John Knight (b. 1945) lives in Los Angeles and works in situ. Recent solo exhibitions include the Art Institute of Chicago (2024); Greene Naftali, New York (2024, 2015, 2011); O-Town House, Los Angeles (2024); n.b.k. façade, Berlin (2023); Cabinet, London (2022); The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece (2019); Ordet, Milan (2019); CCA Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan (2019); Établissement d’en face, Brussels (2018); the Culturcentrum, Strombeek, Belgium (2017); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2016); Art Institute of Chicago (2015); Cabinet Gallery at Fitzpatrick-Leland House, Los Angeles (2014); and Portikus, Frankfurt (2013).

His public artworks have been installed at the Art Institute of Chicago (2024); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (2021); Sculpture Garden – Geneva Biennale (2020); Skulptur Projekte Münster, Germany (2017); Whitney Biennial, New York (2012); The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010); Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2008); Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York (1998); The Hague’s Center for Visual Arts, The Hague, Netherlands (1991); FRAC Centre, Orléans, France (1990); and FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France (1989). Selected public collections include Art Institute of Chicago; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.