Courtney Knight (b. 1991, Spokane, WA) studied Illustration in Boston, MA and is based in the Bay Area. Lately she tends to explore topics of playfulness, movement, cartoons and surreal landscapes. Chronic daydreamer, narrative driven, always drawing. Currently keeping a growing personal practice while being a Ceramics Instructor and (beyond lucky) to be a Studio Facilitator at Creative Growth Art Center.

let’s work together:

A young woman and a man are outdoors on a rocky ground, painting on large pieces of fabric laid on the ground. The woman, wearing a yellow jacket and gray pants, is kneeling next to a black and white dog, which she is gently holding while also working on her painting. The man, wearing a dark t-shirt and shorts, is sitting on the ground with his back to the camera, also engaged in painting. Several other fabric pieces with colorful artwork are spread out around them, and trees and a grassy area can be seen in the background.
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Courtney Knight (b. 1991)
Based in the Bay Area

EDUCATION

2014

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

A Fence of Lightness, Sweet Columns of Joy, Nil, Portland, OR

2023

You, Me, and the Sea, McCarren Parkhouse, Brooklyn, NY

2022 

Sugar, Never Coffee, Portland, OR

2021

Is there a vessel for me? Valley Studios, Portland, OR

2019

Pooling, Laurs Kemp shop, Portland, OR

Network Connectivity, Carnelian Cafe, Portland, OR

All My Glove, Ps and Qs market, Portland, OR 

2018

Untitled P’s and Q’s market, Portland, OR

2017

The Hanging, Oyster Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR

Drowning Anxieties, Ristretto Roasters, Portland, OR

Paper house no pressure, Greyhouse Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Wake Up Laughing, Piecemeal Gallery, Oakland, CA

The Haunt, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Good Mother Gallery Residency, Good Mother Studio, San Francisco, CA

100 Artist, 100 Albums, Albina Press, Portland, OR

9x12, Online Auction, NYC

2024

Wax: The LP Show, A Sometimes Gallery, Portland, OR

Summer Feeling, Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY

No Receipt, Tribeca, NYC

2023

Mind Song, Chefas Projects, Portland, OR

2022

Fisk and Friends, Fisk Gallery, Portland, OR

2020

20/20, Womxn House Gallery, Portland, OR

INTERWOVEN: an outside art show set in a field of kiwi vines, Portland, OR

Roux Poster Show, Roux, Portland, OR

2018

Triad Exhibition, Grapefruits Gallery, Portland, OR

Cease Fire charity event, Outwork Project, Portland, OR

Flora, Land Gallery, Portland, OR