Sophie McKay Knight

Educational Background

Edinburgh College of Art/University 1992-1997 MA (Hons) Fine Art

Wirral Metropolitan College 1991-1992 Foundation Course

Selected Exhibitions

Amber Roome Contemporary Art, 4^th July – 4^th August 2005

Solo Exhibition, The Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, 16^th April – 8^th May 2005

Randolph Gallery Valentine Exhibition, Dundas Street, Edinburgh (February 2005)

Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Cumberland Street, Edinburgh (Nov/Dec 2004 & Feb/March 2005)

The Campden Gallery Winter Exhibition, Chipping Campden, (Dec 2004/Jan 2005)

Royal College of Surgeons Auction (Thompson, Roddick & Medcalf), 11^th Oct 2004

Colours Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh (Dec 2004 – Feb 2005)

Visual Arts Scotland 2005, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (22^nd Jan-19^th Feb)

The Scottish Drawing Competition, The Paisley Institute (27^th Jan – 26^th Feb)

Solo Exhibition, Balance, The SoLo Gallery, 46 Dundas Street, Edinburgh (16^th Oct – 6^th Nov 2004)

Breast Cancer Care Auction, Glasgow 2004 (only artist featured), 7^th October 2004

Randolph Gallery Summer Show, The Randolph Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh (July 2004)

VAS Summer Show, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh (May 29^th – June 5^th2004)

The Figure & The Face, Orleans House Gallery, London (February – April 2004)

Imania, The Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh (February - April 2004)

VAS Scottish Arts Club Exhibition (invited artists) Edinburgh, (February – March 2004)

The Morningside Gallery group show, Edinburgh (February – March 2004)

Visual Arts Scotland 2003/4, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (Nov 2003 – Jan 2004)

The Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh Festival Inaugural Exhibition (July-September 2003)

The Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition, London, Cheltenham, Berlin, (July 2001 – Jan 2002)

DCA Print Studio Group Exhibition, The Birnam Institute, by Dunkeld, (June – July 2002)

P.S (Show), The Meffan Gallery, Forfar, (March – April 2002)

Solo Studio Exhibition (December 2000 - January 2001)

Hush – FIVE Princelet Street, Whitechapel, London (June - July 2000)

Art for Breast Cancer Care, Philips Auctioneers, Edinburgh (June 2000)

Vanitas - Finis Millenii - FIVE Princelet Street, Whitechapel, London (Dec 99 - Jan 2000)

Edinburgh International Festival Exhibition & National Libraries of Scotland - Marie Curie Care, Albany Street, Edinburgh (Aug - Sept 99)

Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition (Sept 98 - Jan 1999) Cheltenham, Berlin, Hull - Special Commendation.

Visual Arts Scotland Exhibitions, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002

Prizes and Awards

January 2005 – Scottish Arts Club Award (Visual Arts Scotland exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy)

December 2003 – Prize for best painting at the Visual Arts Scotland exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.

July 1999 – Special Commendation for a drawing in the Jerwood Drawing Competition

Press

Edinburgh Evening News, 8^th February 2005, Loving you is Easel

Scotland on Sunday, 23^rd October 2004, Review Section, Best of the Rest

Scotland on Sunday, 17^th October 2004 , Review section, Critic’s Choice

Spectrum Magazine, 11^th April 2004, Original is Best

Professional Experience

Liverpool Tate Gallery Lectures

In 2002, 2003 & 2004, I gave lectures to school leavers at Liverpool Tate Gallery on what options there are for professional artists today.

National Galleries of Scotland lecture

February 14^th 2005 – In the Mood for Love - a talk on the themes of love and partnership in my work.

Drawing Workshop, National Galleries of Scotland

6^th May 2005

May 2001 – February 2003

During this period I was the Project Manager (part time) for the Creative & Technical Skills Training Programme (CATS), based at Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio.

October 1997 - March 2001

During this time I worked part time as the Curator for Paintings in Hospitals Scotland, a visual arts charity which places original works of art in Scottish Hospitals.