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Kris Knight

  • This is a painting of a man on his phone with a "Wicked" poster behind him.
    Kris Knight | “Green Glow”
  • This is a painting of pink skin in a contorted position around a view of water and rocks.
    Kris Knight | “Rocks”
  • This is a baby blue painting of two men from the shoulders up embracing--one facing forward and one from behind.
    Kris Knight | “Perfumed the Light”
  • This is a red painting of a boy whispering in another boy's ear
    Kris Knight | “A Little Time Out”
  • This is a painting of a man looking over his shoulder at a body of water.
    Kris Knight | “Jumpers”
  • This is a painting of a Black man holding an Asian fan that has butterflies on it.
    Kris Knight | “Been Hiding Out Almost a Year”
  • This is a painting of a young Black model in a white t-shirt in three-quarter profile.
    Kris Knight, “Unhear”
  • This is a painting of a pale boy with rosy cheeks wearing a fur coat and a crown of yellow flowers and green pines.
    Adonis Veknalis
  • This is an oil painting of a pale boy in a black hoodie with copper hair, rosy cheeks, nose, lips, and eyes, and a light mustache.
    Spook
  • This is a painting of a man on his phone with a "Wicked" poster behind him.
    Kris Knight | “Green Glow” ⓘ
  • This is a painting of pink skin in a contorted position around a view of water and rocks.
    Kris Knight | “Rocks” ⓘ
  • This is a baby blue painting of two men from the shoulders up embracing--one facing forward and one from behind.
    Kris Knight | “Perfumed the Light” ⓘ
  • This is a red painting of a boy whispering in another boy's ear
    Kris Knight | “A Little Time Out” ⓘ
  • This is a painting of a man looking over his shoulder at a body of water.
    Kris Knight | “Jumpers” ⓘ
  • This is a painting of a Black man holding an Asian fan that has butterflies on it.
    Kris Knight | “Been Hiding Out Almost a Year” ⓘ
  • This is a painting of a young Black model in a white t-shirt in three-quarter profile.
    Kris Knight, “Unhear” ⓘ
  • This is a painting of a pale boy with rosy cheeks wearing a fur coat and a crown of yellow flowers and green pines.
    Adonis Veknalis ⓘ
  • This is an oil painting of a pale boy in a black hoodie with copper hair, rosy cheeks, nose, lips, and eyes, and a light mustache.
    Spook ⓘ
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Kris Knight (b. 1980) is a Canadian painter whose luminous portraits merge realism with allegory. Drawing on folklore and personal history, his work explores identity, vulnerability, and transformation, and has been exhibited internationally.

Press Releases

“Anthony Goicolea, John Brooks, Kris Knight | My Velvet Shadow”

Press Coverage

John Brooks, Anthony Goicolea, Kris Knight | “The Approval Matrix,” New York Magazine
May 22, 2023
John Brooks, Anthony Goicolea, Kris Knight | “CLAMP’s ‘My Velvet Shadow’ Presents 3 Gen X Painters,” AUTRE
May 10, 2023
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