Jasper Knight
(b. 1978)
Visual artist
Sydney based artist Jasper Knight is a painter, sculptor and installation artist. He is considered one of just a few artists creatively moving forward in the post-pop tradition. His work is primarily constructed from plywood, perspex and cardboard boxes which draws a questionable line between the disciplines of both sculpture and painting. Since achieving several finalist nominations in recent years Jasper Knight is currently one of Australia’s most highly sought after emerging artists. The list of nominations include The Archibald Prize from 2005-2007, The Wynne Prize in 2005 & 2006, Redlands Westpac Art Prize (emerging), the Mossman Art Prize -2008, The Blake Prize, the ABN-Amro Prize, the Mossman Art Prize, the Helen Lempriere Prize and the Brett Whiteley Prize. Since 2007, Knight has held solo shows in Berlin, Paris, London and Hong Kong.
Jasper Knight is represented by Australian Galleries in Melbourne and Sydney and Greenhill Galleries, Perth.
Curriculum vitae
Education
2002-2003 Master of Arts (majoring in painting + drawing) the College of Fine Arts, UNSU, Sydney
1997-1999 Bachelor of Visual Arts – electronic + temporal arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Grants / prizes
2005-7 The Archibald Prize, finalist art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005-6 The Wynne Prize, finalist art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2006 National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA) marketing grant
Redlands Westpac Art Prize (emerging) finalist Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2005 Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship winner
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship, finalist Brett Whiteley studio art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art on the Rocks Prize, winner (emerging) Rocks visitors centre, Sydney
National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA) marketing grant
2004-6 Abn-amro Emerging Artist Prize, finalist Aurora Place, Sydney
2005-7 The Mosman Art Prize, finalist Mosman art gallery, Sydney
2004 Australia Council for the arts (ozco) new work grant (painting)
2003-4 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, finalist The Gunnery, Artspace, Woolloomooloo
2003 The Blake Prize for religious art, finalist Sir Herman Black Gallery the University of Sydney
Solo shows
2008 Apache, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
Skytrain, BMG Gallery, Adelaide
2007 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
Plattenbau, Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Tidemark/Thames Series, Cosa Gallery, London
Dashanzi, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2006 An Island in the Sun, Cosa Gallery, London
Primary, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2005 One to One, Phatspace Surry Hills, Sydney
2004 There Were Three in The Bed And The Little One Said…', Artbox at Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Driftwood, Mop Projects Redfern, Sydney
Autumn mk17, window boxes the Mckell Building, Government Architect’s office, inner Sydney
2003 The Australia Centre, Australian Consulate, Manila, the philippines
Selected group shows
2008 Salon de Refuses, Sherman Gallery, Sydney
2007 Memento Mori BLK MKT Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Underscore Josetti Hoffe Gallery Berlin
2007 Freedman Foundation Show, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2006 Art and About, Customs House Forecourt, Sydney
2006 No Direction Home, Pickled Art Centre Beijing, China
2005 2005: The Year In Art, Sherman Gallery Sydney
2005 Liquid Light Love, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
2005 Placard Project (zanny begg-checkpoint), Mori Gallery, Sydney
2004 One of (Festivus), Sherman Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2003 Christmas Show, Mop Projects, Redfern, Sydney
2002 Slacking Off, Imperial Slacks Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
Collections
Sydney Port Authority, The Rocks Sydney
NSW State Government – Premier’s Office, Sydney
Australian Consulate Makati, Manila, Philippines
Baker and Mckenzie AMP building Sydney
Artbank, Sydney
