Painting
Conor Knight
Conor Knight is an emerging Australian artist currently based in Brisbane/Meaanjin.
Artist Profile
Conor approaches traditional genres of painting in a contemporary manner as an autodidactic artist. He primarily works “alla prima”, a painting technique in which wet paint is applied to previously administered layers of wet paint. This energetic way of painting gives his work an immediacy that imbues his subject with life and movement.
Conor has been a finalist in the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award (2021 and 2023), Clayton Utz Art Award (2021), National Emerging Art Prize (2021), Tony White Memorial Art Prize (2022), Lethbridge Landscape Prize (2023), Brisbane Portrait Prize (2023) and was awarded second place in the figurative category of the Doyles Art Award 2023
Career Highlights
- Solo shows, Michael Reid Northern Beaches
- National Emerging Art Prize Finalist
- Works held in private collections both nationally and internationally
