Karakoram Highway Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Karakoram Highway
Karakoram Highway 2016
Karakoram HighwayJasper KnightKarakoram Highway
Karakoram Highway2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Aluminium
60 x 60 cm
SOLD 
Looking For Satellites Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Looking For Satellites
Looking For Satellites 2016
Looking For SatellitesJasper KnightLooking For Satellites
Looking For Satellites2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Linen
92 x 92 cm
$8,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Its Fishi Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Its Fishi
Its Fishi 2016
Its FishiJasper KnightIts Fishi
Its Fishi2016
Enamel Gloss Acrylic And Spray Paint On Linen
130 x 102 cm
$12,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Walk This Way Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Walk This Way
Walk This Way 2016
Walk This WayJasper KnightWalk This Way
Walk This Way2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Aluminium
60 x 60 cm
$3,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Youyi Bridge Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Youyi Bridge
Youyi Bridge 2016
Youyi BridgeJasper KnightYouyi Bridge
Youyi Bridge2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Linen
122 x 168 cm
$15,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Raikot Bridge Beetle Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Raikot Bridge Beetle
Raikot Bridge Beetle 2016
Raikot Bridge BeetleJasper KnightRaikot Bridge Beetle
Raikot Bridge Beetle2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Aluminium
152 x 152 cm
$18,500 framed  ENQUIRE
Red Stripe Rickshaw Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Red Stripe Rickshaw
Red Stripe Rickshaw 2016
Red Stripe RickshawJasper KnightRed Stripe Rickshaw
Red Stripe Rickshaw2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Aluminium
60 x 60 cm
$3,750 framed  ENQUIRE
Jingle Car Park Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Jingle Car Park
Jingle Car Park 2016
Jingle Car ParkJasper KnightJingle Car Park
Jingle Car Park2016
Enamel Gloss Acrylic And Spray Paint On Linen
182 x 182 cm
$20,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Telling Lies Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Telling Lies
Telling Lies 2016
Telling LiesJasper KnightTelling Lies
Telling Lies2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Linen
92 x 92 cm
$8,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Gilgit Suspension Bridge Jasper Knight Jasper Knight - Gilgit Suspension Bridge
Gilgit Suspension Bridge 2016
Gilgit Suspension BridgeJasper KnightGilgit Suspension Bridge
Gilgit Suspension Bridge2016
Enamel And Gloss Acrylic On Aluminium
60 x 60 cm
SOLD 

Little Wonder is a body of ten works about the Karakoram Highway. The highway connects China to Pakistan and due to its high altitude, stunning natural surrounds and extreme construction, is often referred to as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World". 

From jingle trucks (aptly named because the US troops thought they jingled due to the high level of ornamentation) to footbridges, painted rickshaws, auto stops and a VW beetle packed and ready for a holiday, this is fascinating look at a road we may never travel.  

Unlike other exhibitions, this new series comprises six major works on linen, marking a departure from the traditional constructed surfaces Knight is so well known for. Painting on linen has allowed Knight to work the surface more, resulting in detailed mark making and a fresh approach to application including spray paint, varnish and glazing. 

From 2005 to 2010, Jasper was a yearly finalist in the Archibald Prize. In 2008 he won the Mosman Prize, and was short-listed for the Wynne Prize in 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012. He was the recipient of an Australia Council Emerging and Established New Work Grant, the Freedman Foundation Scholarship and the Rocks Art Prize. He's also been a finalist in the Blake, The ABN-Amro, The Helen Lempriere and the Brett Whiteley Prizes.  

Knight’s works are held in numerous public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the New South Wales State Government, New South Wales Regional Galleries, Australian Consulates and Artbank.


Full of bravura physicality, Jasper Knight’s paintings confront the viewer with a love for the handmade and the truth to be found in materials. For this artist, the pleasure of paint dictates the flow of line, shape, surface and the seemingly casual insouciance of the drip with the hard-edged, utilitarian geometries he builds from discarded signage and hardware materials. Each image emerges as an icon of contemporary urban life, while allocating the everyday a place of ascendency.

Knight’s personal mix of Modernist formalism with Sydneysider sensibility generates post-photographic pictures of gritty harbour scenes, industrial sites, trucks, cars, and boats painted alla prima - with a direct attack. His skewed compositions are structurally balanced by the elegant use of enamel primary colours, echoing Mondrian, Pop Art and the Sunday comics.

From 2005 to 2010, Jasper was a yearly finalist in the Archibald Prize. In 2008 he won the Mosman Prize, and was short-listed for the Wynne Prize in 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012. He was the recipient of an Australia Council Emerging and Established New Work Grant, the Freedman Foundation Scholarship and the Rocks Art Prize. He's also been a finalist in the Blake, The ABN-Amro, The Helen Lempriere and the Brett Whiteley Prizes.

