Kris Knight

Kris Knight
Born	1980 Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Ontario College of Art and Design
Known for	Painting
Website	krisknight.com

Kris Knight is a Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada. Knight's works are mostly portraits; Knight wanted to draw the human face as a child and it continues to be the main thing that he focuses on painting as an adult. Each one of Knight's series of work is stemmed from his autobiographical memory. He works at a downtown Toronto studio that he shares with illustrator Winnie Truong.

Knight was born in Windsor, Ontario in 1980, and moved to Toronto in 1999 for art school. Knight has three other siblings. Growing up in a bakery, where his mother worked as a baker, Knight's pastel palette was influenced by his experiences tinting icing used for baked goods. Knight mixed his color palette by using the technique bakers use to make cake icings - by starting off with a white base and later adding the tint. Knight has described himself as having an awkward and shy personality. Knight's parents gave art supplies as Knight's birthday and Christmas present since he was young, seeing that he had an interest in art. Knight received his degree in 2003, majoring in Painting and Drawing from the Ontario College of Art and Design (AOCAD), with a minor in Curating and Criticism. In most of Knight's twenties, he worked in art galleries during the day and restaurants at night.

Knight's works are represented by Katharine Mulherin in Toronto, Spinello Gallery in Miami and Galerie Alain Gutharc in Paris. He claimed that he paints everyday but destroy half of his work.

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