Devon Knowles

Devon Knowles has material-centred practice and works in sculpture, installation, various two-dimensional processes and public art. She focuses on the production methods of objects and their materials and specifically considers how together they influence and form the language that surrounds them. From coloured glass, steel and aluminum to fabric and street detritus, the varied histories, economies, and social meanings of diverse materials and processes are unpredictably combined. As she engages with elements of perception, opticality and tactility alongside the direct act of making, Knowles encourages the viewer to access her work from a shared intimacy and sympathetic attentiveness. 

Her work has been included in exhibitions nationally and internationally including, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Or Gallery Berlin, the Western Front, Vancouver, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby and Off-Lomas, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her work is held in public and private collections including, the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Medcan Collection, Toronto, and the Nanaimo Art Gallery. She has received numerous public art commissions for both civic and private collections. Her work is represented by Equinox Gallery in Vancouver, BC. She currently teaches Sculpture.