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Solange Knowles

About this Artist

Solange Knowles is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and visual artist whose multi-disciplinary practice is spiritually rooted in world building for future generations. With the release of her critically acclaimed albums, A Seat at the Table and When I Get Home, Solange has invoked themes of identity, empowerment, grief, and healing that have resonated with millions of voices. This coupled with her work in other artistic mediums has led to a defining career of music, visual art, and activism. Solange has conducted performance art shows across the globe including at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (2019), The Getty Museum in Los Angeles (2019), Guggenheim Museum in NYC (2017), the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas (2017) and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Germany (2019).

In 2022, the artist composed and debuted “Villanelle For Time”, her jazz and classical score for the New York City Ballet. The artist continues to expand within new mediums of exploration and expression in curatorial practice, design, literature, and archiving, as founder and president of Saint Heron, the arts institution she founded in 2013.