarhus, Denmark, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I was the Getty Fellow in Conservation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

2022 "Transmutable - An Exploration of Creative Flow" G-Spot Gallery at Angst, Toronto, Canada

2022 "Deliquesce - the Figurative Works of Tammy Flynn Seybold, Colorida Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

2020 “Positively Petite” - Place des Arts, Coquitlam, Canada

2020 "Saving Sea to Sky" - Hearth Gallery, Bowan Island, Canada

2019 “After the Protests - Art of the Umbrella Movement” C.K. Choi Building, University of British Columbia, Canada

2019 "Of Time and Tides" - My LUNATION Series of 28 paintings - WVAC Gallery, West Vancouver, Canada

2018 "Deliquesce - The Figurative Works of T. Flynn Seybold" - Basic Inquiry Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2016 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series (BC Finalist), Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2016 "Enclosures" Series, Harmony Arts Festival Curated Group Exhibition, West Vancouver, Canada

2014 "T Flynn Seybold - The Figurative Works" - Kinsale, Hong Kong

2012 "i.den.ti.ty - Unique Perspectives" - Leo Lee Arts Center, Hong Kong