Representative work by Silke Otto-Knapp
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Artist

Silke Otto-Knapp

1970–2022 · German · Based in Los Angeles, USA (d. 2022)

  • Chelsea College of Art and Design
  • University of Hildesheim
  • Watercolor on Canvas
  • Stage Sets
  • Choreography

Silke Otto-Knapp created luminous watercolor and gouache paintings of dancers, stage sets, landscapes and performance history. Working in restrained monochrome or metallic palettes, she transformed choreography into flat, reflective pictorial space.

Painting; drawing

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 2010sLand lies in water
  • 2000sBallets Russes series
  • 2000s–10sChoreography Paintings
  • 2010sSeascapes
  • 2010sGroup Portraits
  • 2000sStage Paintings
  • 2000sFigure Studies
  • 2010sTheatre Landscapes
  • 2010sMoonlit Scenes
  • 2010sDancer Friezes

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