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.
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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