Elizabeth Knowles

Bang

Acrylic on masonite

"Starting with the most simple and building to the more complex, my creative process becomes a recreation of the interaction of different levels of life. One basic component connects with another and another and another until a whole is created. This action is similar to a cell grouping together with other cells to form a more intricate organism. Echoing fractal patterns, the work displays the unfolding of life as patterns expand back into each and into themselves. The structures reveal a frozen moment in time depicting the transition between order and chaos or life and death."

– Elizabeth Knowles

About the artist

Elizabeth Knowles

Utilizing a variety of media, Elizabeth Knowles’ site-specific installations reveal both static and dynamic patterns in nature. Elizabeth has a BA from Pomona College in Claremont, California and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Recent projects include site-specific installations for The Mount, Lenox, MA, Unesco’s Artistes + Science, Monaco, Rockrose Lobby for Chashama, NY, NY, Flat Iron Prow Art Space, NY, NY, Chashama Lobby, NY, NY, the New Canaan Sculpture Trail, CT, NYU Langone, NY, NY and Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY. Additionally, Knowles has created projects for Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC, the Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT, Artspace, New Haven, CT, the Painting Center, NY, NY, Five Points Art Center, CT, Studio 80 +Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme, CT, the Kingston Police Building, Kingston, NY, Chesterwood National Trust for Historic Preservation, Stockbridge, MA and Governor’s Island, NY, NY. She has collaborated with Saks Fifth Avenue on window installations and VOGUE magazine for the “Last Look” page.

Knowles has received numerous grants and residencies including MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, Weir Farm Art Center, Puffin Foundation, Miami Beach Cultural Council, Millay Colony, Yaddo, Banff Centre, E. D. Foundation, Artist’s Space, and Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation.