Shannon Carleen Knight

My work is about process. My daily painting studio practice allows me to process my life. I paint every day, regardless of whatever is happening. My painting process has taught me about discernment, structure, about listening and knowing when to act on impulse, taking risks, or holding back, allowing and about my own resilience. Many paintings have taken years, even decades to be complete, where as other paintings take root with a specific intention and can be completed in a couple of weeks.
My painting studio practice is my full time concern. My paintings are my relationships, my children, and my connection to god.
I work with acrylic and mixed media. My work often includes dense, textured layers, hidden imagery, collage with vintage text and photographs. I love to incorporate ink, charcoal, spray paint and oil depending on the project. My paintings are saturated in bold colors, complex to the surface and usually sealed in layers of high gloss coatings. I have been painting for 29 years. I didn’t attend art school but studied multiple subjects and earned a BA degree in Dance. I have had a couple of outstanding teachers and mentors along the way and continue to learn by experimentation. My work resides in private and public collect...

-AWS Welding Certificate: FCAW 3G Unlimited 2016

-Certified Somatic Movement Educator 2013

-Bachelor of Arts in Dance: University of Oregon 2011

-Certified DanceAbility Instructor 2005

Bartini, Eugene, OR 2025
-Resident Artist at Modern Betty Salon, Eugene, OR- Resident Artist 2024-Present
-Cowfish, Eugene, OR - Winter 2023
-Wildling Collaborative Arts, Eugene, OR-Summer 2023
-Harmonic Laboratory "Winter Light" 2021: Public video installation of stop motion animated painting, January/February 2021

-"Rebel Yell": Group Exhibition at Song-Word Art House Gallery: Malibu, CA Winter 2020-Spring 2021

-Platform Festival 2020: "Passacaglia" Stop-motion painted animation for Harmonic Laboratory/Integrated Arts: June, 2020

-Solo Exhibition: Eugene, OR- MindWorks: 2020

-PRN Galleries at Riverbend and University Hospitals: Eugene/Springfield OR January-February 2020

-La Bella Figura: The Sewing Cooperative
Rome, Italy September-October 2019 - Fabric Design

-The Space Movement Studio: Eugene, OR
Resident Artist: June-November 2019

-Eugene Yoga: February/March 2018

-Pacific Artists Collective at University of Oregon 2018: Montage Series for ‘L’ Historie du Soldat”

-Parallax Art Fair, London 2018

-Salon de Refuses, Eugene, OR: Group Show-Summer 2018

-Park Street Cafe, Eugene: Solo Show- Summer 2018
-Alexi Era Gallery-Group Show: Eugene, OR May 2018
-Cafe Soriah-Solo Show: Eugene, OR April/May 2018
DanceAbility Inter...