Su Knoll Horty
Contact Information
Studio & Gallery
Wilmington, DE
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Gallery Affiliation
Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2013 – 2020)
Closed
Recent Works
Artist's Biography
Color. Form. Space. Once only childish playmates, this tempestuous trio has become a passion for Su Knoll Horty. Exploring the power of color to elicit emotion, Su sees it as her task to convey the exuberance she feels when working with the saturated colors in her painting. She is also fascinated by the spatial dimensions, which can develop through the relationship of colors. That’s passion. Once you’re in its Jack Russell grip, there’s no shaking it off – no matter where life takes you.
In 2012, Su completed the CE Core Curriculum Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Pafa). Su continues to study with Abstract teachers, Kassem Amoudi at Pafa, and Peter Bonner at The Art Students League of New York. Su has been been published in The Woven Tale Press literary and visual arts magazine as well as interviewed on ArtWatch radio. She recently received an Honorable Mention in the Visionary Art Collective online exhibition, Finding Sanctuary, 2021, a 3rd Place award in The ArtList September Artist of the Month contest, 2019. She also received an Award of Merit from Manhattan Arts International in the online exhibition of The Healing Power of Art, 2019. Su is a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and received two Honorable Mention awards for her entries in the Absolutely Abstract shows, in 2012 and 2013, as well as being a juror in the 2015 Absolutely Abstract show. Su exhibits regularly and has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows, including The Biggs Museum of American Art, the Hamptons Virtual Art Show with Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, SOMA NewArt Gallery in Cape May, New Jersey, Hardcastle Gallery in Centreville, Delaware and The Delaware Contemporary. Her work is held in the Camden County Art Bank in New Jersey and in numerous private collections in the United States and Mexico.
Su Knoll Horty was represented by Bluestone Fine Art Gallery in Old City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 2013 until their closing in 2020. From 2012 until 2019, Su displayed her paintings in Senator Chris Coons' Washington, D.C. office.
Artist's Statement
The sensation of color, the lushness of oil paints, the thrill of creating, and the surprise of abstraction are what drive me to paint--Add drama to the canvas, and I'm hooked! At the inception of my paintings, I select colors inspired by nature, random places, or other artists' paintings, whatever catches my eye, stirs my curiosity, or challenges me. I explore fluidity, in all its measures: organic form, undulating movement, saturated 'liquid' color, and stylized gestural marks. It's through this fluidity that I find color to be most expressive. Color relationships are very important to me, as are tonal variations. I place color next to color, with the goal of finding just the right combination so that each will make the other shine, or as in this series, "Pop!"
My hope is that my paintings' lushness, power and mood-altering color will affect the viewer on a visceral, not practical level. I want to excite the viewers' imagination so that they pay attention to, remember, and ultimately discover something new through color!
This series is called Color Pops.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2018
Color Pops, Delaware Theatre Company Gallery, Wilmington, DE
COLOR POPS, SOMA NewArt Gallery, Cape May, NJ
2017
Color Pops Two, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Ed Loper, Sr. Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2016
Color Pops, Mezzanine Gallery, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, DE
2014
ESSENCE Landscape Perspective in the abstract, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Two-person
2012
Journey, Paintings by Su Knoll Horty, GALLERY 919 MARKET, Wilmington, DE
2009
New Paintings by Su Knoll Horty, GALLERY 919 MARKET, Wilmington, DE
Group
2021
Color in Exuberance, InLiquid at the Yard: Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Emerging, Artists Equity's Juried Summer Show, online exhibition
Juror: Robert Goodman
2021 Benefit, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Finding Sanctuary, Visionary Art Collective, online exhibition
Juror: Ekaterina Popova
Members Show/Shop, Center for Emerging Visual Arts, online exhibition
Curator: Michael Mergen
2020
Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, PA
Juror: Henry Bermudez
Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Online & Philadelphia, PA
Summer Juried Show 2020, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Juror: Mashiul Chowdhury
Congruence, I Like Your Work Summer Juried Show, Online
Juror: Bridgette Mayer
Artists in the Time of Coronavirus, Online, Artblog, Philadelphia, PA
Meet the Artist Su Knoll Horty, First Friday April 3rd, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
(Canceled due to Coronavirus)
2019
New Now III, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Artist of the Month, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
the incredible lightness of art, Artists Equity, Wallingford, PA
Juror: Michael Gallagher
Tacit, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
Juror: Cynthia Hawkins, PhD
The Healing Power of Art Online Art Exhibition, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
Juror: Renee Phillips
2018
Intersection, RH Gallery & Studios, Wilmington, DE
Curator: Phyllis Gorsen
Art Gallery/Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Sonesta Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Genevieve Coutroubis
2017
