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  ELIZABETH KNOWLES
Born St. Louis, Missouri
EDUCATION
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BA, CUM LAUDE, PHI BETA KAPPA, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
AWARDS/HONORS
PUFFIN FOUNDATION GRANT, Teaneck, NJ
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PILOT PROGRAM, Miami Beach, Fl
E. D. FOUNDATION GRANT, Kearny, NJ
MILLAY COLONY FOR THE ARTS, Austerlitz, NY
CORPORATION OF YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Sweet Briar, VA
LANCASTER GROUP AWARD, New York, NY
ARTISTS SPACE ARTISTS GRANT, New York, NY
LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN FOUNDATION GRANT, Brooklyn, NY
JOYCE CARLYLE MEMORIAL FUND, The Banff Centre, Canada
ALEX DEMOND FUND AWARD, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010
PAINTINGS, Moi Meme, New York, NY
2007
A SEQUENCE OF STEPS, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2006
INSTALLATION/WORKS ON PAPER, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
FLUIDITY…ABSTRACTION TRANSFORMED, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2012
SCULPTURE, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
WINDOWS, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2011
GREEN LIGHT, Bank Of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC
TRANQUILITY: SCULPTURE IN THE GARDEN, Griffin Court, NY, NY
INTERSECTIONS, Governors Island, NY curated by Karen Wilkin
SCULPTORS GUILD: NEW WORKS, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2010
ENCOUNTERS, Governor’s Island, New York, curated by Ann Aptaker and Rocio Aranda-Alvarado for the Sculptor’s Guild
WIND THROUGH THE TREES, Jenkins Arboretum, curated by Ellen Landis of Grounds for Sculpture, Devon, PA
2009
READY TO UNVEIL, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
AN ALPAN GATHERING, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
WHAT’S NEW IN NEW YORK? Sirani Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
FORMATIVE LINES: WORKING IN DRAWING AND SCULPTURE, Governor’s Island, New York, curated by Rachel Liebowitz and Joanna Kleinberg of the Drawing Center
SPACE IS THE PLACE: CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD, Chesterwood National Trust for Historic Preservation, Stockbridge, MA, curated by Denise Markonish of MASS MOCA
REPETITION, REASON AND REPOSE, Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY
WINDOWS ON FIFTH, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
2008
SELF-CONTAINED, Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY
2007
WINDOWS ON FIFTH, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
UNLIKELY MATERIALS, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
2006
ON PAPER/OF PAPER, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
PEER PRESSURE, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
DIMENSION, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2005
SMALL WORKS, Jay Bond Gallery, New York, NY
JIMMIE’S BREAKFAST CLUB, Tribes, New York, NY
OFF THE WALL, Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY
SUMMER SALON, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
POINT OF VIEW, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
PAPER, PAPEL, PAPIER…., NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY
STUDY IN RED, Public Project sponsored by INFINITI, Herald Square, New York, NY
2004
ENDS AND MEANS, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
WHITE MATTERS, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY
DIGITAL MEDIA, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
2003
CREATED IN MIAMI BEACH, Miami Beach Botanical Garden and Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach. FL
8 ARTISTS, Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach, FL
PAPER, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, AIR, New York, NY
2002
CONFIGURING IDENTITY, untitled X (space), New Haven. CT
THE AMERICANS, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, FL
SEE THROUGH, Satellite Project Space, Long Island City, NY
FLARB, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
NEW ARTISTS/NEW WORK, Nese Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
PUBLICATIONS
INTERSECTIONS, Karen Wilkin, exhibition catalogue, Sculptor’s Guild at Governor’s Island, 2011
‘Reviews”, Karen Glover, SCULPTURE, November, 2010
“Artist Profiles”, Layla Khan, VISUAL MASTERS, Autumn, 2010
WIND THROUGH THE TREES, Harold Sweetman, exhibition catalogue, Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens, 2010
ENCOUNTERS, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Ann Aptaker, exhibition catalogue, Sculptor’s Guild at Governor’s Island, 2010
READY TO UNVEIL, Ben Goldman, City Without Walls, exhibition catalogue, Newark, NJ, 2009
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD, Denise Markonish, Chesterwood National Trust for Historic Preservation, exhibition catalogue, Stockbridge, MA, 2009
“Zen in the City”, Rachel Sokol, PRECOGNITO, January/Febrary 2009
“The Stuff That Creativity Is Made Of”, Benjamin Genocchio, THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 8, 2007
“Don’t Fit the Traditional Definitions”, Helen Harrison, THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 22, 2006
“Masterworks Old and New, Leavened by a bit of Whimsy”, Helen Harrison, THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 16, 2005
“ARTSEEN”, Christopher Howard, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, November 6, 2004
“Art will be where you’ll find it this fall”, Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD, August 24, 2003
“Visiting artists capture South Beach’s sights, sounds, Richard Brand, MIAMI HERALD, August 10, 2003
“FLARBergasted”, Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD, Wednesday, August 8, 2002
“Experimental Media Works are Understood at FLARB”, Crissa-Jean Chappell, STREET, October 3, 2002
“Art Reviews”, Phyllis Braff, NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday, January 9, 2000
“The Ticket”, Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD, Dec 6,1998
“Art Review”, Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD, June 10, 1998
“Watching out for the World’s Watchers”, Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD, August 8, 1997
“New Artists On the Block”, Judy Cantor, THE NEW TIMES, May 4, Miami, FL, 1995