Artwork copyright Amanda Knowles. Photo courtesy of Davidson Galleries.

Artwork copyright Amanda Knowles. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Overlay VI, 2007

Amanda Knowles
(American, born 1971)

Location: Peninsula College, Port Angeles

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Knowles finds beauty in the order of science, and uses images from the fields of engineering, math, and physics to create surface and depth in this mixed-media artwork.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Peninsula 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.