Kyle Archie Knight (b. 1999) is a Wiradjuri queer photographic artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. Knight’s keen interest in the mundane and humdrum suburbia of Naarm resulted in his highly commended long-form and ongoing project, ‘Cruising for a Bruising’. With this project, he was a finalist (with High Commendation) in the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2022 GradFoto exhibition, and was later a core program artist in the 10th Ballarat International Foto Biennale (2023) with a solo exhibition.
Knight’s recent exhibition includes ‘NAIDOC Week' at MARS Gallery, ‘New Photographers’ held at Daine Singer Gallery as part of PHOTO 2024 and group shows at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Fringe Festival, and Unassigned Gallery. In 2024, he was a creative resident at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), where his photograph won ‘Best Use of Colour’ in the CCP x Hahnemühle Summer Salon the previous year.
Knight’s debut photobook, ‘Cruising for a Bruising’, was published in 2023 by M.33 and was subsequently shortlisted in the 2024 Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards.
Knight graduated from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) (Honours) Honours First Class. Alongside his documentary practice, Knight is also known for his work as an editorial and commercial photographer.
I acknowledge the people of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong language groups of the Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands I live and work. I respectfully acknowledge Ancestors and Elders, past, present, and emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.