Bio

Shannon Knowlton is a Santa Cruz County-based textile and fiber artist whose work explores women’s connection to nature, memory, identity, and transformation. Her relationship with textiles began during childhood summers with her grandmother, exploring drawers of old cloth, sewing scraps, and embroidering quilt blocks while learning the stories held in family-made objects.

Knowlton has worked with textiles throughout her life, including sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, and embroidery. Her current practice brings traditional handwork into conversation with vintage, reclaimed, and repurposed materials. She creates intimate stitched portraits, fabric collages, and larger installations that consider women’s inner lives, inherited expectations, and relationships with the natural world.

She holds a B.S. in Psychology. Her work has appeared in national juried exhibitions, been featured in textile and art publications worldwide, and is held in private collections internationally.