Win Knowlton

American sculptor

Winthrop Knowlton (father)
Grace Knowlton (mother)

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Win Knowlton (born 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sculptor.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Knowlton is the son of the sculptor Grace Knowlton and Winthrop Knowlton, an investment banker.^[3] He received a BFA from the Parson's School of Design in New York City in 1978.^[2]

Exhibitions

Knowlton has exhibited his work widely in the United States and abroad.^[4] In 1986, he was commissioned to produce an installation for the inaugural installment of the Museum of Modern Art's Project Room series.^[5]^[6] In 2002, Knowlton had a show at MoMA/PS1, titled Birds, Blocks, Bamboo.^[7]

Collections

Knowlton's work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,^[8] the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[9]^[10] the Brooklyn Museum,^[1] the National Gallery of Art,^[11] the Museum of Modern Art,^[12] among others.

Awards and honors

1991 Guggenheim Fellowship^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b "(Untitled) Win Knowlton". The Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Win Knowlton CV". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ Seelye, Katherine Q. (19 December 2020). "Grace Knowlton, Sculptor Who Worked 'in the Round,' Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton biography". ArtNet. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Projects 1: Win Knowlton". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ Yau, John (Summer 1986). "Win Knowlton, Museum of Modern Art". Artforum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Special Projects (Summer 2002): Win Knowlton: Birds Blocks Bamboo". MoMA/PS1. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton". Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton Nubian Night 1990". The Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton Smoking Pipe I 1989". The Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton, Untitled (stack)". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton Plowman 1984". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Win Knowlton - Fellow awarded 1991". Retrieved 4 September 2021.