Sarah Knouse uses fibers, plastics, found objects and other mixed media to create sculptural objects and installations that explore themes of ornamentation and superficial grandeur as they occur at a domestic scale. She combines notions of quotidian household surroundings with those of the ephemeral and surreal. Her fascination in our culture’s relationship with decoration and surface treatment, furthered by her experiences as a faux-finish painter and interior designer, lead to her interest in the interactions that we as individuals cultivate with our private spaces and possessions. As she says, “Aside from adding aesthetic appeal, the objects and processes we utilize to embellish our personal spaces allow us to in some ways author our own identities and histories, project distinct ideals, and even express our economic or social aspirations.” She is curious about the place where these constructed ideals and fantasies make contact with real life.

Sarah Knouse is a sculptor, designer, and arts educator. She holds an MFA from CUNY Hunter College. Sarah has exhibited her sculptures internationally, including a 2012 sculptural installation project hosted by the Hockney Gallery at The Royal College of Fine Art in London. She has also exhibited at the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, The Cultural Council of Palm Beach, and has been a featured finalist of the Young Sculptors Competition in Oxford, Ohio both in 2009 and in 2013. She is honored to be chosen as the recipient of the 2015 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual Artists from Palm Beach County. Her studio is located in Lake Worth, Florida.