Ken Knight was born in Sydney in 1956.
Landscape images, derived from a direct
response to the subject, form the integral theme in
Ken Knight's work. As an impressionist he paints en
plein aire - painting in oils in a spontaneous and free
manner.
Ken does not so much relay photographic information,
but captures the essence and spirit of a scene. By reducing
the landscape and abstracting elements from it, he enables
the viewer to make an intimate interpretation of the
image.
Ken's work seeks to find the right dynamic balance each
time the easel is set up outside: to observe, perceive,
interpret and abstract.
In finding this balance, Ken relies heavily on colour - perhaps the greatest tool available to the artist. Ken sees the control and exaggeration of colour in the landscape are fundamentally important, used in conjunction with thick paint, palette knife and energetic brushwork, he creates a painting that offers something a little different each time it is viewed.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, Bungendore, NSW
Ronald Coles Investment Galleries, Kenthurst, NSW
Eastgate and Holst, Hawthorn, Vic
2005
"A Love of Landscape", Celebrating
20 years of Painting, A Survey Show, Gosford Regional
Gallery
Jonathon Grant Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
Masterpiece Fine Art Gallry, Hobart, Tasmania
2004
McKenzie Gallery, Perth, WA
Tyron Gallery, St James's, London
Ronald Coles Investment Galleries
2003
WH Patterson Fine Art, Ltd., London
Jonathon Grant Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
2002
Artique Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Eastgate Gallery, Hawthorn, Vic
2001
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
McKenzie Gallery, Perth, WA
2000
Kenthurst Gallery - Kenthurst, NSW
Antique Gallery - Sydney, NSW
1999
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery - Adelaide, SA
Eastgate Gallery - Hawthorn, Vic
1998
McKenzie Gallery - Perth, WA
Framed, The Darwin Gallery - Darwin, NT
1997
Woodbyne Gallery - Jaspers Brush, NSW
Cintra Galleries - Brisbane, Qld
1996
McKenzie Gallery - Perth, WA
Eastgate Gallery - Hawthorn, Vic
1995
Hayman Island - Great Barrier Reef, Qld
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery - Adelaide, SA
Savill Galleries - Paddington, NSW
1994
The Schubert Gallery - Main Beach, Qld
1993
Eastgate Gallery - Hawthorn, Vic
Antique Gallery - Sydney, NSW
1992
Gallery 460 - Gosford, NSW
The Shubert Gallery - Main Beach, Qld
1991
Jarman Gallery - Melbourne, Vic
1990
Gallery 460 - Gosford, NSW
1989
The Schubert Gallery - Broadbeach, Qld
Jarman Gallery - Melbourne, Vic
1988
Cooks Hills Gallery - Newcastle, NSW
The Schubert Gallery - Broadbeach, Qld
Gallery 460 - Gosford, NSW
1987
Gallery 460 - Gosford, NSW
1980
Towoon Bay Gallery - Towoon Bay, NSW
1979
St Georges Terrace Gallery - Parramatta, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Ken has also exhibited in twenty four Group Exhibitions
since 1980.
COLLECTIONS:
I.B.M., Schwarzkopf, Kawasaki, Down to Earth Constructions,
Straits Resources,Tennis Federation of Japan, Lemar
Alexander, U.S. Presidential Candidate Parliament House,
Brisbane, Daiwa, Tattersall's Club, Brisbane, ANA Hotel,
Sydney, Royal Australian Navy's Judge Advocate General
Collection, Sheraton Towers, South Bank, Melbourne,
Burton-Taylor Communications, Rose Bay Sacred Heart
Convent School, Sultan of Brunei, Darussalam, Brunei,
The Royal Grocer's Hall, London, Bundanon Trust, Wyong
Council, DDB Singapore, Multileaf, Commonwealth Bank,
Johnson and Johnson, Archbishop of New York, Rosemount
Estate, ANZ Bank Head Office, Hong Kong Bank, Westpac
Bank, Westpac Bank Collection, Shell Oil, Parker Pens,
BHP, AMP Society, NRMA, The Union Club, Sydney, Castlemaine
Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Tasmanian Art Gallery,
Museum and is represented in private and corporate collections
in Australia, England, Italy, United States of America,
Mexico, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Germany, France,
South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore.
AWARDS:
Ken Knight has won over 50 major awards dating from
1979 - 2007. His most recent award in 2007 was for the
Camberwell Rotary/Herald Sun Art Show "Gold Medal
Best of Show", having won awards in the Camberwell
Rotary Art Show in 1999, 2000, and 2003.