STATEMENT
“The most recent images are about natural curiosities and creative energy flourishing within the architecture we use to navigate our modern lives. Balancing organic elements against manmade articulations became an arena for expressing different emotional dynamics or ideas like tradition versus change. I look for symbolism or suggestions of composition in a setting and try to capture a sentiment based on the arrangement of elements in a place.”
BIO
Originally from the Hudson Valley in NY, Brian Robert Knoerzer studied visual art at Purchase College and received a bachelors degree of fine art in 2000. While studying at Purchase, he was inspired by an introduction to professor Antonio Frasconi's powerful woodcut imagery and teachings around relief print bookmaking processes.
In 2003 Brian opened an independent artist studio in DUMBO Brooklyn. He began carving a series of intricate 3 dimensional wood sculptures and creating new paper/printmaking experiments. By 2005 his carving practice transitioned into a focus on woodcut imagery and an interest in combining this technique with handmade paper.
THE PROCESS
In the initial steps blenders are used to create a mixture of cotton pulp and water which is dyed, strained and cast into sheets. Each piece of paper is made specifically as a background for the woodcut it's cast on. The image is printed in a separate step using a traditional etching press. The technique is a combination of relief printing with hand drawn cast paper backgrounds.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
BROOKLYN FINE ART PRINT FAIR
Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn NY
Mar 27 - Mar 30
THE ART OF THE EDUCATOR
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Mar 10 - Apr 27
2024
PUBLISHED WORK
CARVING BLOCKS PRINTMAKERS & THEIR STORIES
Sandu Publishing
Feb 2024
2023
WORLDWIDE PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION
The Art Center, Dover NH
January 9 - Feb 28
NEW YEAR NEW VIBES
Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach
January 1 - Jan 31
2022
HOLIDAY GROUP SHOW
Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach
Dec 1 - Dec 31
International juried group exhibition
PULP: WOOD, PAPER, PRINT
Caroline S. Mark Gallery, Wausau WI
May 6 - July 2
PRINTMAKING SHOWCASE
The Art Center, Dover NH
Jan 4 - Feb 28
THE INKED IMAGE
Side Street Arts, Portland OR
Jan 3 - 31
2021
2021
BEAUTY IN THE BREAKDOWN SOLO EXHIBITION
Black Diamond Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
July 17 - August 30
ART ON PAPER NYC
Pier 36, Black Diamond Gallery Speakeasy Installation
Mar 5 - 8
Greenpoint Gallery: Open Call
Winner, Peoples Choice
Jan 20 - 26