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the artist
paul knotter
ARTIST - PRODUCER and CREATIVE DIRECTOR of PAINTINGS, FILM, VIDEO, SCENIC and MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
history
Born and raised in Arizona, Paul Knotter moved to Los Angeles in 1976 to attend UCLA for his MFA. Knotter's paintings, videos and performance pieces have been shown internationally in galleries and museums around the world and broadcast on American, Canadian, Japanese and German network television.
exhibits
ART
2008
World of Wonder Art Gallery
Group 'Warhol Dead @ 26' Group Exhibit
2007
Newspace Gallery
Group Finale
2006
Newspace Gallery
Group Painting Exhibit 'Knotter, Sweeten, Paller'
2004
Group Entertainment Design Gallery
Group Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Group Entertainment Design Gallery
Group Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Group Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Artist Wall Painting - Rhino Entertainment, Inc.
1991
Solo 'Big City of Things', 12 year survey Newspace, L. A., CA
1989
Group '40 Years of California Assemblage', Wight Gallery, UCLA
Video 'Going', Video - Newspace, Los Angeles, CA. November
1988
Solo 'Knotterworks' Newspace, Los Angeles, California
Group 'Active Surplus', Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
Video 'Doing', Video - Newspace, Los Angeles, CA - May
Review Muchnic, Suzanne, Los Angeles Times, June 17
1987
Group The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Group 'Art in the Hall', W. Hollywood City Hall, W. Hollywood, CA.
Award Gold Medal, 29th Film and Television Festival of NY
1986
Group 'Objectivity', The Kitchen, New York, New York.
Group National Video Festival, American Film Institute, L.A., CA.
1985
Solo 'We Are Things' Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Group Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, California
Group '10th Anniversary Thank You Show', Newspace, L. A., CA
Group 'The Spiritual In Art', Loyola Law School Art Gallery, L. A.
Group 'Celebrating Two Decades: UCLA / MFA Recipients' Frederick S. Wight Galleries UCLA
Group 'Landscape' 16' x 24', Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
Video 'We Are Things', Video - Newspace, L. A., CA - November
Video 'Enigma', Video - Newspace, Los Angeles, CA - November
Review Berland, Dinah, Los Angeles Times, 3/24. (reproduction)
Review McKenna, Kristine, Los Angeles Times, November 8
Publication '20/20, A Portfolio of UCLA MA Photography
1984
Solo Paul Knotter Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA
Group 'Significant Others', Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA
Group 'There is No Finish Line', Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Group 'Broad Spectrum' Contemporary L. A. Painting & Sculpture
Design Center, Los Angeles, California (Catalog)
Group 'Money in Art', Newspace, Los Angeles, California
Group 'Drawings' Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, California
Performance 'Spiritual Consultation in the Artist's Studio', L.A., CA
Performance 'Paul Knotter' Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA
Review San Diego Union, Lewinson, David, April 5
Review Lugo, Mark-Elliot, San Diego Tribune, April 6
Review Pincus, Robert L., Los Angeles Times, May 1
Review Wolf, Leslie, LA Weekly, July 19,
1983
Solo 'New Work' Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Pawn Shop 2, San Diego, CA
Group 'Contemporary Collage, Extensions', Montgomery
Art Gallery
Review Lewinson, David, San Diego Union, January 22
Review Muchnic, Suzanne, Los Angeles Times, November 18,
1982
Group LA Times, San Diego State University Gallery
Group 'Betty Asher's Cups' Trinton Museum Art, Santa Clara, CA.
Review Menzies, Neal, 'Sampling L.A. Art' Artweek, February 20
Review Wilson, William, 'Reading Between the Lines', L.A. Times,
1981
Solo 'Midtown' Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Group 'Drawings: Personal Definitions', SDSU, San Diego, CA
Review Drohojowska, Hunter, 'Pick of the Week', LA Weekly, 10/30
Review Knight, Christofer, L.A. Herald Examiner, October 25
Review Lester, Peter, Gentleman's Quarterly, October
Review Muchnic, Suzanne, Los Angeles Times, October 16
Review Rickey, Carrie, 'LA Today', Art in America, May
1980
Solo 'Attachments' Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Group 'New Narrative Painting', Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Review Muchnic, Suzanne, Los Angeles Times, July 11
Review Wilson, William, Los Angeles Times, September 19,
1979
Solo UCLA - Master's Thesis - 'Clubhouse',
Group 'Newspace in San Diego', San Diego State University
Publication Huginin, James, AfterImage, November 1976
Group 'Photographics '76' University of Central Washington, Ellensburg, Washington
Performance 'The Performist', Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1975
Group Memorial Union Gallery, A.S.U., Tempe, Arizona
Public Collections
Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Bibliotheque Natl. Dept. Des Estampes Et De La Photographie, Paris, France
California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, CA
Centre George Pompideau, Paris, France
Chemical Bank, New York, New York
Executive Life Center, Los Angeles, California
Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, UCLA
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
J. Patrick Lannon Foundation - Palm Beach, Florida
S.A. Art Collection, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Wight Art Gallery, UCLA