Sarah Knight | CV 

Exhibitions

2024

Queerphoria Vol III: transformation | Queer Metalsmiths and Fiddlehead Gallery | Cookeville, TN

A Ball Court, Crocodiles | I Like Your Work | Online Exhibition and Publication | Curated by Jenny Wu

(upcoming) Queer Alchemy | Northern Clay Center | Minneapolis, MN | solo exhibition

2023

Wichita Ceramics Invitational | Reuben Saunders Gallery | Wichita, KS

Lived-In | STNDRD Exhibitions and The National Building Arts Center | Sauget, IL

Ephemerality | Strata Gallery | Santa Fe, NM

Midwest Salute to the Arts | City of Fairview Heights | Fairview Heights, IL

The Story of Us | Visionary Projects | New York City, NY

It Was All Very Queer II | Saint Louis Artists Guild | Saint Louis, MO

SLU Invitational | McNamee Gallery | Saint Louis, MO

2022

Crystal Queer | Foundry Art Center | Saint Charles, MO | solo exhibition

Winter Group Show | Foundry Art Centre | Saint Charles, Missouri

Small Works Invitational | Duane Reed Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri

Summer Group Show | Houska Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri

2021

2021 Whitaker Foundation Artist-In-Residence Exhibition: Sarah Knight and Douglas Dale | Craft Alliance | Saint Louis, Missouri

Wild Thing | Houska Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri

EPIPHANIES | Manifest Gallery | Cincinnati, Ohio

Porous Modes | Field Projects | New York, New York

A Thing Like You and Me | Kemper Art Museum | Saint Louis, Missouri

The Spectacle Magazine | Featured Published Artist | Issue No. 9

Here//Now | Intersect Arts Center | Saint Louis, Missouri

Non-Traditional | The In Art Gallery | theinartgallery.com

2020 

Flux: Vita Mutata | Curated by Natsuki Takauji | Sculptor’s Alliance | New York, New York

Perspective: Sarah Knight and Emily Mueller | Granite City Art and Design District | Granite City, Illinois

Saint Charles Community College MFA Invitational | Saint Charles Community College | St. Charles, Missouri 

Ruoyi Gan // Jessica Hunt // Sarah Knight // Rachel Lebo | Cunst Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri 

2019 

Parabola: Extraterrestrial | Des Lee Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri 

MFA First Year Exhibition | Des Lee Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri 

Ceramic Centric | Foundry Art Centre | Saint Charles, Missouri 

Paraquad Public Sculpture Commission | Paraquad | Saint Louis, Missouri 

 2018 

Parabola: Assembly | Des Lee Gallery | Saint Louis, Missouri 

Show of Merritt | Merritt College | Oakland, California 

Juicy Fruit: A Queer Artist Showcase | Lewis Center | Saint Louis, Missouri 

The Spectacle Magazine | Featured Published Artist | Issue No. 6 

2016 

Show of Merritt | Merritt College | Oakland, California 

2013 

Spontaneous Order | Mills College | Oakland, California 

Compass: Navigating the Journey to Self-Identity | Orange County Center of Contemporary Art (OCCCA) | Santa Ana, CA 

Publications

"Crystal Queer: Fracturing the Binaries of Matter, Creation, and Landscape" (2020). Graduate School of Art Theses. ETD 133.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_art_etds/133

Awards, Grants, and Residencies

Artist-In Residence | Houston Center for Contemporary Craft | September 2023 - Present

Artist-In-Residence | Jentel Foundation | July- August 2022

Artist-In-Residence | Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts | Summer 2022

2021 Artist-in-Residence | Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, MO | February 2021 - July 2021

Workshop Residency Scholarship | Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA | June 2020 - Postponed to 2021

Production Grant | Washington University Art and Community Engagement Public Works Fund| Spring 2019 

Related Work and Teaching Experience 

Gallery Coordinator | Webster University | Spring 2023- present

Studio Manager | Colorbridge | May 2022- present

Adjunct Professor | 2D and Sculpture Foundations, Material and Identity Seminar | Eastern Illinois University | Spring 2021-Present

Teaching Artist | Sumner High School Mural Project | Fall 2021

Teaching Artist | Craft Alliance | 2021 - present | St. Louis, MO

Teaching Artist | COCA - Center for Creative Arts | 2019 - present | St. Louis, MO

Teaching Assistantship | Sculpture Studio: Material and Culture with Arny Nadler | Washington University, Saint Louis, MO | Spring 2020 

Preparator and Gallery Assistant | Des Lee Gallery, Saint Louis, MO | 2019- 2020

Operations Manager | ClayPeople | Richmond, California | 2016-2018

Education 

 Master of Fine Arts | 2020 | Washington University, Saint Louis Missouri 

 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts | 2013 | Mills College, Oakland, California