Suzanne Knight is a Canberra based artist initially trained as a printmaker. Her art practice includes tapestry weaving, Japanese woodblock prints, drawing, painting and lithography.
Suzanne has been practicing and exhibiting since 1992. From 1999-2004 she lived and worked in Darwin.
Education
1996 Master of Arts (Research (MPhil) printmaking), Canberra School of Art, Institute of the Arts, ANU
1992 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art- printmaking), Canberra School of Art, Institute of the Arts, ANU
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Wild weaving, Territory Craft Gallery, Darwin
2016 Shift, Glimpse Art Space, Northcote, Melbourne
2003 You are what you eat Megalo Gallery, Megalo Access Arts, ACT
2001 Territory Fresh, CDU Gallery, Darwin
1997 Brewed, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula Sydney
1996 Seep, Canberra School of Art Foyer and Photospace galleries
1994 Lubricity, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Plant Stories: Woven Tapestry Narratives, (invited artist), Australian National Botanic Gardens
2022 Heallreaf #4 (selected artist), Sedbergh, Chichester, Birmingham, UK
2022 The Natural World, Tapestry Touring International (invited artist), touring UK 2022-2023
2022 Brooching the Subject #6, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW
2021 Tapestry Touring International online show “New Directions”,
2021 AuNZ Tapestry challenge “Weaving Water” touring Australia and New Zealand
2020 Tapestry Touring International online show “Colour”, https://tapestrytouringinternational.weebly.com/online-exhibition---november-2020.html
2020 Return of the Archive (selected artist), Megalo Access Arts, Kingston
2020 Little Things Art Prize (selected artist), Saint Cloche gallery, Paddington, Sydney NSW
2019 Still: National Still Life Award (selected artist), Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery NSW
2019 Take Time, Craft ACT, Canberra
2019 Kate Derum/ Irene Davies small tapestry award (selected artist) - Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2018 PETITE Miniature Textiles 2018 (selected artist), Wangaratta Arts Centre, VIC
2018 What’s in the Kitchen? Helen Stephens Gallery, Collector, ACT
2018 Press vs Screen 2018 Megalo Access Arts members show, Kingston ACT
2018 PIN18: Exhibition of Contemporary brooches (selected artist), ANCA Canberra
2017 Drawing Comfort, M16 Artspace, Kingston, ACT
2017 Kate Derum/ Irene Davies small tapestry award (selected artist) - Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2017 American Tapestry Alliance Small Tapestry International 5: Crossroads, University of North Texas, Texas and Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA- juried
2016 Living Rooms project pop up exhibition part of Craft ACT Design Canberra Festival
2004 Hanga: Selected Artists from the Nagasawa Art Park Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
2004 23 Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2003 Nagasawa Prints Ex Challenge, Haradanomori Gallery, Kobe, Japan
2002 Swipe 24hrArt, Darwin
2001 CPM Awards Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
2000 Printed Proof, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
1998 More Swanky Hankies 1998, Jam Factory, Adelaide, ANCA Gallery, Canberra, Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney
1997 Oceans in a Teacup, with Talei Emberson, ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT
1996 ACT Lithographers in Poland, touring to Gallery of Fine Art, Lodz; Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow; Gallery of Fine Art, Tarnow.
