Joshua Davis is one of the leading generative art and net art authors. One of his main tools is Flash.
From Wikipedia:
Joshua Davis was the winner of the 2001 Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica in the category “Net Excellence†and has exhibited his works at the Tate Modern (London), the Ars Electronica (Austria), the Design Museum (London), le Centre Pompidou (France), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), PS.1 MoMA (New York), among others
Links:
http://www.joshuadavis.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Davis_(web_designer)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.03/joshdavis.html