bio

Sebastiaan Knot (b. 1970, Groningen, The Netherlands) creates geometric works in which light is both medium and outcome. His practice begins with the controlled generation of colour fields, which are then translated into physical form through UV-printing, transparent layering, and structural manipulation.

Photography serves as a tool to capture precise chromatic configurations, but the work is completed through material embodiment. The bending and assembly of acrylic panels determine how light interacts with space, transforming image into object.

The final pieces shift subtly in response to viewer movement and environmental conditions. Non-representational and grounded in abstraction, Knot’s work invites careful looking and leaves interpretation open, emphasizing that perception is never fixed.

Sebastiaan Knot has exhibited internationally, including the exhibition Vasarely Legacy at Fondation Vasarely in Annet-sur-Marne, France. His work is included in public and private collections such as Fontainebleau in Las Vegas and Maasstad Hospital in Rotterdam. He has participated in major art fairs including EXPO Chicago (United States), Zsona Maco (Mexico), Art Miami (United States) and MIA Photo Fair (Milan), gaining recognition for his unique contribution to contemporary abstract art.

statement

I work with light as material.

The photographic moment is only the beginning. It allows me to generate colour planes and gradients that do not exist independently. From there, the work develops through printing, material choice, bending, assembling. Every step shapes how light ultimately exists in space.

The final piece is not an image of something. It is an object that carries light. It interacts with its surroundings and changes depending on position and environment.

What interests me is perception — how something that appears stable can shift. The work does not represent; it presents. It can be experienced simply as a luminous phenomenon. But it can also raise questions about what we see and how easily perception can be guided.

Both are valid.