b. 1990, United Kingdom
Jill McKnight (b. 1990, Sunderland, UK) lives and works in Leeds, UK. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2013) and has been part of Syllabus III, a peer-led alternative learning programme jointly delivered by Wysing Arts Centre, Eastside Projects, New Contemporaries, S1 Artspace, Spike Island, Iniva and Studio Voltaire.
McKnight has exhibited at galleries and institutions Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK; Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK; Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; South London Gallery, London, UK; Art House, Wakefield, UK; Recent Activity, Birmingham, UK; Great Exhibition of the North, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, UK; Bronze Dog Project Space, Gothenburg, SE; Platform Southwark, London, UK; Guest Projects, London, UK; Serf, Leeds, UK; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Leeds, UK; Basic Space, Dublin, IE; Basement Arts Project, Leeds, UK; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK; Crown Building Studios, Liverpool, UK; Freehold Projects, Leeds, UK; Lady Beck, Leeds, UK; Hyde Park Art Club, Leeds, UK.Awards include: Arts Council England DYCP (Developing your Creative Practice); Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award (2020); Yorkshire Sculpture International Sculpture Network (2020); a-n Artist Bursary (2020) and Yorkshire Sculpture International Associate Artist (2019).
The artist is currently in-residence for ‘Collections in Dialogue’, a new co-commission project between Leeds Art Gallery and the British Library, which will culminate in the artist’s first institutional solo show at Leeds Art Gallery, UK (March 2022).