Hello, I'm Kathryn Knightsby.

Artist Bio Art is my point of view​,​ I process the word through colors​,​ perspectives and outlines of shapes. Berkeley California in the 1960s I went to grammar school started by my parents​,​ Walden School​,​ an art's focused school​,​ my mother taught ceramics. My Father was a famous off-Broadway actor in NY having attended the Art Students league. I gravitated to the Arts​,​ I was able to draw my own image by 1st grade​,​ acknowledged by parents and teachers. I played instruments​,​ sang​,​ learned dance from a Martha Graham teacher also Shawl Anderson dance studio. High school I was awarded outstanding recognition​,​ focused on music​,​ and I took vocal lessons from a prominent voice coach when I moved to San Francisco and began at Blue Bear School of music performing new wave with my band where I was a song writer and rhythm guitarist. I performed and recorded Jazz vocals with an important Jazz pianist. I completed my BFA in China with SFAI in 1996 earning honors. I went to animation (Vista) college in Berkeley​,​ interior design school MJC earning an AA on the Honor roll and Dean's list. Fine Art painting came in and out of my life until I fully committed again in 2022. Since that time my work has been featured in numerous galleries from SF​,​ LA to Sacramento winning awards and garnering commissions. Footnote: AT the San Francisco Art Institute​,​ 4 years earning Honors and a bachelor's degree graduating in China after spending months in Hangzhou China and Beijing University studying Chinese brush painting in 1986 with Fred Martin. Manuel Neri was my teacher and bought my ceramics my first semester. Richard Shaw​,​ George Kuchar​,​ Bruce McGaw and Marina Abramovic were some of my teachers. Thank you for your interest in my work. Kathryn