Fabiola Knowles’ work explores identity and a sense of place through landscape and still life. The landscapes reference real places, often drawn from memory, sometime merging places together. Her limited palette helps to render atmosphere. Light remains a constant preoccupation, fascinated by the way it can transform the subject. Shape, space, and shadows are element she employs in developing composition. She uses a range of intaglio, relief and planographic techniques often combining them. Her current work is an exploration of road journeys, melding together memories of family life and her challenges with navigation. She approaches this with some humour through the play on words with some artwork titles. Fabiola graduated from The University of Melbourne in 1996 with a Bachelor of Education in Visual Art. Her major study in textiles would inform her future development as a printmaker. Her interest in textile surface and structural design, translating into her mark-making and visual language. Fabiola has exhibited regularly since 2014 and was the winner of The Spring Art Centre Open in 2023. Her work was selected for the South Downs Open and Brighton Atelier Open in 2024. She has shown her work regularly at Oxmarket Contemporary.
Fabiola Knowles’ work explores identity and a sense of place through landscape and still life. The landscapes reference real places, often drawn from memory, sometime merging places together. Her limited palette helps to render atmosphere. Light remains a constant preoccupation, fascinated by the way it can transform the subject. Shape, space, and shadows are element she employs in developing composition. She uses a range of intaglio, relief and planographic techniques often combining them. Her current work is an exploration of road journeys, melding together memories of family life and her challenges with navigation. She approaches this with some humour through the play on words with some artwork titles. Fabiola graduated from The University of Melbourne in 1996 with a Bachelor of Education in Visual Art. Her major study in textiles would inform her future development as a printmaker. Her interest in textile surface and structural design, translating into her mark-making and visual language. Fabiola has exhibited regularly since 2014 and was the winner of The Spring Art Centre Open in 2023. Her work was selected for the South Downs Open and Brighton Atelier Open in 2024. She has shown her work regularly at Oxmarket Contemporary.