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Paul Knight is an artist working in London.
In brief, Knight's work is concerned with the abilities and failings of the photographic image, intimacy, relationships in context to society and the notions of soft politics, bond structures and simulation.
Bio
Paul Knight graduated from the Victoria College of the Arts (Melbourne, Australia) with a Bachelor of Fine Art (hons) in 2001. In 2002, he was awarded a two year residency as a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (Melbourne, Australia). In 2007 he was awarded the prestigious Ann & Gordon Samstage Traveling Visual Arts Scholarship - this led Knight to the Master's program at the Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated with an MFA in 2009. That same year he was the winner of the William & Winifred Bowness Photography Award at the Monash Gallery of Art (AUS) and selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries (UK). In 2010, he exhibited a solo presentation in the Open Space section of the 44th Art Cologne and was awarded the London Studio residency by the Australian Council of the Arts. In 2012 with Tobias Yves Zintel, Knight presented the project The Genetic Drive as part of the Glasgow International Festival for Visual Arts.
Representation
Neon Parc
1/53 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia
+61 3 9663 0911
info@neonparc.com.au
contact@paulknight.com.au
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia - We Used To Talk About Love
photography, Christopher Snee
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Performance Space, Sydney - SEXES
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44th Art Cologne 2010 - Open Space
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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art - New08
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Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne - Don't Show Me Your Poetry
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Neon Parc, Melbourne - Closer
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Australian Centre of Photography - Don't Be Something Strong
In brief, Knight's work is concerned with the abilities and failings of the photographic image, intimacy, relationships in context to society and the notions of soft politics, bond structures and simulation.
Bio
Paul Knight graduated from the Victoria College of the Arts (Melbourne, Australia) with a Bachelor of Fine Art (hons) in 2001. In 2002, he was awarded a two year residency as a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (Melbourne, Australia). In 2007 he was awarded the prestigious Ann & Gordon Samstage Traveling Visual Arts Scholarship - this led Knight to the Master's program at the Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated with an MFA in 2009. That same year he was the winner of the William & Winifred Bowness Photography Award at the Monash Gallery of Art (AUS) and selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries (UK). In 2010, he exhibited a solo presentation in the Open Space section of the 44th Art Cologne and was awarded the London Studio residency by the Australian Council of the Arts. In 2012 with Tobias Yves Zintel, Knight presented the project The Genetic Drive as part of the Glasgow International Festival for Visual Arts.
Representation
Neon Parc
1/53 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia
+61 3 9663 0911
info@neonparc.com.au
contact@paulknight.com.au
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia - We Used To Talk About Love
photography, Christopher Snee
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Performance Space, Sydney - SEXES
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
44th Art Cologne 2010 - Open Space
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art - New08
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne - Don't Show Me Your Poetry
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Neon Parc, Melbourne - Closer
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Australian Centre of Photography - Don't Be Something Strong
