story
Welcome to experiencing light. This is Kelvin. I’m a visual artist living below the Great Western Tiers (Kooparoona niara) in lutruwita / Tasmania, Australia. My creativity is influenced by the natural world, philosophy, and many artists. I explore the juxtaposition of the bleak with the sublime through research and the photographic medium. My images may represent natural, human and built environments, expressing the beauty, yet the paradoxical balance between light and dark, order and chaos, and simplicity and complexity.
education
Doctor of Philosophy, UWS, 2007
Master of Applied Science (Distinction), UWS, 2002
Graduate Certificate in Arts (Archaeology), UNE, 2013
Bachelor of Social Science, CSU, 1997
Diploma of Fine Arts, UTAS, Current
current projects
Art in Stone: Abstract images of natural sandstone canvases in several Aboriginal rock shelters.
Edge of Perception: Abstracts of water, land and flora.
Haiku: An exploration of haiku and images, inspired by Matsuo Basho.
Altered Landscapes: An exploration of modernity’s impact on the natural environment.
selected exhibitions
2024
Knox, K. Altered Landscapes. Photographic Exhibition 25–30 October, University of Tasmania.
Knox, K. The Creation, Into The Mystical, and The Lake Beneath The Lake. Wordplay, Poatina Writers’ Festival, Community Art Exhibition 7 June–14 July, Poatina Tree Art Gallery.
Knox, K. Atmospheric. Photographic Exhibition 15 March–21 April, Poatina Tree Art Gallery.
2013
Knox, K. The Journey of an Artist. Art-i-san Workshop, 20–21 July, Fusion Western Sydney.
selected publications
2024
Knox, K. Atmospheric: Greater Blue Mountains (book and e-book). Blurb.
Knox, K. Atmospheric: An Exhibition (book and e-book). Blurb.
Knox, K. Creation, in Len’s Journal, Volume Four, Issue One, 50–59.
2022
Knox, K. Receding (photograph and text), in AddOn 2022. Head On Foundation.
2021
Knox, K. Flow Through the Darkness (text and photograph), in Len’s Journal, 20 April.
Knox, K. Embracing the Sacred Mountains, in W. Emilsen and E. Stockton (eds) Sacred Ways and Places in the Blue Mountains. BMERT.
2019
Knox, K. Deep Time and Hydraulics Site (photographs), in C. Skinner (ed) OZ ARTS Magazine, Summer 2019, 53–54.
Knox, K. Authors’ portrait, in M. Keats and J. Fox The Duck Hole: Local Water Resources for Steam Trains at Glenbrook. Keats Holdings.
Knox, K. Aboriginal Habitation in the Blue Mountains, in K. Knox and E. Stockton (eds) Aboriginal Heritage of the Blue Mountains: Recent Research and Reflections. BMERT.
Knox, K. Aboriginal Heritage of the Blue Mountains, in K. Knox and E. Stockton (eds) ibid.
Knox, K. Epilogue: An Aboriginal Place, in K. Knox and E. Stockton (eds) ibid.
Knox, K. and Stockton, E. (eds) Aboriginal Heritage of the Blue Mountains: Recent Research and Reflections. BMERT.
2017
Knox, K. Walking the Overland Track: A Journey Through the Land of the Big River People. Blurb.
Knox, K. Walking the Larapinta Trail: A Journey Through Arrernte Land. Blurb.
2016
Knox, K. Seascapes: Flow and Time. Blurb.
Knox, K. Playing at the Edge of Perception (five photographs), in The Edges of Perception. Workshop facilitated by F. Paterson and S. Mason, 11–18 February, New Zealand. Blurb.
2014
Knox, K. Landscapes and Aboriginal material culture photographs, in B. Cameron A History of the Blue Labyrinth. Author.
Stockton, E. and Knox, K. Sacred Ground, in E. Stockton (ed) This Tortuous Ridge: Linden to Lawson. BMERT.
2013
Knox, K. Landscape photographs, in M. Keats et al Gardens of Stone series of books. Keats Holdings.
Knox, K. Cover photograph, in M. Jackson Inaugural Gundungurra Ancestral Pathways Walk – The Bunburang Trail. Report for GAHAI.