SUSAN KNIGHT: LINKED

ON VIEW: September 11 - October 10, 2021

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 12 from 1-4pm

Omaha-based artist, Susan Knight, creates work that is shown nationally and internationally. She has participated in residency programs in Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina and Italy

Since 2002 she has devoted exclusive attention to distilling the structures and systems found in water and the land around it into pattern compositions in two and three dimensions, and site-sensitive installations. Her Michigan roots prepared her to be attentive to surrounding rivers and lakes. She was taught to read water’s seasonal cycles and to conserve water.

SciArt Magazine and Artland Magazine have featured her work. Sculpture Magazine and Smithsonian Magazine have reviewed her work. Her work appears in the book, Art Inspired by Science: Imagining The Natural World, by Robert Louis Chianese.

Knight earned a BFA in art from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, and attended The University of Notre Dame, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX, and The School of the Chicago Art Institute.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My focus is on water and the land that holds it. Theoretical and existential aspects of water and the role it is continually playing in our planet’s evolution through millenniums fuel my work. I find inspiration in surface water and unseen water deep in the earth and the soil that holds it. Field visits, scientific data, and news stories about environmental water issues drive my work.

My primary tool is an Xacto knife. With it I hand cut, fold, incise, sculpt, stretch, and tie paper, Mylar and Tyvek. The act of cutting, the physicality of it, continually fills me with ideas and makes me feel like Zorro.

SUSAN KNIGHT: LINKED

ON VIEW: September 11 - October 10, 2021

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 12 from 1-4pm

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