Artwork copyright Amanda Knowles. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Artwork copyright Amanda Knowles. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Amanda Knowles. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Detailed Instance II, 2015

Amanda Knowles
American (born 1971)

Location: The Evergreen State College, Olympia

About the Artwork

Artist Amanda Knowles created Detailed Instance II as part of a body of abstract artworks that draw imagery from scientific diagrams and the artist's visual investigations using a Scanning Electron Microscope. Regarding this combination of elements, Knowles notes "for me the grid is a building block, a structure integrated into the work; knots are a seizure of the messiness of life, reconsidered, clarified and simplified, but still tangled."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with The Evergreen State College.

About the Artist

Northwest artist Amanda Knowles creates abstract, formal artworks. Her work explores the interaction between structure and chance, combining elements of luck and control into her layered visual compositions. She describes her art as being "worked and reworked, overworked and resuscitated, simplified and finished."
Knowles teaches art at North Seattle College, where she also acts as Director of the North Seattle College art gallery. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art and art history from The University of Pennsylvania in 1993, her Master of Arts degree from The University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2001, and her Master of Fine Arts degree from The University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2002.