KARLA KNIGHT
Born 1958 New York City
Lives and works in Connecticut
EDUCATION
1980 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, BFA Painting
1980 RISD European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS*
2022 "Karla Knight: Road Trip," Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2021 "Karla Knight: Navigator," curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
Independent Art Fair, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2020 "Notes from the Lightship," Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2018 "Spaceship Drawings," EBK Gallery, Hartford, CT
2010 "Life in Space: Charcoal Drawings," Artspace, New Haven, CT
2004 “Pondering the Marvelous,” Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY*
1990 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1987 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1986 Dart Gallery, Chicago
1981 William Francis Gallery, Providence, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 "Thaw," The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
2019 "Summer Exhibition: Recent Works," Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2018 "April 14, 1561," Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
"21st Century Cyphers," 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2017 "Underlying system is not known," Western Exhibitions, Chicago
"Rhyme & Reason," Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Gallery, Hartford, CT
2016 "Intuitive Progression," Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
"Magic," Mercer County Community College, NJ (Tiffany Calvert, curator)
2015 Digging: A Group Show, Brooklyn Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY (Becky Kinder, curator)
2014 Momenta Art Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
2012 "Diagram," Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Momenta Art Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
Nurture Art Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
2011 "Drawing and Illustration," Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2010 "All Things Being Equal," Raritan Valley Community College, Bridgewater, NJ. (Tiffany Calvert, curator)
"Power to the People," Feature, Inc., New York, NY
2009 "FIVE DECADES OF PASSION Part Two: The Founding of the Center, 1989-1991," Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
"Contemporary Women Artists: Work on Paper," Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2008 Pierogi Flatfiles, "Desire," Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
"Worlds Away," Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Gallery, Hartford, CT
2007 “Paper,” Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
Pierogi. Flatfiling, Artnews Projects. Berlin, Germany
“Statements and Symbols: Selected Paintings and Prints from the Maslow Collection, Marywood University Suraci Gallery, Scranton, PA
2002 "40 by 40," Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
2001 “Double Visions,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
2000 “Quirky,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
"Ambiguity: Layers of Information," Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
1998 “Imaginary Friend,” Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York (Nayland Blake, curator)
1997 “Invitational,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
1995 “Selections,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
1993 “The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,” Drawing Center, New York
1991 “New Works on Paper,” Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1990 “Art Against AIDS,” Washington, DC
Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1989 “Group Show,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
Fawbush Gallery, New York
1988 “Works on Paper,” Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Dart Gallery, Chicago
“The Power of Drawings,” Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago
1987 “Group Painting Exhibition, Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
“Art Against AIDS,” Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1986 “Painting the Object,” Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1985 “Real Surreal,” Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1980 European Honors Thesis Show, RISD, Palazzo-Cenci, Rome, Italy
Two-person exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Rosenberg, Karen. "For Karla Knight, Paranormal Is Normal," New York Times, January 6. Photo repro.
2022 Keats, Jonathon. "Better Than the X-Files," Forbes, January 11
2022 Battista, Kathy. "Karla Knight: Navigator," Brooklyn Rail, March
2021 Halle, Howard. "How I Made This: Karla Knight's Otherworldly Art," ARTNews, October 13
2021 Heinrich, Will. "Fall Preview," New York Times, September 17
2020 Goodman, Jonathan. "Karla Knight: Notes from the Lightship," Brooklyn Rail, June.
2020 Saltz, Jerry."The Art World Goes Dark," Vulture, New York Magazine, March 20
2020 Saltz, Jerry. "To Do: March 4-18," Vulture, New York Magazine, March 2019 Smith, Roberta. "April 14, 1561." New York Times, January 8
2018 Halle, Howard. "April 14, 1561," Time Out New York, December 17. Photo repro.
2018 Halle, Howard. Time Out New York, Top Five New York art shows this week, December 17, 2018. Photo repro.
2018 Roberts, Kathaleen. "21st Century Cyphers," Albuquerque Journal, May 13. Photo repro.
2018 Dunne, Susan. "Karla Knight's Spaceship Drawings at EBK in Hartford," Hartford Courant, June 16. Photo repro.
2016 TimesLedger, "Intuitive Progression," Steve Barnes, August 25
2014 Post Road Magazine, Issue 26, "Ground Control"
2012 The Hartford Courant, "Diagram at Real Art Ways," Susan Dunne, Nov. 14
2012 Samelson, Henry. Buddy of Work, blog. February 19, 2012.
2010 New Haven Advocate, "Knowing and Forgetting," Geoffrey Detrani, April 5
2004 The New York Times, “You and Them!” October 31, Arts and Leisure
2004 Wave Hill News, Autumn 200
2004 The Riverdale Press, “Natural Notions,” September 23
1991 Brooklyn Museum Newsletter, Summer 1991
1989 Dorsey, John. "Works by Emerging Artists," Baltimore Sun, February 1989
1988 Cohrs, Timothy. “Karla Knight,” Arts, January
1987 Cameron, Dan. "Opening Salvos, Part One," Arts, December
1986 Cohrs, Timothy. “Group Show,” Arts, February
Bomb, Spring 1986, pp. 32, 33. Photo repro.
Saltz, Jerry. Beyond Boundaries, New York’s New Art, Alfred van der Marck Editions
COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Brooklyn Museum
Walker Art Center
Emily Fisher Landau
Helen and Brice Marden
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Maslow Collection
Chase Manhattan Bank
Prudential, Inc.
Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
Hart-Abrams, Inc.
McCrory Corporation
Middlebury College Museum of Art
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
2018 Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY: Artist Residency
2016 Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY: Artist Residency
2015 Connecticut Office of the Arts: Artist Fellowship
2014 MacDowell, Peterborough, NH: Fellowship
2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant: Nominee
2006 Connecticut Office of the Arts: Artist Fellowship
