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At the Art Students League of New York, Knight started working with well known abstract painter Larry Poons. At one of his first classes, he spent a long time setting up his work space, and Poons questioned him.
Ben Knight, a Chicago native, has transitioned well to country, small town living. As a co-owner of Chef & the Farmer and the Vivian Howard Restaurant Group, he has established himself as a leader in small town investment and job creation.
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BEN KNIGHT ... BEN KNIGHT
Ben Knight is known for Modernist style gestural, heavily layered paintings, non objective. Ben Knight is a highly regarded contemporary artist working in North Carolina. A native of Chicago, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1998 until 2000.
Congratulations to painter Ben Knight who was selected to be part of a prestigious show at the North Carolina Museum of Art. The show is titled “Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting” and features a sampling of some of the most relevant and engaging painting being made in the state.
Jun 12, 2017 · Abstract artist Ben Knight thought he’d have more time to paint once he and his wife, Chef Vivian Howard, traded in the hectic pace of New York for Howard’s sleepy hometown of Deep Run, N.C.