Biography
Chris Knight FRSA (b. Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK 1964) studied at Harlow Technical College, Essex (1983-84); and silversmithing at Sheffield City Polytechnic (1984-87) and at the Royal College of Art, London (1984-87). He worked at Derek Simpson Goldsmiths in New Haven Connecticut, USA between 1988 and 1990 and became a senior lecturer in metalwork at Liverpool Hope University (1993-2003). He has collaborated with silversmiths, product, interior and landscape designers, architects, artists, engineering companies, developers, town planners and city councils. Knight was shortlisted for the prestigious Jerwood Applied Arts Prize (2005), won the Museum Sheffield National Metalwork award for his silver and stainless steel chalice titled Lest We Forget in 2010 and is lead designer of the St Leger Stakes permanent trophy. His practice includes sculpture and public art; the largest of which, Cutting Edge (2006), Sheffield, has received numerous awards. Other pieces are sited in Basingstoke, Leeds, Gateshead, Blackpool, Sheffield, St Helier and New York City. Knight is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
