Education:
BFA,Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BArch, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Exchange, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Exchange, Ecole Superieure des Arts Graphiques-Penninghen, Paris, France
Commissioned Public art:
2023
Dazzling Creatures; Art & Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Choreographer Sean Miller, The Rhythm Foundation, The Bandshell, Miami Beach, FL
2022
The Passage, L’Occitane, 640 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2021
Seen The Queen? A tribute to LGBTQ, Sponsored by Time-Out, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2020
Peekaboo Bathers,: An Introspective; Female Empowerment, Sponsored by Time Out Group. Lincoln Road, FL
Lincoln Lush; Philodendron, 904 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Lemon Merengue, 455 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Deco-Squid, 629 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Thank you Frontliners, A tribute to Healthcare workers, 441 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
My 6ft Of Space-Social Distancing Stars, 700 Block, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Monocle Man; The Watch, 700 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Tropical Queen, 600 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Tail-Wagger; Hoochie Watching, 749 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Cruzin (Race Cars), 821 Lincoln Road, FL
2019
Amoeba Sculptures I, II & III, Miami Art week 2019 – Euclid Square, Miami Beach, FL
La Vida en Rosa, Collaborative with Remix Uno, Mexico City, Mexico
Un-Dimmed-A Tribute to LGBTQ, 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Sunshine State of Mind, 609 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Pop’n (Poppies), 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Koi-Kabana, 1000 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Take A Leap, 1655 Meridian Ave, Miami Beach, FL
Lemon-hello, 737 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Make A Splash, 608 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Two-Lip Time, 612 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
People Watching (Monocle Man), 618 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2018
Lincoln gone Bananas, 433-437 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
A Rose is just a Rose, 1664 Lenox Ave, Miami Beach, FL
Venus Flytrap, 1630 Pennsylvania Ave, Miami Beach, FL
Lincoln in the Roses, 635 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 Floating Garden; A Visual Narrative of Global Warming (Painting in the Stars series), Miami Art Week; Design Inc,
The Lincoln Center, Miami Beach, FL
2022 Seen The Queen?, An Introspective into drag queen culture, Miami Beach, FL
2021 Peekaboo Bathers; An Introspective to Female Empowerment, 690 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2019 Abstract Orchids, 3 fibreglass Sculptures, Miami Art Week; 1627 Euclid Ave, Miami Beach, FL
2015 Kim?; A Retrospect of Forgotten Photos, Erturk Atolye, Istanbul, Turkey
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Two; The Liaisons of Opposites, Peekaboo Gallery,690 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2021 Enter As You Will; Peekaboo Gallery, 690 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
2020 The Journey; A Prelude, Lincoln Center, Miami Beach, FL
2017 Expanse 1.0; A group Exhibition, Williams Mc Call Gallery, 110 Washington Ave, Miami Beach FL
Art inTextiles, Public Library, Miami Beach, FL
2016 Expanse 2.0; A group Exhibition, Williams Mc Call Gallery, 110 Washington Ave, Miami Beach FL
Fashion & Art, Frameworks Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
2015 Still Life in Watercolor, The Art Center, curated by Will McGaul, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
2014 Noir, Halil Yavuz Ertürk; Versus Gallery, Istanbul Turkey
Awards & Residencies:
2023 Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY -Grant Recipient – Gottlieb Foundation emergency grant
2022 Peekaboo Artists’ Studios Residency, Miami Beach, FL
2020 Lincoln Road BID Honorary Award for Art Distinction, Miami Beach, FL
2020 Miami County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL-Grant Recipient – MAS
2020 Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL – Grant Recipient Artist Relief Fund
2019 Gullkistan Residency, Laugarvatn, Iceland
2015 Ertuk Atolyesi Residency, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Notable Collections:
Museum of Coral Gables, FL, Permanent collection
Whitman-Hess Collection, NY & FL
Dr, Dilip Madnani-Private Collection, NY
Williams McCall Collection, FL
Private Collection, NY
Private Collection, Switzerland
Private Collection, United Kingdom
Artist Books:
2023 Flying Knight and Eliot Hess, “Fearless Flying Fannie”, Genius Cat Books. April 2024
Press and Bibliography:
Whitman-Hess, Lois, “Jayda Knight’s Miami City Ballet Debut”, Digidame, March 27, 2023
Gage, Eleni, “Miami Beach Gets a Witty Makeover, Courtesy of Pop Deco Artist Flying Knight “,
Town & Country Magazine, Hearst, July 2022
Smith, Erika, “Conversations with Flying Knight, Voyage MIA, January 22, 2022
Whitman-Hess, Lois, A Writer, A Painter, A Fashion Designer, Digidame, March 9, 2021
Woolridge, Jane, “Lincoln Road is betting on outdoor dinning and culture”, Miami Herald, June 19th, 2020
Jacobs,Emma, “Meet Jayda (Aka Flying Knight) Knight: Visual & Street Artist”, Shout Out Miami, 2020
“Voces Artísticas de Miami Presentan Sus Expresiones ante la Pandemia”, El Nuevo Herald, August 15, 2020
“Arte en La Pandemia”, El Nuevo Nostro, 2020
“Abstract Orchids”,-RISD Alumni Showing During Art Basel”, XYZ RISD Magazine,
Rhode Island School of Design, December 2019
Lois Whitman-Hess, “The Gal who is Beautifying Lincoln Road”, Digidame, May 27, 2019
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