SILKE OTTO-KNAPP JOINS REGEN PROJECTS

Department of Art Associate Professor Joins Prominent Los Angeles Gallery

January 31, 2018

On January 31, Regen Projects announced its representation of Silke Otto-Knapp, associate professor in the UCLA Department of Art.

Known for her crepuscular landscapes and figurative tableaux that engage with the history of painting, Otto-Knapp’s signature style employs subtle washes of watercolor, slowly built up layer by layer on the surface of the canvas to create form. Each carefully constructed composition embodies distinct temporalities and moods evoked through a juxtaposition of flatness and luminosity achieved through painterly chroma and surface texture. Drawing inspiration from a myriad of sources and subject matter including historical figures, landscapes, seascapes, poetry, modern dance choreography, and theatre design, her work engages both abstraction and representation, simultaneously evoking and erasing form on the picture plane.

Otto-Knapp was born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1970. She earned a M.A. from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, and a degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Hildesheim, Germany.

Regen Projects is a prominent contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles. Otto-Knapp joins UCLA Department of Art Distinguished Professor Lari Pittman, Professor Catherine Opie, and Professor Emeritus James Welling as well UCLA art alumni including Elliott Hundley, Toba Khedoori, and Jennifer Pastor on the gallery's roster of artists.