Born in 1952. She lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Modern urban cities with their adventuresome architecture and spectacular and dazzling commercials play an influential role in de Knecht's work. The canvas, filled from top to bottom, is reminiscent of a stained-glass-window through which the visitor is lured into an imaginative world. Although flat, alvost devoid of perspective, de Knecht's work achieves depth through use of multiple layers of colour. Back lines and meticulous detail, distinctive features of her work, suggest a fascination with an ordered chaos, the autonomy and crowd, of urban city architecture. De Knecht was awarded “the Jeroen-Bosch-Concours” prize as part of Rotterdam City of Culture 2001.
2010: Award Best of Cityscapes at Artists Haven Gallery Ft Lauderdale FL.

Selected exhibitions:
St. Laurens Cathedral Rotterdam (solo) 2005.
Florence Biennale 2007. World Trade Center Rotterdam (solo) 2008. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery New York (group-show) 2009. Artist's Haven Gallery Ft Lauderdale (group-show). Marzia Frozen Artprojects Berlin 2010. Galleria di Marchi Bologna (group-show) 2010. Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art Las Vegas (group-show) 2011. National Art Fair Amsterdam 2011. National Art Fair Rottterdam 2011.
Invitation for solo-exhibition in New Art Center 580 8th Avenue New York by Serge Gregorian, curator NAC.

Selected publications: Rotterdams Dagblad 1998 (award by public). Catalogue Biennale di Firenze ed. VI 2007. City News 2009. NY Arts Magazine 2009. ArtGuide 2009, 2010, 2011. Contemporary Masters IV. Art in the Netherlands spec. ed.

Art Network Systems: Linked-in, Facebook, Artspecifier, Artslant.

E-mail: simonedeknecht@planet.nl

Website:
http://www.simonedeknecht.com

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