Artist Statement
Working mainly in post-documentary photography and video, but also in experimental film and with architectural projections, our practice is driven by curiosity, longing, and questions of cultural identity. Many projects share an attention to the built environment, specifically temporary architecture and ideas about the use of space. Current projects “Natural Setting” and “Inside Out” deal with temporal possibilities of architecture in different ways, found and constructed respectively. Recent projects “Insomnia” and “Tokaido” ask questions about otherness and belonging. All work gravitates toward the in-between and the temporary, whether it is a search for the meaning or location of home/Heimat or the practice of living in liminality. They use recording as a means of connecting, permission and reflection, creating documentation which only becomes evidence, though inconclusive, over time. Projects coexist over a number of years.
Artists’ Bio
Knoll+Cella have been collaborating on projects since 1998. Klaus has work in the collections of the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Bibliotèque Nationale, Paris; National Austrian Fine Art Photography Collection, and jointly with Cella in the the Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg. Exhibitions at the Tokyo Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Berlin Brennpunkt/DGPh; Alfred Lowenherz Gallery, New York; and with Cella at the Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg and the Art Complex Museum in Boston. He holds a PhD in Literature and Communication, University of Salzburg, Austria. She holds an MFA in New Media and Cultural Studies, Vermont College and directs the Transart Institute’s international MFA program in Berlin and New York. Klaus is an assistant professor of photography at University of Hawai’i Manoa in Honolulu. Knoll+Cella were most recently visiting artists at the Lingnan University Visual Studies Program in Hong Kong.
Current Exhibitions
2010 - Inside Out, Focal Resolution, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York, "Best of Show"
Juror: Bonni Benrubi
2010 – Delicacy, solo exhibition, Hawai’i Pacific University, Kaneohe, Hawaii,
Curator: Sanit Khewhok
2010 – Housewarming, Façade Project, Josetti Höfe, Berlin, Germany,
Curator: Perla Montelongo
2010 – On Oahu, In Progress, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia,
Curator: Ai-ling Chang
2009 – Liminal Light, From The Collection, Salzburg City Museum, Salzburg, Austria,
Curator: Dr. Dietgard Grimmer
2009 – Inside Out, Artists of Hawai’i, Honolulu Academy of Arts Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Juror: Laura Hoptman, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
2009 – Delicacy, Visions of Death, FIDM, Queens Museum of Art, New York,
Curator: Carolina Penafiel
2009 – Delicacy, 2ème Concours International de Photographie, Paris, France
2009 – Delicacy, Visiones sobre la Muerta, Festival Internacional de Cortometraje, Mexico
2009 – On Oahu, Center for Contemporary Art COCA, Seattle, Washington, finalist “Best of Show”,
Curator: Jess Van Nostrand
2009 – On Oahu, Small Works, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2009 – Inside Out, The Hole World, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,
Curator: Stephanie Paine
2009 – Existing Things, Faculty Show, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
2009 – Inside Out, Where I’m From, RFD Gallery, Swainsboro, Georgia,
Juror: Ger Ger
2009 – On Oahu, Black and White, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado,
Juror: Jim Casper, editor Lens Culture
2009 – Inside Out, The Extended Moment, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia,
Curator: Craig Stevens
2009 – On Oahu, notBig, Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,
Juror: Doug Stapleton, Curator Illinois State Museum
Selected Exhibitions
2008 – Inside Out, National Photo Festival, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
2008 – Two Views, solo exhibition, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China
2008 – Inside Out, Pinhole, PhotoSpace, Collingwood, Australia
2008 – Liminal Light, Stimulus in Edinburgh, The Forest Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2007 – Inside Out, Photography As Witness, University of Maine Art Gallery, Orono, Maine
2007 – Liminal Light, After Dark, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2004 – Liminal Light, Architekturfotografie, Galerie Marenzi, Leibnitz, Austria
2003 – Liminal Light, [under construction], Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, Austria
2003 – Tokaido, solo exhibition, The Art Complex Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
