Rose Knight

Winner of the 77th Annual Art Awards Best Oil Painting award.

Born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, Rose has been painting since 2000. She began painting under the guidance of Terrence J Hadler at Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza Victoria and joined that gallery’s stable of artists in 2005 She has exhibited successfully at the Galleries of, Seaview, Linden, Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza, Ryazanoff Gallery Albert Park and Gallery Oscar Sydney, Steps and Oakhill galleries. Rose was born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula which is a constant source of inspiration to her,however her subject matter ranges far and wide as she visits and is influenced by the contrasts of this country. Now living in Atherton she is a regular exhibitor and member at Cairns Art Society and Mission Beach Arts.

Since arriving in FNQ in 2018, Rose has been a finalist in several prestigious art prizes including the Glover Prize, John Villiers Art Prize, Soho Art Awards, Lethbridge Landscape Awards and The Doyles Art Prize. She has also won awards such as the Tyto Annual Art Prize, Central Highlands Art Awards, Mission Arts Annual, and CAS Art Awards. Rose has held successful Solo Exhibitions at Tanks Art Centre Cairns, Tableland Regional Gallery, Hinchinbrook Regional Gallery and Mission Beach Arts.

Most admired artists are Arthur Boyd, Fred Williams, John Olsen, Geoff Dyer and Phillip Wolfhagen and her preferred medium is oil paints. Rose is also an active member of the Atherton Tablelands Lapidary club and when she isn’t painting she is either fossicking gems, cutting and polishing them, wire-wrapping and silversmithing.