Su Knoll Horty

I am an abstract painter whose artwork, through color and form, evokes an emotive
experience for the viewer. As part of a lineage of modernist and contemporary artmaking, my
paintings reference the simple and pure geometry of non-objective abstraction, the
atmosphere of color field theory, and the element of chance found in abstract expressionism.
As a practitioner, I use a variety of mediums and techniques, bright colors, and compositional
strategies to explore the materiality of painting. I begin a canvas with colors inspired by
nature, random places, or other artists’ paintings, whatever catches my eye, stirs my curiosity,
or challenges me. I often draw lines on the canvas, creating a structure of geometric spaces
that interact with organic and fluid movements of paint. By placing color next to color and
then finding the intricate gradations between them, the spatial dimensions and atmospheric
elements of the painting comes into focus.
The sensation of color, the thrill of creating, and the surprise of abstraction are what drive me
to paint. The intention in my practice is to engage the viewer on a visceral level, through the
lushness of color, a purity of form, and passion and exuberance I feel when I ma...

2022, 2021, 2020
Abstract Painting with Peter Bonner, The Art Students League of New York, Online
Ongoing Studies with Kassem Amoudi, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Master Class with Christine LaFuente, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Master Class with Bill Scott, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Master Class with Elizabeth Osborne, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Master Class with Bill Scott, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2012
CE Core Curriculum Program, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008
University of Delaware, Academy of Life Long Learning, Wilmington, DE
2005
The Art Studio, Newport, DE

Solo Exhibitions

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

Group Exhibitions

2020 Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Online & Philadelphia, PA
Congruence, I Like Your Work Summer Juried Show, Online, juried by Bridgette Mayer
Meet the Artist Su Knoll Horty, First Friday April 3rd, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
(Canceled due
Perkins Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, PA, juried by Henry Bermudez
Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Online & Philadelphia, PA
Summer Juried Show 2020, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, juried by Mashiul Chowdhury
Congruence, I Like Your Work Summer Juried Show, Online, juried by Bridgette Mayer
Meet the Artist Su Knoll Horty, First Friday April 3rd, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA ...