MARK ARMIJO MCKNIGHT

Mark Armijo McKnight (b. 1984, USA) lives and works between Los Angeles and New York where he is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Recent exhibitions include Kiss of the Sun, Kendall Koppe, Glasgow (2022); The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2022); Paul Soto / Park View, Los Angeles (2020, 2021); Klaus Von Nichtssagend, New York (2020, 2022); Aperture Foundation, New York (2019); and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson (2020). His photographs are in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle. McKnight’s first monograph, Heaven is a Prison, was published by Loose Joints in September 2020, with support from the Light Work Photobook Award. Current projects include inclusion in 87 Franklin Inaugural, Klaus Von Nichtssagend, New York and the production of a public artwork commissioned by The Mistake Room, Los Angeles.