Jonathan Knight (artist)

Jonathan Knight, LHD, NWS, is an American painter and artist, born in 1959 in Daytona Beach, FL. Jonathan's mediums are primarily watercolors, oils, pastels and printmaking.

Early life

Dr. Knight, is a Kansas City based artist,[1] who has been featured in many art publications and is featured on AskArt.com.

In 1999 Jonathan was honored by the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, his alma mater, with a doctorate of humane letters degree (LhD).[2] Knight has also earned degrees in Visual Communications, Advertising and Painting. Knight also studied printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Early in his career Knight worked as a designer, recruiter and researcher for Hallmark Cards, Inc, in Kansas City. He later worked as Vice President Of Creative for Side Street Greetings.

Currently, Knight is an international and national award-winning fine artist exhibiting annually in numerous national and international juried fine competitions. Knight is also a juror of numerous national and some international competitions. He is featured in a coffee table book titled, "The Creativity of Jonathan Knight A Visual Dialogue". Knight's paintings are in numerous museums, corporate and important private art collections nationally and abroad.

Knight's work has been featured in, or recognized by the following organizations.

Magazines

Newspapers

Memberships
  • National Watercolor Society
  • Southern Watercolor Society
  • Mississippi Watercolor Society
  • Georgia Watercolor Society
  • San Diego Watercolor Society
  • Missouri Watercolor Society
  • Kansas Watercolor Society
  • Allied Artists of America, New York, NY.

Recognition

Awards
  • Houghton-Mifflin Award, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Florida Miniature Art Society, Clearwater, Florida
  • Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society, Washington, D.C.
  • San Diego Watercolor International Exhibition, San Diego, California.
  • 2004 Arts in Mississippi Award (Best of Show) in the Grand National Watercolor Exhibition, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Best of Show Award in the Arizona Aqueous XIX National Exhibition, Tubac, Arizona
  • 1998 Best of Show Award in the 5th Annual Miniature Art Show, Casper, Wyoming
  • Award of Excellence in the San Diego Watercolor Society International exhibition
  • Annual Georgia Miniature Art Society International Exhibition
  • 1996 William Meyerowitz Memorial Award at the 54th Audubon Artists Exhibition, New York City
  • Bellsouth Telecommunications Award from the Grand National Watercolor Exhibition, Mississippi Museum of Art
  • Founder's Award from the Southern Watercolor Society's 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, Talladega, Florida
  • Top Honors at the Emprise Bank Patron Purchase Award
  • Beverly and Dick Hoover Award from the Kansas Watercolor Society's Annual Exhibition

Other
  • Exhibited in the Studio Museum in Harlem – These 2 paintings are included in the book, Black Romantic.
  • Appeared in the nationally syndicated television show "Girlfriends.”

References
  1. "The bigger picture: Jonathan Knight's love of nature seen in 18-year overview at Albrecht-Kemper". Kansas City Star. May 25, 2005. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
  2. "Jonathan Knight – Fine Artist Paintings".
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