DUSTAN KNIGHT
PO Box 53  New Castle, NH 03854
tel. (603) 436-1235  fax (603) 436-0043
www.DustanKnight.com
e-mail   DustanKnight53@verizon.net

EDUCATION

Boston University, MA - MA Art History

1995

Pratt Institute, NY - Masters in Fine Arts

1983

American Academy in Rome with Pratt Institute - TA

1982

Duke University, NC - Bachelors Degree in Fine Art/English

1980

University of California's Summer Program DCE- Art

1979



FELLOWSHIPS and ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Percent for the Arts Grant- Dover District Courthouse 2004

Faculty of the Year Award - NHIA

2000

Artist Fellowship - N.H. State Council for the Arts

1989

Residency at MacDowell Art Colony, NH

1985

Residency at Cummington Artist Colony, NY

1985


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1990-2002

New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH;

Chair of the Foundations Department; Faculty

1993-2002

University of New Hampshire Division of Continuing

Education;  Faculty - adjunct

1992-1994

University of New Hampshire, Manchester;

Faculty - adjunct

1997-1999

College of Life Long Learning, Portsmouth, NH;

Faculty - adjunct

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Present -1997 Art New England, Regional Reviewer
1985-1987  ARTSPEAK, Art Writer, NYC
1986  Docent for the New Museum, NYC
1984 Library Assistant at the Whitney Museum,  NYC
1986-1988 Gallery manager RC Erpf Gallery, Soho NYC
1982  NY State Council for the Arts, Presentation Aide

WATER MEDIA WORKSHOPS and DEMONSTRATIONS
Andover Art Association, MA -  Watercolor
Brush & Palette, NH - Watercolor/Mixed Medium
Exeter Crafts League, NH -  Watercolor
Mary Barlett Library, Brentwood, NH -Art Appreciation
Newburyport Art Association - Watercolor
NH Art Association  - Drawing & Watercolor
NH Institute of Art -Watercolor /Mixed Medium
New Hampshire College - Lecture
Ogunquit Art Association, ME - Watercolor
Reading Art Association, Mass- Watercolor
York Art Association ME - Watercolor
Women's Caucus for the Arts - Art History
Wentworth Coolidge Mansion, NH -  Watercolor

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
* galleries representing my work

2005
"Favorites" Art 3 - Manchester NH
"Fresh Air" Art 3 - Manchester NH
"Petal/Metal" ArtStream Gallery - Rochester NH
"Miniatures" Blue Stocking Gallery - York Me
"Premier Exhibition" Bowersocks Gallery - Provincetown MA
"Families First Art Exhibition" (winner) Children's Museum Portsmouth NH
"EDGES" Derryfield School- Manchester NH
"Members Show" New Castle Gallery - New Castle NH
"Spring Prelude" RiverTree Center for the Arts - Kennebunkport Me
"Feature Artist" Sabeha Salon - Portsmouth NH
"Spring Florals" Three Graces Gallery - Portsmouth NH
"Three of a Kind" Three Graces Gallery - Portsmouth NH

2003 - 2004
Art 3 Gallery - Manchester NH
"Dover District Courthouse" Percent for the for Arts - Dover NH
George Marshall Store Gallery- York Me
100 Market Street Gallery -Portsmouth NH
Ogunquit Barn Gallery- Ogunquit Me
Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery NHAA-Portsmouth NH
"Christmas Bizarre" Sanctuary Arts - Eliot Me
"Sanctuary Art Faculty Show" The Music Hall -Portsmouth NH

2002
Anderson- Soule Gallery *- Concord NH
Clark House Gallery - Bangor Maine
Franklin Pierce Law Center - Concord, NH
100 Market Street Gallery - Portsmouth , NH
Southern New Hampshire University - Manchester, NH
Wentworth Coolidge Mansion Art Center - Portsmouth, NH

2002-2001
Art 3 - Manchester, NH
Author's Gallery* - Key West, FL
Barmouche - Phoenix, AZ
Brush & Palette - N. Hampton, NH
Club Passim - Cambridge, MA
Franklin Pierce College Law Center - Concord, NH
George Marshall General Store Gallery - York, ME
Kumminz  Taylor*  Gallery - Portsmouth, NH
Leandros Gallery - Key West,  FL
Mast Cove Gallery* - Kennebunkport, ME
MPG* - Newbury Street, Boston, MA
New England College - WCA-NH
New Hampshire Institute of Art - "Liquid Light" & "Biennial"
Ogunquit Art Collaborative - Ogunquit,  ME
100 Market Street - Portsmouth, NH
Phillips Exeter Academy  "Alumni Reunion Show " -  NH
Proprietors Show - Portsmouth Atheneum, NH
Sanctuary Arts - Eliot, ME
Shooting Star Gallery* - Ogunquit, ME
Tarbell's - Phoenix, AZ
Thoreau Art Gallery - Franklin Pierce College, NH

2000
Brush & Palette - Faculty Exhibition, NH
Dooling Architect Inc. - Newton, MA
Five at Fifty Five - Manchester, NH
Four Artists - NH Institute of Art
MPG  - Newbury Street, Boston MA
Ogunquit Art Collaborative - Ogunquit, ME
River Tree Gallery  - Kennebunk, ME

1998 -1999
Art 3 - Manchester, NH
Cafe Brioche  (solo show) - Portsmouth, NH
Club Passim  (Two Person Exhibition) - Harvard Square, MA
Daniel Webster College (Two Person Exhibition) - Nashua, NH
Hodecker Gallery  (Two Person Exhibition) - Meredith, NH
Mast Cove Gallery - ME
MPG "Summer Exhibition" - Newbury Street, Boston, MA
NH Institute of Art  "Biennial" (prize winner) - NH
Ogunquit  Art  Association - ME
Portsmouth Atheneum - NH
Shooting Star Gallery - ME
York Cliff House "Spring Tide 1999" - York, ME
Wentworth Coolidge Art Guild - Portsmouth, NH

1997
Brick Store Museum - Kennebunk, ME
Covered Bridge Gallery - Contoocook, NH
New England Watercolor Society - RI
Opus 71 - Hollis, NH
O'Farrell Gallery - Brunswick,  ME
Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery - Portsmouth, NH

1990 - 1996
Art East Galleries - NH
Colby Sawyer College (Two Person Exhibition) -  NH
NH Art Association
PS Gallery - Ogunquit, ME
Walt Kuhn Gallery - York, ME

1985-1990
AMMO  - East Village, NYC
Brooklyn Museum "Emerging Artists 1983" - Brooklyn, NY
Kraine Klub  New Artists - NYC
Lasser Gallery - NYC
Petronella Cafe - Portsmouth, NH
PS 122 "The Shifted Landscape" - NYC
Public Image  Gallery - NYC
Water Tower Art  Association - Louisville, KY
Women Studio Workshop "New Prints NE" - Binnewater, NY
Yaffa Cafe  (Solo Show) - East Village, NYC