Contact Information
Wilmington, DE
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Gallery Affiliation
Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Works
Artist's Biography
Color. Form. Space. Once only childish playmates, this tempestuous trio has become a passion for Su Knoll Horty. Her love of bold colors and abstracted space has been inspired by the work of Nicolas de Staël, Josef Albers, Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney. 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 with Master Classes at Pafa. She received an Award of Merit by Manhattan Arts International in the online exhibition of The HealingPower 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. Her work is held in the Camden County Art Bank in New Jersey and in numerous private collections.
Su Knoll Horty is represented by Bluestone Fine Art Gallery in Old City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has recently exhibited at SOMA NewArt Gallery in Cape May, New Jersey and Hardcastle Gallery in Centreville, Delaware. From 2012 until 2019, Su displayed her paintings in Senator Chris Coons’ Washington, D.C. office.
Artist's Statement
Moving beyond the stain to a more fluid style of painting is what’s on mymind these days. The paint stain is still there during the inception of a painting, but it is more of a building block than a final presentation of schematic color. Gone too, for the moment, are the straight edges. I’m exploring fluidity, in all its measures: organic form, undulating movement, saturated ‘liquid’ color, and stylized gestural marks. It’s through fluidity that Ifindcolor to be most expressive. The challenges of creating visual depth through vibrant color, along with subtle and not so subtle shifts in tone are the things exciting me now in the studio, The depth and unexpected form that comes from working with intense color is giving me tremendous satisfaction and leading me into intriguing directions.
Color relationships are still important to me, as are tonal variations. With highly saturated pigments, building form through variationin tone is possible in new ways and presents a deeper ambiguity of space in my work. This ambiguity allows viewers to find what they will in my paintings. This is important to me because I want my viewers to find something they relate to in my work, making each viewing experience unique.
My latest works offer an intriguing spectacle of color and form, which I call 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
2019
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
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
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
2012
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
CE Core Curriculum Program
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