Born in 1996 | Lives and works in Tijuca, Brazil
Douglas Knesse’s imagery—leaf forms, rhythmic notations, and transient blooms—emerges from nature but points inward, toward an interior field of listening and spiritual attunement. Douglas Knesse’s interest in presence, perception, and process resonates with Brazilian Neo-Concrete artists, who placed sensorial experience and personal transformation at the center of their work. Douglas Knesse values unseen labor: the slow accumulation of energy, gesture, and faith that precedes visible change. Douglas Knesse does not seek final resolutions, but instead creates space for uncertainty, pause, and spiritual inquiry.
Douglas Knesse’s compositions are built in layers, through repetition and reflection, carrying traces of previous gestures. Douglas Knesse works across acrylic, oil stick, spray paint, and pastel, balancing vibrant color and organic forms with expansive fields of negative space.