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.