Khalil McKnightb. 2005. New Orleans, LA. _____________________________________Education2023 Rhode Island School of Design (BFA anticipated 27')Group Exhibitions 2025 Advocacy is Love, The Womxn Project, Wakefield, RINew Voices: The Next Generation, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI 2024Honey, I'm Home!, Brown List Art Building, Providence, RIPAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LABlack Biennial, RISD Museum, 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, 10th annual Rau For Art Competition, Rau, M.S. Rau GalleryUNPLUGGED, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LAOVERCHARGED, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LAArt & Soul, NOCCA Foundation Gala, New Orleans, LAArtist Residencies 2025Chautauqua Visual Arts - School of Art Six Week Residency, Chautauqua, NYAwards2024 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 CompetitionGold Medal, Painting, Photography, NAACP ACT-SO Regional Competition1st 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/Press-2024 Genre: Urban Arts-2024 Portrait Artist of the Year, ARTIT-Teen Ink Feb. 2022 Issue. https://www.teenink.com/magazine/2022-February-https://www.myneworleans.com/noca-student-wins-7k-rau-for-art-scholarship-competition-https://www.nocca.com/art-student-wins/-https://cacno.org/visual-arts/overcharged-https://wgno.com/news/m-s-rau-celebrates-the-next-generation-of-nola-artists/-https://noccafoundation.org/2022/02/artsoul-is-may-14-2022/-Aspirations 2020 Issue. CollectionsPrivate Collection, Providence, RIPrivate Collection, New Orleans, LACCH Pounder-Kone CollectionPrivate Collection, New Orleans, LAPrivate Collection, Brunswick, NJPrivate Collection, Nashville, TNCuratorial Projects2023 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, End of Year ShowRelated Volunteerism2025Volunteer, MLK Jr. Black Feeling Black Talk Celebration, RISD Museum, Providence, RIPortrait Artist, Womxn Project Education Fund, Wakefield, RI2022-23 Portrait Artist, NOCCA Foundation Art & Soul Gala, New Orleans, LA2022 Mural, Hammond High Magnet School, Hammond, LA