About the Artist: Craig Knight

Craig Knight gained his BA (Hons) Fine Art from Hull College of HE; MA Fine Art from Sheffield Hallam University and PGCE Fine Art from St Martins, Lancaster. He has taught Art and Design in schools, academies, and colleges for over 25 years, delivering GCSE, BTEC L1/L2/L3 and A level as Head of Art. At present he teaches A Level Art and Design: Fine Art at Stockton Sixth Form College.

He is a figurative painter and drawer, his influences are eclectic and range from Mod, comics/graphic novels, graffiti to Fine Art (as highbrow/lowbrow as possible). He finds joy in Neo-Pop crowded imagery as metaphor for media saturation and his own conceptual confusion. Joy is created in the dialogue between the audience and artist- sharing references (Easter Eggs), meaning and confusion. The work grows organically exploring social relationships, the structure of memories, political and shared cultural histories. By sourcing imagery from pop culture, he hopes to reflect upon the nature of the constructed self, its evolving relationships, and forged connections. In the end, the paintings are the remnants and evidence of the cognitive, problem-solving nature of painting and the human experience. Though oil is his favourite medium, he also uses acrylic and watercolour. Recently his Neo-Pop style has undergone a significant move towards fragmentation and abstraction.

He has exhibited nationally and internationally- Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles USA; La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles USA; The Limner Gallery, New York USA; System Gallery, Newcastle UK; Frederick Street Gallery, Sunderland UK and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead UK.

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