Emma Knight
(b. 1970, US)
There is no mistaking Knight’s specific artistic style. Windswept, puffy, organic shapes fill the canvas and take the place of foliage, leaving the viewer with a sense of curiosity and wonder. Her paintings reveal an atmospheric sensibility. Line, shape and color work in concert to evoke the mood of a place and time rather than clear and detached details. In her newest works, her abstraction has gone a step further. No longer representing actual space, the organic structures still conjure sensations of life. They recall the petals of chrysanthemum or carnation. Or perhaps their squiggly shapes suggest creatures found in the waters of a lake. Knight embraces the natural world to her own sensuous end, her own Twisted Eden. (credit to Eric LaChance, Curator of The Sumter Counter Gallery of Art, Sumter County, SC)
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Collectors’ Night, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
2024. ArtFlelds 2024, Lake City, South Carolina
2024 SMALL WORKS, Glave Kocen petite, Richmond, Virginia
2023 Emma Knight: Other Gardens, St. Catherine’s School, Richmond, Virginia
2023 Full Moon Cabaret, Art Auction and Exhibition to Benefit Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
2023 Teeny Tiny Trifecta 6, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
2023 Emma Knight: Garden of Unearthly Delights, Chroma Art Projects Laboratory, Charlottesville, Virginia
2023 Bloom, Create! Magazine, virtual exhibition, curated by Gita Joshi
2023 Streetlight Magazine 2023 Art Search Contest, Charlottesville, Virginia, First Place
2023 [Work], Group Show, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
2023 ArtFields 2023, Trax Visual Art Center, Lake City, South Carolina
2023 Emma Knight: Twisted Eden, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter County, South Carolina
2023 SMALL WORKS, Glave Kocen petite, Richmond, Virginia
2022 RVAS 14th Annual Juried Art Show, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Virginia, First Place
2022 A Feast for Your Eyes 7th Annual Fine Art Auction, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
2022 Teeny Tiny Trifecta 5, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
2022 Oceano Exhibit, River Cache Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2022 [Work], Group Show, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
2022 HUNG JURIED 2.0, Glave Kocen Consulting, Richmond, Virginia
2022 ArtFields 2022, Lake City, South Carolina
2022 Artspace March/April Juried All Media Exhibit, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, First Place
2022 8th Annual Edna Curry/John Bower Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, Virginia, Second Place
2021 RVAS 13th Annual Juried Art Show, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Virginia, Second Place
2021 [Work], Group Show, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
2021 Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association Painting Competition, Mosaic Gallery, Fairfax, Virginia
2021 ArtFields 2021, Lake City, South Carolina
2020 Stripes 2: Slivers, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2020 November All Media Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
2020 RVAS 12th Annual Juried Art Show, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Virginia
2020 Dreams, Online Exhibition, Gallery 5, Richmond, Virginia
2019 Art in Embassies, US State Department, US Embassy in Chinisau, Moldova
2019 [Work], Group Show, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
2019 In the Garden, Group Show, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
2019 “Isolated” Romantic Landscape Scenes, Chasen Galleries, Richmond, Virginia
2018 September All Media Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
2018 Inside/Out, VMFA Staff Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
2018 Solo Exhibition, Walking the ATL, Brickworks Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 April Flowers Bring May Flowers, Group Show, Gallery Flux, Ashland, Virginia
2017 High Museum of Art - Art Partners Event: Brickworks Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2017 Spectrum Gestalt 4, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2017 Art Speaks on The Bay, (juror Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator and Manager, Statewide Programs and Exhibitions at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews, Virginia
2017 Contempo, A Modern Take on Contemporary Art, Gallery Flux, Ashland, Virginia
2016 5th Annual Miniature Show, Gallery Flux, Ashland, Virginia
2016 RVA Landscape and Architecture Exhibition, “buyRVAart” juried exhibition, Richmond, Virginia
2016 Splash, Group Show, Gallery Flux, Ashland, Virginia
2016 Dog Days of Summer, Artworks, Richmond, Virginia, Honorable Mention
2016 March All Media Juried Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia, Honorable Mention
2016 Art Speaks on The Bay, Juried Show, Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews, Virginia, Honorable Mention
2016 Solo Exhibition, Emma Knight: Flourish, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Satellite Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
2015 Solo Exhibition, Luck Leadership Playhouse, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, Virginia
2015 Lay of the Land Juried Exhibit, Gallery Flux, Ashland, Virginia
2015 Regional Juried Exhibition, Hill Center Galleries, Washington DC,
(Juror, Mark Leithauser, Senior Curator and Chief of Design for the National Gallery of Art.)
2015 Solo Exhibition, Landscapes, Carolyn R. Brandt Gallery, The Steward School,
Richmond, Virginia
2014 September All Media Juried Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia, Honorable Mention
2014 Solo Exhibition, Capital One Campus Exhibit, Glen Allen, Virginia
2014 March All Media Juried Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia, Third Place
2014 Structures Brought to Light Juried Exhibit, Gallery Flux, Ashland, Virginia
2014 New Waves Exhibit, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia (juror, Charles Moffett, Sotheby's)
2014 Solo Exhibition, Savannah and Richmond, Midway Gallery, The Cultural Center at Glen Allen, Virginia
2014 Senate Session Exhibit of Virginia Artists, Virginia General Assembly Building, Richmond, Virginia
2013 Surface Impressions National Exhibit, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
2013 Keep Virginia Beautiful All Media Juried Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
2013 Faculty Art Exhibit, St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, Virginia
2012 SOHO Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2011 Night at the Telfair Silent Art Auction, Jepson Center, Savannah, Georgia
2011 Bergino Baseball Clubhouse Gallery, New York, New York
2010 16th Annual Art Fair, Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia
2009 15th Annual Art Fair, Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia
2009 5th Annual Evening in Monte Carlo, Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia
2007 Gallery 209, Savannah, Georgia
2007 Horne & Thistle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2005 Solo Exhibition, Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah, Georgia
2001 Telfair Art Auction, Jepson Center, Savannah, Georgia
2001 Grand Opening, Chroma Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2000 6th Annual Art Fair, Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia
Gallery Affiliation
Stravitz Sculpture & Fine Art Galleries, Richard Stravitz, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Crossroads Art Center, Jenni Kirby, Richmond, Virginia
Brickworks Gallery, Laura Adams, Atlanta, Georgia