▪️teatime trouble/ missed the lotuses▪️ 120/100/4 cm
Things I recently worked on. This work explores space not as absence, but as an active structural element.
Influenced by the Japanese concept of Ma, negative space becomes a carrier of tension, rhythm, and possibility.
Painted as part of an ongoing series examining freedom through reduction and openness.
#NegativeSpace #AbstractPainting
#فراغ
#留白
#Freiraum
▪️teatime trouble/ missed the lotuses▪️ 120/100/4 cm
Things I recently worked on. This work explores space not as absence, but as an active structural element.
Influenced by the Japanese concept of Ma, negative space becomes a carrier of tension, rhythm, and possibility.
Painted as part of an ongoing series examining freedom through reduction and openness.
#NegativeSpace #AbstractPainting
#فراغ
#留白
#Freiraum
Manuela Karin Knaut is a contemporary artist whose practice is grounded in installation art and extends across painting, collage, and spatial configurations.
Her work is informed by a sustained engagement with material, process, and layering. With a Master’s degree in Installation Art, she approaches painting as an open field — shaped by both structural decisions and intuitive interventions. The works often negotiate the relationship between surface, space, and memory.
Knaut’s practice unfolds within an international context. Her works are held in private and corporate collections across all five continents, and she has exhibited widely in Europe, the United States, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Alongside her artistic work, she is active internationally as a lecturer and mentor, teaching at art academies and institutions with a focus on process-based, experimental approaches to contemporary art.
#art #contemporaryart #artiststudio #womeninart #instamood
Manuela Karin Knaut is a contemporary artist whose practice is grounded in installation art and extends across painting, collage, and spatial configurations.
Her work is informed by a sustained engagement with material, process, and layering. With a Master’s degree in Installation Art, she approaches painting as an open field — shaped by both structural decisions and intuitive interventions. The works often negotiate the relationship between surface, space, and memory.
Knaut’s practice unfolds within an international context. Her works are held in private and corporate collections across all five continents, and she has exhibited widely in Europe, the United States, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Alongside her artistic work, she is active internationally as a lecturer and mentor, teaching at art academies and institutions with a focus on process-based, experimental approaches to contemporary art.
#art #contemporaryart #artiststudio #womeninart #instamood
Life as an artist is never the same two days in a row — it’s unpredictable, sometimes thrilling, sometimes demanding, and occasionally overwhelming. I’m grateful you’re walking this winding, beautiful road with me. Let me know what you’d love to see more of from my everyday life and practice.
#femaleartist #ArtistLife #رحلة_فنية #艺术家的生活 #contemporary
Life as an artist is never the same two days in a row — it’s unpredictable, sometimes thrilling, sometimes demanding, and occasionally overwhelming. I’m grateful you’re walking this winding, beautiful road with me. Let me know what you’d love to see more of from my everyday life and practice.
#femaleartist #ArtistLife #رحلة_فنية #艺术家的生活 #contemporary
Shared Questions, Emerging Paths 🗒️
My time in Cambodia unfolded as a series of focused and inspiring artistic encounters—less a visit, more a groundwork for future collaboration and long-term exchange.
A central moment was spending time with the founders of the SM Art Center—the first and only museum dedicated to contemporary art in Cambodia. Having opened only a few months ago, it remains a true insider tip: a place of clarity, ambition, and remarkable vision within the region’s cultural landscape.
Engaging deeply with the artistic practices of Yim Maline and Svay Sareth revealed strong resonances with questions that also shape my own work: site-responsive installation, ideas of home and belonging, and the experience of movement, travel, and transition.
Our conversations moved between current studio works in progress and shared reflections on how place, memory, and material intersect—once again affirming that art is a universal language, capable of transcending borders, linguistic differences, and origins.
These exchanges have already opened a horizon for what lies ahead. Preparations are now underway for an artist journey to Cambodia in 2027, envisioned as a space for deeper dialogue, collaboration, and collective exploration.
My sincere thanks go to Alexandra @alexmaulart for her exceptional network, sensitivity, and ability to open doors within the Cambodian art landscape—making encounters like these possible.
This journey did not seek closure.
It marked a starting point.
#ContemporaryArt
#ZeitgenössischeKunst
#សិល្បៈសហសម័យកម្ពុជា
#当代艺术
#الفن_المعاصر
Shared Questions, Emerging Paths 🗒️
My time in Cambodia unfolded as a series of focused and inspiring artistic encounters—less a visit, more a groundwork for future collaboration and long-term exchange.
A central moment was spending time with the founders of the SM Art Center—the first and only museum dedicated to contemporary art in Cambodia. Having opened only a few months ago, it remains a true insider tip: a place of clarity, ambition, and remarkable vision within the region’s cultural landscape.
Engaging deeply with the artistic practices of Yim Maline and Svay Sareth revealed strong resonances with questions that also shape my own work: site-responsive installation, ideas of home and belonging, and the experience of movement, travel, and transition.
Our conversations moved between current studio works in progress and shared reflections on how place, memory, and material intersect—once again affirming that art is a universal language, capable of transcending borders, linguistic differences, and origins.
These exchanges have already opened a horizon for what lies ahead. Preparations are now underway for an artist journey to Cambodia in 2027, envisioned as a space for deeper dialogue, collaboration, and collective exploration.
My sincere thanks go to Alexandra @alexmaulart for her exceptional network, sensitivity, and ability to open doors within the Cambodian art landscape—making encounters like these possible.
This journey did not seek closure.
It marked a starting point.
#ContemporaryArt
#ZeitgenössischeKunst
#សិល្បៈសហសម័យកម្ពុជា
#当代艺术
#الفن_المعاصر
RELYING, 150/120/4 cm
Working in black and white means no escape.
On natural canvas, every gesture is visible.
#黑白美学 · #جماليات_الأبيض_والأسود · #BlackWhiteAesthetics #当代艺术 · #فن_معاصر ·
RELYING, 150/120/4 cm
Working in black and white means no escape.
On natural canvas, every gesture is visible.
#黑白美学 · #جماليات_الأبيض_والأسود · #BlackWhiteAesthetics #当代艺术 · #فن_معاصر ·
Give it a try. Make it your task.
#AbstractArt · #فن_تجريدي · #抽象艺术 #contemporaryart #femaleentrepreneur
Give it a try. Make it your task.
#AbstractArt · #فن_تجريدي · #抽象艺术 #contemporaryart #femaleentrepreneur