Education
2022 Visiting Critic Program with Jared Linge, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2022 Demystifying the Art World, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2018 MFA, 3D Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt). Boston, MA
2017 Contemporary Pedagogy with Maureen Kelly. MassArt, Boston, MA
2015 BA in Creative Writing, Lesley University. Cambridge, MA
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
1988-91 Fibers major, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dartmouth, MA
1987-88 Freshman Foundation, Swain School of Design. New Bedford, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 You Are Not Lost, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA
2023 Ulterior Spaces, AS220 Project Space Gallery, Providence, RI
2021 Enter Unknowing, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA
2021 Silent Hive, Castleton University, Castleton, VT
Group Exhibitions
2023 Earthquake Picnic, MassArt x SoWa, Boston, MA
2022 The Blue Notebooks. Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2022 SALLY Brickbottom. Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2022 NYC Crit Club Group Show. Studio 9D, New York, NY
2021 SALLY Wellfleet. Various sites, Wellfleet, MA
2021 #BosscrittDailyJanuary. Bosscritt Critique and Curatorial Club, Boston, MA.
2020 The SALLY Project. Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA
2020 Everyday in August. Bosscritt Critique and Curatorial Club, Boston, MA
2020 Divine 2020. In alliance with International Women’s Day. Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
2019 Holiday Happening #3. Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
2019 Essence. Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
2019 ISOLATION. Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 MassArt MFA Thesis Exhibition. Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Boston, MA
2018 Voice : Power : Alchemy. Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Transitions, Survival, Resilience. Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Interactive Narrative. Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2017 Legacy. South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2017 Satellite Studios. Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Residency Exhibition. Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2016 Distinguishing Features. Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2016 Always Incomplete. Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 Artists of the Year group show. Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2015 New Members Show. Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2015 Eliot School Faculty Showcase. Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, Jamaica Plain, MA
2014 Eliot School Faculty Showcase. Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, Jamaica Plain, MA
Juried Exhibitions
2019 12th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition. PAC Mill Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
2015 71st Members’ Prize Show. University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2014 Woven, UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Awards & Residencies
2017 Artist's Residency, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2017 Graduate Dean's Scholarship, MassArt, Boston, MA
2016 Graduate Dean’s Scholarship, MassArt, Boston, MA
2015 Artist of the Year, Sculpture Award, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Publications
2024 He Shed, She Shed, The Boston Globe, June 9.
2023 Creating a New Reality: Kelly Knight’s word-building works, Motif Magazine, December 15, Cover image and pg. 4-5.
2023 Kelly Knight Preserves Mystery in Her Art, The Provincetown Independent, July 5
2022 ‘Sally’ Interdisciplinary project at the Brickbottom Gallery, The Somerville Times, Aug. 24, pg. 12
2021 Knowing Kelly Knight, Provincetown Independent, Aug. 5, pg. B8
2021 Christina Schlesinger, The Sally Project, Provincetown Arts. pg. 54
Teaching Experience
2023 Intuitive Drawing, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
2017 TA, Professional Practices with Susan Metrican. MassArt, Boston, MA
2016 TA, Flexible Structures with Janet Kawada. MassArt, Boston, MA
2016-17 Faculty, mixed-media fiber arts. New Art Center, Newton, MA
2014-17 Faculty, fiber arts. Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, Jamaica Plain, MA
2013-17 Teaching Artist, weaving. JP Knit & Stitch, Jamaica Plain, MA
Arts Administration
2024-present Program Director, Interdisciplinary Low Residency MFA Program Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2014-16 Artistic Coordinator, Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, Jamaica Plain, MA.
2013-14 Registrar and PR Coordinator, Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts
2011-13 Special Projects Coordinator, Marketing, Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts