Catherine Knight
Catherine Knight is a painter based at BV Studio Bristol. Since graduating from an MA in Fine Art at Bath Spa University in 2008 with a distinction, she has exhibited widely in both private and public gallery spaces including Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the New Art Gallery, Walsall. Most notably she won the Insight Art Prize at the Royal Watercolour Society Open 2022 and was shortlisted for the Jacksons Art Prize in 2021.
Catherine’s work is distinctive for its vibrant use of colour in evocative landscapes and interiors. In 2018, she was one of five artists who took part in the Bristol/ Hannover Artist Exchange, which linked up artists in the two cities and resulted in group exhibitions in both. Her recent Isolation Windows project led to a Solo Show at Exeter Phoenix gallery in May 2021. She is currently working towards a Solo Show at Petersfield Museum in March 2023.
Qualifications and training: 2008 - MA Fine Art, Bath Spa University, Bath 2004 - BA Hons Fine Art, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Residencies: July 2023- Mawddach Residency, Eryri, Nov 2020- @ The Garage, Bristol, Dec 2013- Old School Resdency, Hrisey, Iceland, 2006 - Resident Artist, Bootham School, York
Solo exhibitions: Long Shadows, Irving Gallery, Oxford- June- July 2023
Long Shadows, Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery March- June 2023
Isolation Windows, Exeter Phoenix Gallery, 2021
2012-Solo show, Exeter Phoenix Café Gallery, Exeter 2011 - Memories to Draw on, Sidcot Arts Centre, North Somerset 2009 -Small paintings and works on paper, Bath Spa University Gallery, Weston College
Group exhibitions: 2024- Constellations, Irving Gallery, Oxford, 20, Cavaliero Finn, Stockwell Studio, London, A Moment in Time, Weald Contemporary, Arundel, Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London, 2023- Winter, Cavaliero Finn, Cromwell Place, London, Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, Into the Night, London Art Fair with Cavaliero Finn, 2022- Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, PERSEIDS, exhibition of works on paper, Irving Gallery, A Generous Space 2, New Art Gallery, Walsall, Memory, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, A Room of Her Own, Irving Gallery, Oxford, Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London, 2021, Looking Forward, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, 2020, Edge of Dark, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Alumni Show, Bath Spa University, 2019- Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, Small works, Stratford Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Elsewhere is here/Anderswo ist hier, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, 2018, Anderswo ist hier/Elsewhere is here, Turba Gallery, Hannover, Germany, Secret Charter, Postcard auction, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, BEEP Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Discerning Eye Collection Exhibition, Guildford House Gallery, Eighteen, Llantarnam Grange, Wales, Light and Shade, Stratford Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon, London Art Fair with Cavaliero Finn Gallery, 2017, Dulwich Festival Show, Cavaliero Finn Gallery, London, Live Tunisian Collaborative Painting at Royal West of England Academy as part of Drawn exhibition Drawing Lab, London Art Fair with Cavaliero Finn Gallery, 2016- RWA 164th Autumn Exhibition, Wells Art Contemporary, WWOOMFAABSU, OXO Tower Wharf, London, Discerning Eye Permanent Collection exhibition, Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, 2015- Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, Wells Art Contemporary, Dulwich Festival Show, Cavaliero Finn Gallery, Discerning Eye Collection, Temple Church, London, 2014- Invited Artist Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, 2013- A Place of Departure, 44AD Gallery, Bath, 2012- National Open, Motorcade/Flashparade, selected by Emma Cocker, Brian Griffiths and David Trigg, True Identity, View Art Gallery, Bristol, The Past: History, Time, Memory and Nostalgia, Santorini Bienniale of Arts, Greece, 2011 - Motorcade/Flashparade Open Painting Competition, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol, No.1: Paint, Blank Media Space, Manchester, Remote Viewing, curated by Chris Barr, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol, 2010 - Here and Now, View Gallery, Bristol, New Year, New Work, View Gallery, Bristol, Stories, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 2009 - 6 @ The Octagon, Bath Fringe Festival, The Octagon, Bath, Summer Show, View Gallery, Bristol 2008 - 156th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 2008 - Sefton Open, Atkinson Gallery, Merseyside
Artist talks 2016- RWA Artist network talk
2009 - Catherine Knight, Weston College, Weston Super Mare
Workshops 2009 - Big Draw Day, Sidcot Arts Centre, North Somerset Competitions,
Prizes and awards 2022- Insight Art award, Royal Watercolour Society Open
2021- Shortlisted for Jacksons Painting Prize, 2012- Shortisted for John Gingell Award, 2008 - Student Bursary Winner, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol