Khalil McKnightb. 2005. New Orleans, LA. _____________________________________EDUCATION2027 Rhode Island School of Design (BFA anticipated '27)SOLO EXHIBITIONS2026 The Observer, RISD Museum, Providence, RIGROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026America Unfinished!, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RIPRIMA MATERIA, RISD President's House, Providence, RIRISD Black Biennial, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RIYou’re Talking a Lot but You’re Not Saying Anything, MakeDo Studios, Providence, RI5th Annual Invitational, Providence Art Club, Providence, RIBAAD x Carr Haus Juried Exhibition, Carr Haus, Providence, RI2025 Advocacy is Love, The Womxn Project, Wakefield, RINew Voices: The Next Generation, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RIBAAD x Carr Haus Juried Exhibition, Carr Haus, Providence, RILouisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LASix-Week Residency Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY2024 Honey, I'm Home!, Brown List Art Building, Providence, RIPAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LABlack Biennial, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RIBAAD x Carr Haus Juried Exhibition, Carr Haus, Providence, RIJuried College Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RIPresident's Office, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI2023 National YoungArts Week Exhibition, Miami, FLOff the Beaten Path, George Rodrigue Foundation, New Orleans, LAYouth Art Exhibition, Hammond Regional Art Center, Hammond, LA2022 Liberation Exhibition, Tulane University, New Orleans, LAArt Inspires Art, M.S. Rau Gallery, New Orleans, LAUNPLUGGED, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LAOVERCHARGED, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LAArt & Soul, NOCCA Foundation Gala, New Orleans, LACURATORIAL PROJECTS2026 RISD Black Biennial, Providence, RI2023 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, End of Year Show, New Orleans, LARESIDENCIES2025 Chautauqua Visual Arts - School of Art Six Week Residency, Chautauqua, NYAWARDS2026 Dorner Prize, RISD Museum, Providence, RI2025 2nd Place, Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA2024 2024 Portrait Artist of the Year, ARTIT, London, EnglandHonorable Mention, Future Generations, The National Portrait Society, Washington, DCHonorable Mention, College Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI2023 YoungArts Finalist, Miami, FLU.S. Presidential Scholar in the ArtsGold Medal, Painting, NAACP ACT-SO National Competition, Boston, MAGold Medal, Painting, Photography, NAACP ACT-SO Regional Competition, New Orleans, LA1st Place, George Rodrigue Foundation Art Finalist, New Orleans, LAGold Medal Painting, Scholastic Art and Writing CompetitionSilver Medal Portfolio, Scholastic Art and Writing CompetitionGold Key Portfolio, Photography, Drawing,Scholastic Art and Writing Competition2022 Grand Prize, Liberation Contest, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA1st Place, Rau For Art Scholarship Competition, New Orleans, LAGold Key, Printmaking, Scholastic Art and Writing Competition2021-23 Gold Key, Painting, Scholastic Art and Writing CompetitionBIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS2026 RISD Museum, Dorner Prize Article RISD Museum, Dorner Prize PerformanceGelman Gallery, RISD Black Biennial 2025 Chautauqua 6-week Residency2024 Genre: Urban Arts, 2024 Issue. Portrait Artist of the Year, ARTIT, 2024 Issue.Ogden Museum, Past, Present, and Future2022 Teen Ink Feb. 2022 Issue. My New Orleans, Rau for ArtCAC New Orleans, Overcharged WGNO, Rau for ArtNOCCA, Art is Soul 2022 Issue2020 Aspirations 2020 Issue.