Exhibitions
Current:
‘Cruising for a Bruising’, Museum of Australian Photography, 8 July - 5 October
Seventh Gallery Annual Fundraiser Exhibition
Upcoming:
Hillvale Photo Trophy
2026
‘Some Kind of Heaven’ — a duet with J Davies, Sawtooth ARI, Tasmania
Unassigned Gallery x Queer Love Collective: Queer Heirlooms
Polaroid Polaroid Polaroid: Group Exhibition, MARS Gallery
‘It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn’t Help It)’, MARS Gallery
2025
Res Artis: ‘My First Openly Gay Art Show’
Perth Festival: de-centre re-centre, Laurence Wilson Art Gallery
Tarnuk–ut baany, Footscray Community Arts
Unassigned Gallery x Queer Love Collective: The Q Files
Auto Photo: A Life in Portraits, RMIT Gallery
SPRING 1883: Winter is coming but Spring is Queer, MARS Gallery
Hillvale Photo Trophy
2024
PHOTO Festival 2024: New Photographers Exhibition
2024 Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards
Unassigned Gallery x Queer Love Collective: The Big Queer Show
Centre for Contemporary Photography Fundraiser Exhibition
‘Cruising for a Bruising’, MARS Gallery
Melbourne Fringe Festival: Arise 3
MARS Gallery: Christmas Online Exhibition
2023
10th Ballarat International Foto Biennale: Core Program Artist
Hillvale Photo Trophy
Melbourne Fringe Festival: ‘What I Know, How I See’, part of the Deadly Fringe Program
CCP Summer Salon (Winner of EIZO APAC ‘Best Use of Colour’ Award)
Koorie Heritage Trust: 11th Koorie Art Show
2022
RMIT Honours Graduation Showcase
Ballarat International Foto Biennale (Gradfoto 2022) Highly Commended
Education
2022
Bachelor of Arts (Photography) (Honours) First Class Honours, RMIT University
2019 - 2021
Bachelor of Arts (Photography) with Distinction, RMIT University
Residencies
2026
2025
Tarnuk–utbaany, Footscray Community Arts
2024
Creative Resident, Centre for Contemporary Photography
Awards
2024
Finalist for the Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards
2023
2022
Recipient of the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Bachelor of Arts (Photography) (Honours) Highly Commended, RMIT University
Highly Commended Finalist for The Ballarat International Foto Biennale GradFoto exhibition
Publications
2026
Lowbrow - Queer Heirlooms
Lowbrow - Notfair Art Fair
Art Collector - It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn’t Help It)
Meer - It Felt Like My Body Was a Weapon (I Couldn’t Help It)
To Be Magazine - Kyle Archie Knight Goes Out of the Suburbs and Into the Streets
Lindsay - Melbourne City Guide
2025
Art Guide Australia - ‘Photos of a life’
Art Guide Australia - ‘Ways of seeing’
Vault Magazine - ‘The Q Files Beams Sci-Fi Joy Into Pride’
2024
Vogue Australia - November Issue
Fashion Journal - ‘Chemistry of Comfort’
Harper’s Bazaar - ‘A Fresh Wave’: First Nations fashion’s rise and rise
PHOTO 2024 - Kyle Archie Knight - Melbourne Milieu
Centre for Contemporary Photography - Creative Residents
Melbourne Milieu - Print Edition 17, PHOTO 2024 ‘New Photographers’
Australia's largest photography festival comes into focus
National Indigenous Times - First Nations photographer Kyle Archie Knight debuts his latest exhibition
2023
‘Cruising for a Bruising’, published by M.33
A Legacy of Love: The Heart Behind Kyle Archie Knight’s Photography
The Guardian - Serving the tee: fashion workers on where they found their favourite T-shirts
Art Guide Australia - The truth(s) behind the photograph
2022
Melbourne Fashion Festival - Shot From The Street: The Best Street Style From The Picasso Century Exhibition Launch at NGV Melbourne
Fabric Quarterly Magazine - Issue 15
INCU - 20th Anniversary Edition Magazine
Teaching
2026
Guest Lecture - ‘Queering Methodology’, RMIT University, April
2025
Guest Lecture - ‘Cruising for a Bruising’, Photography Studies College, August
Guest Lecture - ‘Queering Methodology’, RMIT University, April
2024
Workshop - ‘Making a Photobook’, RMIT University, August
Judging
2026
Committee Member for the 2026 Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards
Public Programs
2026
Museum of Australian Photography: Artist Talk: ‘Cruising for a Bruising’
Museum of Australian Photography: Photowalk with Kyle Archie Knight
Museum of Australian Photography: 'So bad it's good' workshop with Kyle Archie Knight
2025
Artists in Conversation - de-centre re-centre
Floor Talk with Kyle Archie Knight, Ruth O’Leary and Katherine Griffiths, RMIT Gallery
2024
Floor Talk, ‘New Photographers’, PHOTO Festival 2024, Daine Singer Gallery
Talk: The Queer Bogan Photobook with Kyle Archie Knight and Liss Fenwick
2023
Panel Discussion: Fire Country
Panel Discussion: GradFoto 2023
Other Media
2026
Triple R: Queer View Mirror: 15 July 2026
2023
Gaytkeeping with Sam and James: Lana Del Rey (with Kyle Archie Knight)
Still Life with Pansy: Kyle Archie Knight - Cruising for a Bruising (02/10/2023)