1994 Australian University Exhibition of Visual Art, Australian High Commission, Singapore, Laselle College of Fine Art, Singapore, Hilton Exhibition Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia
1993 Student work from the Canberra School of Art, Machida City Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Awards & Grants
2023 Artist in residence Territory Craft, Darwin
2002 Asialink residency to Nagasawa Art Park, Japan, funded by Australia Council
2002 Megalo Access Arts, interstate Printmaker-in-residence program, ACT
2001 Pat Corrigan Individual Artist Grant
2001 ArtsNT Individual Grant
1997 ACT Cultural Development Unit Grant, Stone Fruits project with Jenny Allen
1997 CAPO Individual Artist Grant
1997 Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
1996 ACT Cultural Development Unit Grant
1996 Pat Corrigan Individual Artist Grant
1994 Master of Arts (Visual Arts) Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship, ITA, Canberra School of Art, ANU
Selected employment
2021- current School Manager, School of Art & Design and School of Music, ANU
2010-2021 Executive Officer, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, ANU
2007-2010 Executive Officer, Research School of Humanities, ANU
2006-2007 Centre Manager, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, ANU
2004-2006 Executive Officer, National Institute for the Humanities and Creative Arts, ANU
2002 / 2000 Acting Head of School, School of Art and Design, NTU, Darwin
2004-1999 Head, Printmaking department, lecturer, School of Art and Design, NTU, Darwin
2004-1999 Undergraduate Course Coordinator, School of Art and Design, NTU, Darwin
2000-1999 Editioning Lithographer, Northern Editions Print Workshop, CDU, Darwin
1999-1994 Parttime lecturer and tutor, Printmaking and Drawing, Canberra School of Art and Canberra Institute of Technology, Canberra
1999-1997 Access and Education Coordinator, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, ACT
1999-1994 Editioning Lithographer, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, ACT
Publications
2018 Munro, A. Drawing Comfort: Textiles, drawing and solace Textile Fibre Forum Issue No. 131
p41-45
2004 Radok, S. place made- Fifth Australian Print Symposium Artlink Vol 24 No 2, 2004, p91-92
2003 Knight, S. A Japanese Residency Imprint Summer 2003 Vol 38 No 1 p7-8
2002 Various newspaper publications in Kansai region plus TV broadcast Kansai Broadcasting Corporation, Japan, 11th October 2002
2001 Ivers, R. You Are What You Eat, catalogue essay
2001 Hinde, S. Food with body and soul NT News 20th October pg 32
2001 ABC Darwin 105.7 interview with Marie McCarthy 19th October
2001 Knight, S. Artnotes, NT correspondent Art Monthly Australia, March-December
2000 Knight, S Sweet Tales in the Tropics Imprint Summer 2000 Vol 35 No 4 p9
2000 Knight, S. Reconciliation, Art Monthly Online Review July
2000 Knight, S. Reflections from a distance, Art Monthly correspondence, July p11-12
1999 Hinchliffe, M, Putting it in print Craft Arts International No 45 p96
1998 Screen Plays Vogue Living Dec/Jan 1998, p70
1998 Allen, J. & Knight, S. The Stone Fruits Project Stone Fruits exhibition catalogue essay, September
1997 Jenkins, S. Oceans in a Teacup exhibition catalogue essay
1996 Knight, S. Food and Feminine Fluidity Masters of Arts research sub-thesis, unpublished
1996 Clarke, D. Seep exhibition catalogue essay
1996 Simpson, M. Homebound: Community art in the Majura Women’s Group, Hackett, ACT, p58-63
Other Selected Activities
2006 Project Manager and Coordinator of Selling Yarns I: Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, workshops, fair and conference (with Jo Victoria), with funding through Ian Potter Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts, NT Government and ANU
2003 Print Council of Australia, Distant Noises collaborative national project
2003 Flying Carpet international printmaking folio coordinated in Switzerland, toured nationally and internationally
2002 Printmaking in the Northern Territory Lecture, Kyoto City University of Fine Art, Japan
2002 Visual Art, Craft and Design Training Package consultancy meetings for Indigenous education packages, Darwin
2001 Presented paper Research and the Tyranny of Distance? For 'Latest Editions, Printmedia Seminar', Canberra School of Art
2000 Executive member of Australian Council of University Art and Design Heads of Schools (ACUADS)
2000 Organised exhibition of ATSI student work, One mob , Eora College, Sydney
2000 Judge of Print Council of Australia, Members Commissioned Prints
1997 CIT National Accreditation Review Committee, Visual Art and Craft Diploma, Watson CIT Campus
1997 ACT Cultural Development Unit Register of Peer
1997 Stilletos to Docs community art project artist with YWCA, Canberra
1997 Quamby Youth Detention Centre, tutor for printmaking classes
1996 Member of Graduate Studies Board, Canberra School of Art
1995 Backyard Project, coordinating artist, Majura Women's Group
1994 Quality Assurance Review Committee ANU, Student Representative
1994 Youth Arts Working Party member, ACT Cultural Development Unit