About Gary
Gary T. Knox is a self-taught artist who was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and who has lived for more than 40 years in the New York tri-state area. He is now based in Newark, New Jersey.
Gary has exhibited his work in galleries, universities, local venues, and art fairs throughout the tri-state area including the Akwaaba Gallery (New Jersey), the Sky Blue Gallery (Brooklyn), Art in the Atrium at Overlook Medical Center (New Jersey), St. John’s University, Restoration Plaza (2018, Brooklyn), WBGO Presents the Fulton Art Fair (New York City), and Bailey’s Café (Brooklyn). He has exhibited his work in numerous art fairs including the Fulton Art Fair and Edgewater Art Fair where his work has won awards.
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As an artist Gary T. Knox was influenced by John Biggers, Jacob Lawrence, Ernie Barnes, Elizabeth Catlett, and Aaron Douglas. He has a passion for creating art that draws from the rich cultural history of African Americans and African diasporic peoples.
Gary’s work reveals a fascination with the fluidity of geometric shapes in figurative and abstract art. He shines a light on the easily missed nuances and subtleties of everyday life, particularly those aspects of life that define us as beautifully and powerfully human. Relying on the innovative and transgressive interweavings of acrylic, oil, pencil, and air brush, he brings our attention to the transformational power of place, light, time, music, movement, and relationships, and he illuminates the complexities of our human struggles and triumphs.
As a Fulton Street Art Fair Member, Gary has participated in numerous art fairs in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and New Jersey. He has also participated in and been a featured artist in auctions and group shows. He has illustrated children’s books as well as professional trade books for academics. His paintings, including portraits, are also featured in private collections.
Gary T. Knox can be reached at 973.494.3339 via Easton’s Nook or via email: knoxgthomas@gmail.com