About Wren
Wren Flick is an emerging metals artist born and raised in Henderson, Nevada. He started out in his childhood working in his grandmother’s glass studio and painting with his father. He then became a French Horn player, and eventually landed on metalsmithing. Using metals, stones, found objects, and enamels, his work largely focuses on the ideas of human connection, vessels, and texture. Wren graduated in 2024 from Boise State University with a BFA in Visual Arts emphasizing Art Jewelry and Metalsmithing. Wren was featured in the R. Grey Gallery silent auctions in 2022 and 2023. He was also featured online in the Ten Moir Gallery and has had a piece of his work published in the Arts to Hearts Nature artist collective book. When not in his studio, Wren spends much of his time cooking or out on the water, fishing, kayaking, or rockhounding on the shore. He is currently continuing his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Artist Statement
From my observations of the world around me, I have discovered that there is a beauty in the way the world moves and breathes. From the mycelium networks and worms under the earth to the way the clouds drift in the sky, everything moves of its own accord, sometimes unforgiving in its progressions. I aim to observe these movements of nature and to express them in the pieces I create. I draw inspiration from the movements presented in nature, allowing them to freely flow from the earth into the adornments and sculptures I make, whether it be represented through time or through physics. In a balance of mechanisms and nature, I portray life in all its forms and connect them back to the body.