Kassia Knap
Born in Krakow, Poland.
Artist Profile
Kassia Knap
Born in Krakow, Poland
Born in Krakow, Poland, Kassia Knap has lived and worked in Paris since September 1989. In 1993, she obtained the Prix Fénéon, then participated several times in the Salon de Montrouge, before being spotted by Alain Tapié who compared his work to that of Philippe de Champaigne at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille in 2007 for an exhibition around the fold.
She then joined the collection of Antoine de Galbert then the Christophe Gaillard gallery with whom she collaborated until June 2020. His work has been presented at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, at the Maison Rouge in Paris, at Art dans les Chapelles, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, at the Musée National de la Céramique in Sèvres. It has been reviewed in the pages of Le Figaro, Liberation, Le Quotidien de l’Art. In 2024, his painting “On the Edge of the Worlds” joins the permanent collection of the Musée du Hiéron in Paray-le-Monial, France.
Works
Collections
Antoine de Galbert Collection, Paris (Fr)
Marc Larock Collection, Paris (FR)
François Elisabeth Foundation, Luxembourg (LU)
Joan Punyet Miró Collection, Palma de Mallorca (ES)
FNAC – Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FR)
Daniel and Florence Guerlain Collection, Paris (FR)
Musée du Hiéron in Paray-le-Monial 2024 (FR)
Personal exhibitions
2020
Kassia Knap
Pierre Arts & Design Gallery Paris (FR)
2015
Territoires de l’imaginaire
Christophe Gaillard Gallery Paris (FR)
2012
Promenade avec Jean-Sébastien
Christophe Gaillard Gallery Paris (FR)
2004
Nova Polska, polish season in Paris
Paris (FR)
2003
Galerie Larock Granoff, Paris (FR)
2001
Château de Morsang-sur-Orge (FR)
1998
Paris Capital of Art Exhibition
Hôtel Particulier d’Hallwyll, Paris (FR). Koralewski Gallery, Paris (FR)
1996
André Simoncini Gallery, Luxembourg (LU)
1994
Haut Pavé Gallery, Paris (FR)
Collective exhibitions
2017
I am ten years old
Christophe Gaillard Gallery Paris (FR)
2015
Christophe Gaillard Gallery, Paris (FR) – Vienna Contemporary, Vienna (AT)
2014
The wall, presentation of the Antoine de Galbert collection
La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
Fiac Off
Christophe Gaillard Gallery (FR)
2013
ArtParis
Christophe Gaillard Gallery, Paris (FR)
2012
Real Presence
Christophe Gaillard Gallery, Paris (FR)
2011
Artists’ ceramics since Picasso
Collection of the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), Paris (FR)
This will be the case
Collection of Antoine de Galbert. Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon (FR)
2010
Art in the chapels
Chapel of Locmaria, Seglin (FR)
2007
The plus and absolute of color
Palace of Fine Arts, Lille (FR) – Galerie des Etudes, Site Limoges (FR)
2006
40 contemporary ceramic artists
St. Hubert’s Abbey Palace, (BE)
And the earth (…) travels
Musée de la Faïence Sarreguemines, (FR)
2005
La Maison de la Faïence, Desvres (FR)
The Visitor – today’s works in the National Monuments
Château de Villeneuve -Lembron Cillart, Galerie de la Houssine (FR)
2004
30 artists, 30 ceramists
Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres – La Maison de Terre, Pays de Dieulefit (FR)
Texts & Articles
2024
Hiéron Museum: Kassia Knap
Hiéron Museum: Kassia Knap
by Maryvonne Bidault ,News Grand Charolaise (FR)
2023
Stories of Our Hands – In 90 astonished portraits
Dorian Chauvet, “La Vie Des Mains” by Kassia Knap, Le Cherche Midi edition, Beaux Livres collection (2023)
2017
“Modelka jak malowanie”
“Modelka jak malowanie”
Przekrój, Ewa Pawlik (PL)
2015
“The Journey of the Eye”
“Territories of the imagination”
“The Journey of the Eye”
“Territories of the imagination”
The Journey of the Eye, text by Léa Bismuth (FR)
“The troubling paintings of Kassia Knap”
“The troubling paintings of Kassia Knap”
The troubling canvases of Kassia Knap by Marc Lenot Red glasses
“Territories of the imagination”
“Territories of the imagination”
Blog FOMO VOX, Territoires de l’imaginaire, text by Marie Elisabeth de la Fresnaye (FR)
2012
Walk with John Sebastian
Walk with John Sebastian
Text by Benoît Blanchard, œ uvres.net (FR)
Secular painting or religious painting?
Secular painting or religious painting?
Text by Marc Lenot (FR)
Exhibitions of the week in France and around the world
Exhibitions of the week in France and around the world
The Daily Art
2010
Studio visit
Studio visit
Text by Antoine de Galbert
2007
Architecture and art
Architecture and art
Volume 3 Kirchberg Hospital (LU)
The work of Kassia Knap and the folds of Philippe de Champaigne
The work of Kassia Knap and the folds of Philippe de Champaigne
FR3 news (FR)
2004
Public commission of ceramics
Public commission of ceramics
Ceramic and Glass Review n°135, text by Carole Andreani (FR)
2003
“Contemporary ceramics”
“Contemporary ceramics”
Text by Jean de Bengy (FR)
“Kirchberg Hospital”
“Kirchberg Hospital”
Text by Maryse Lanners, Luxembourg (LU)
2002
“Gazeta Kassia Knap”
“Gazeta Kassia Knap”
Text by Barbara Ksen (Pl)
1998
Liberation “Knap Hallwyll’s painting”
Liberation “Knap Hallwyll’s painting”
Libération, Review by Henri François Debailleux (FR)
Le Figaro “The dreams of the Hôtel d’Hallwyll”
Le Figaro “The dreams of the Hôtel d’Hallwyll”
Le figaro, paysage disparu, text by Anne Sophie Cathala (FR)
La Gazette de L’Hôtel Drouot, review by Marc Hérissé (FR)
La Gazette de L’Hôtel Drouot, review by Marc Hérissé (FR)
1997
“Kassia Knap’s Materialist Magic”
“Kassia Knap’s Materialist Magic”
text by Joseph Paul Schneider, Luxembourg Worth
1996
“Direct Contact”
“Direct Contact”
Text by Marek Bartelik, catalogue Galerie André Simoncini Luxemburg (LU)