Annual Holiday Miniature Art Show, Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST), 47 Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Annual Holiday Small Works Art Show, Hardcastle Galleries, Centreville, DE
The Perkins Annual: Open Media Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Amie Potsic
Artexpo New York, World Wide Art & Artavita Gallery, New York City, NY
153rd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Alex Kanevsky, Alice Oh, Bill Scott
2015
Holiday Art Show, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Genevieve Coutroubis
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST), Ground Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Spring Gala Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
72nd Annual Awards Painting Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Juror: Sharon Ewing
Celebration of Art and Life 2015, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Genevieve Coutroubis
2014
Biggs Picture, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
Juror: Ryan Grover
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Artists Unite! Project Fishtown, The Hatchatory, Fishtown, PA
70th Annual Awards Painting Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Juror: Joan Wadleigh Curran
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely Abstract, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
150th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
38th Annual Juried Art Competition & Exhibition, Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission at Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ, Juror: Anthony Vega
2012
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely Abstract, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2011
37th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hopkins House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Haddon Twp., NJ
Juror: Scott Noel
Absolutely Abstract, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010
First Friday in Old City, Philadelphia, PA (three-person exhibition)
Five New Artists in Old City, Philadelphia, PA
Member’s Juried Exhibition, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
Absolutely Abstract, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Manayunk Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Frances Galante
2009
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008
CE Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Artist's Bibliography
2021
Tyler, Sandra, The Woven Tale Press, Vol. No. IX #5, pp. 68 - 73, 75, June 1, 2021
2020
Braat, Sydney A. "The Arts/In the Galleries, Philadelphia-Based Gallery, Bluestone Fine Art, Joins the Hamptons Virtual Art Fair with Impressive Line-Up of Artists", Hamptons.com, August 27, 2020
2018
Galer, Lele "Art Watch, Artists Who Have Changed Course Midlife," WCHE 1520AM Radio, January 10, 2018
2016
Brown, Ph.D, Sarah E. Let Your Personality Be Your Career Guide, Chapter 4: Case Studies, August 2016
Arehart, Mark "Morning Edition, Delaware Division of the Arts Mezzanine Gallery Exhibition," WDDE 91.1FM, WMPH 91.7FM Radio, August 1, 2016
2014
Brewer, DoN "Essence," DoNArTNeWs Philadelphia Art Blog, Philadelphia, PA, November 21, 2014
Awards and Honors
2019
3rd Place, September Artist of the Month Contest, TheArtList, Online
Award of Merit, Manhattan Arts International, The Healing Power of Art Online Art Exhibition, New York, NY
2012
Honorable Mention Award, Philadelphia Sketch Club Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia, PA (2013)
Professional Experience
2015
Juror, Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Education
2020
The Art Students League of New York, online
Abstract Painting with Peter Bonner
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Ongoing Studies with Kassem Amoudi
2015
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Master Class with Christine LaFuente
2014
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Master Class with Bill Scott
2013
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Master Class with Elizabeth Osborne
2012
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
CE Core Curriculum Program
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Master Class with Bill Scott
2008
University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Academy of Life Long Learning
2005
The Art Studio, Newport, DE
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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Color in Exuberance
At The Yard, InLiquid presents the works of six artists in the exhibition Color in Exuberance. Throughout the four floors … See Full Post
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Su Knoll Horty in Woven Tale Press Magazine
Su Knoll Horty’s latest series, Color Pops, Beautiful Transients was included in the June, Summer Edition of The Woven Tale Press, a literary and visual art magazine. Check it out on the Woven Tale Press’ website!
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POST: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours 2021 – West
POST Online: April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021. 6-8pm each evening. CFEVA IS THRILLED TO PRESENT POST ONLINE, TO YOU, … See Full Post
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Bluestone Fine Art Gallery @ Hamptons Virtual Art Fair
Bluestone Fine Art Gallery in Old City Philadelphia is pleased to announce their participation in the Hamptons Virtual Art Fair … See Full Post
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Members in Abington Art Center’s Summer Juried Show
Bill Brookover, Jean Burdick, Jennifer Brinton Robkin, Jill Robostello, Lee Muslin, Linnie Greenberg, Paula Mandel, Rebecca Schultz, Su Knoll Horty, and Tom Herbert are all in Abington Art Center’s Summer Juried Show from August 4 through August 28.
Feature image: York Street, Jean Burdick