Knight’s works are held in numerous public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the New South Wales State Government, New South Wales Regional Galleries, Australian Consulates and Artbank. Carol Schwarzman

Jasper Knight

Born 1978

Lives and works in Sydney, Australia

EDUCATION

2003

  • Master of Arts, Majoring in Painting and Drawing, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney

1999

  • Bachelor of Visual Arts, Electronic and Temporal Arts, Sydney College of the Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • ‘Now you See It’, Chalkhorse Gallery, Sydney

2016

  • 'Little Wonder', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • 'In a Silent Way', Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2015

  • 'The Ten Year Storm', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
  • 'Island in the Sun', Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth

2014

  • 'The Red Show', Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
  • 'Western Union', Gallows Gallery, Perth
  • 'Kurilpa Bridge', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2013

  • 'Recent Work', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • 'One piece at a time', Black Art Projects Modena, Italy
  • 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2012

  • 'Know your Enemy', Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
  • 'Total Recall', Australian Galleries, Sydney
  • 'Survey show 2003-2012', Goulburn Regional Art Gallery; Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery, Nowra; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery; Maitland Regional Art Gallery

2011

  • 'Recent Work', Australian High Commission, Singapore
  • 'North by Northwest', Greenhill Galleries, Melbourne
  • 'Roll-on Roll-off', Metro Gallery, Melbourne
  • 'Metal on Metal', Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
  • 'Sydney Boat Show', Chalk Horse, Sydney
  • 'The Fast and the Furious', Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Art Central Hong Kong, Stand E 11, Chalkhorse Gallery, Sydney

2016

  • 'Speed: The Fast and the Curious', Murray Art Museum Albury, New South Wales
  • 'Salon de Refusés', S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • 'Jasper Knight and Clifton Mack', Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney

2015

  • 'No Direction Home', Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales
  • 'Sir John Sulman Prize', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery

2014

  • Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
  • 'Cars = My Automolove', Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Queensland
  • Paddington Art Prize, National Council of Jewish Woman’s Hall, Sydney
  • Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney
  • 'Salon des Refuses', S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • 'One of Each', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
  • Australia Day 2014 Celebratory Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne; Roylston Street, Sydney

2013

  • Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Galleries
  • Australian Galleries Exhibition, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, New South Wales
  • Australian Galleries at Gallows Gallery, Gallows Gallery, Perth
  • Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • Location, Location, Location, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
  • Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Adelaide Festival Show Todd Hunter & Jasper Knight, BMG Gallery, Adelaide

2012

  • Art in Unusual Places, Art and About, Sydney
  • Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Reload – Contemporary Landscape, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, New South Wales

2011

  • Large exhibition of small works, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

AWARDS & PRIZES

2015

  • Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2014

  • Winner: COFA Limited Edition Prize Print, Paddington Art Prize, National Council of Jewish Woman’s Hall, Sydney

2009

  • The IKEA Home Project, The Klippan Sofa, Sydney
  • Finalist, The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2008

  • Mosman Art Prize, winner, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2007

  • Residency at Josetti Höfe Studios, Berlin, Germany

2006

  • Finalist, The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Finalist, The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA) Marketing Grant, Sydney Australia Council for the Arts (OZCO), New Work Grant, Sydney
  • Finalist, Redlands Westpac Art Prize (emerging), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • Residency at Red Gate Gallery Studios, Beijing, China

2005

  • Winner, Freedman Foundation Scholarship for Emerging Artists, Sydney

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COLLECTIONS

  • Artbank
  • Australian Consulate, Makati, Manila, Philippines
  • Australian Consulate, Singapore
  • Goulburn Regional Gallery
  • Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
  • Bathurst Regional Gallery
  • Maitland Regional Gallery
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • Newcastle Regional Gallery
  • New South Wales State Government, Sydney
  • Sydney Port Authority

November 6, 2016

JASPER KNIGHT, PADDINGTON ART PRIZE FINALIST 2016

Congratulations to Jasper Knight who is a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize with his work 'Red Ladder, Yellow Ladder' 2016, enamel, acrylic, masonite, plywood, perspex and copper on board.

The Paddington Art Prize is a $25,000 National acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape and is now in it's 13th year. An exciting addition to the Australian Arts calendar, the Paddington Art Prize takes its place among the country's most lucrative and highly coveted painting prizes. The prize encourages the interpretation of the landscape as a significant contemporary genre, its long tradition in Australian painting as a key contributor to our national ethos, and is a positive initiative in private patronage of the arts in Australia.

December 2, 2015

Jasper Knight for Ovolo Hotels

Jasper Knight recently collaborated with Ovolo 1888 Hotel Pyrmont to create vibrant spaces in each room of the hotel. Ovolo Hotels is an independent company headquartered in Hong Kong, operating a collection of individually designed lifestyle hotels.

Jasper is currently undergoing an artist residency at The Standard Hotel in Los Angeles. Just as Mark Whalen had in October this year, Jasper will paint the 6th St Mural, his first large-scale public project. The mural is a twelve by twenty-four meter public art space, located on a major public thoroughfare adjacent to the Standard.

29 August 2018 – 15 September 2018
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

29 November 2016 – 17 December 2016
Jasper Knight ‘Little Wonder’

14 – 17 August 2014
Melbourne Art Fair

20 May 2014 – 7 June 2014
Jasper Knight ‘Kurilpa Bridge’

11 October 2013 – 2 November 2013
Jasper Knight ‘Recent Work’