Artist Info
Nino "Knee-Know" M. Corpuz
Affiliated with the Nooksack and Nanaimo, Skyway Tribes, Knee-Know lives on
Bainbridge Island. He obtained a Fine Arts degree from Linfield College in 1993.
Artist's statement from 1995: "My current artistic pursuit is to portray my own
personal definition of the pure essence of motion. I have altogether veered away
from defining objects and figures, so as to place emphasis on sheer movement
itself. I have employed a nee-futurist attack to imply the acts of past, present, and
future. The beauty in our culture is exemplified in ceremony dance, and numerous
other facets of our Tribal traditions. My goal is to convey a message of
timelessness." "We have danced through the generations, just as we dance now,
and we will continue to dance hereafter." He received a commission from Nike for
their Masters World Games event in 1998.
