Knight na kaka

**Autumn Knight** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1980) ɗan Amurka ne mai fasaha tsakanin fannoni daban-daban wanda ke aiki tare da wasan kwaikwayo, shigarwa, da rubutu daga Houston, Texas wanda ke zaune kuma yana aiki a birnin New York . 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Knight ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Wasan Kwaikwayo da Fasaha ta gani a Houston, TX. Ta ci gaba da samun digiri na biyu a fannin Wasan Kwaikwayo, daga Jami'ar New York da kuma digiri na uku a fannin Wasan Kwaikwayo/Sadarwar Magana daga Jami'ar Dillard .  Knight tana da takaddun shaida a fannin Gudanar da Fasaha da Talla daga Kwalejin Birkbeck da ke Landan, Birtaniya da kuma a fannin Magana da Wasan Kwaikwayo daga Makarantar Tsakiya ta Landan. 

## Sana'a

### Aikin fasaha
An san Knight saboda rawar da take takawa, wanda horon da ta samu a fannin likitanci ya yi tasiri a kansa.  Sau da yawa, ayyukan suna nuna yanayin zamantakewa na masu sauraronta, suna ƙara ƙaruwa tsakanin launin fata, jinsi, da kuma dangantaka mai ƙarfi a cikin ɗakin. An bayyana aikinta a matsayin "mai ban dariya da ban dariya." 

A cikin bikin fasaha na lokaci-lokaci na Cibiyar Fasaha ta Portland (TBA) a shekarar 2018, Knight ya taka rawar "mai gabatar da shirin tattaunawa mai ban mamaki," yana jagorantar masu sauraro su shiga ta hanyar tambayoyi da tambayoyi.

Knight tana ɗaya daga cikin mawakan da suka ba da gudummawa ga bidiyon kiɗan Solange na mintuna 33 a cikin kundin waƙoƙinta *When I Get Home* (2019).   Ita ce ta lashe kyautar Nancy B. Negley Rome ta 2021–22 daga American Academy da ke Rome .  Knight kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Guggenheim Fellowship a Fim-Bidiyo na 2022. 

### Wasanni da nune-nunen
An nuna Knight sosai, ciki har da a cibiyoyi kamar Marfa Contemporary (2018),  DiverseWorks Artspace (2018),  Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2018),  University of Illinois - Krannert Art Museum (2017),  Art League Houston (2016),  She Works Flexible (2016),  The New Museum (2015),  Blaffer Art Museum (2014),  Skowhegan Space (2014),  CounterCutrent (2014) tare da Lisa E. Harris da M'Kina Tapscott,  Project Row Houses (2013),  da Crystal Bridges Museum . 

A shekarar 2019, Knight ta yi wasa a Human Resources da ke Los Angeles,  kuma an zaɓe ta don a haɗa ta a cikin 2019 Whitney Biennial, wanda Rujeko Hockley da Jane Panetta suka shirya.  A matsayinta na MF, matsala ce da mawaki Robert Pruitt, ita ma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce a bikin CounterCurrent na 2019. 

A watan Janairun 2020, Knight ta kasance cikin baje kolin Artpace mai taken *Visibilities: Intrepid Women of Artpace* .   Wanda Erin K. Murphy ta tsara, *Visibilities* ba wai kawai ta fara bikin cika shekaru 25 na Artpace ba, har ma ta haskaka tsoffin mawakan daga shirin su na International Artist-in-Residency, kamar Knight wanda yake zaune a can a bazara na 2015.  Bidiyon Knight na 2017 mai suna *Meesh* wani ɓangare ne na *Visibilities.* 

A watan Yulin 2020, Knight ta ƙirƙiri wani shirin wasan kwaikwayo na tsawon sa'o'i biyu ga The Kitchen tare da haɗin gwiwar mai zane Adebukola Bodunrin .  An watsa wasan kwaikwayon kai tsaye a shafin Twitch saboda ƙuntatawa na COVID-19. Sassan uku na wasan kwaikwayon sun binciki yadda waɗannan abubuwan ke shafar masu fasaha, cibiyoyi, da masana'antar fasaha gabaɗaya.  A cikin wannan wasan kwaikwayon, an nuna Knight tana bin sa da kyamarori da yawa, yayin da aka katse shirin tare da hotunan kyamarar tsaro daga cikin The Kitchen. Daga nan ta ci gaba da rushe The Kitchen a hankali yayin da take ba da jawabai daban-daban ga masu sauraro. Mai bita Madeline Seidel ta yaba da aikin Knight tana mai cewa "...ayyukanta sun nuna The Kitchen a matsayin wuri mai rikitarwa: ana kwatanta sararin cibiyoyi a lokaci guda a matsayin 'ma'aji' inda hanyoyin iko na launin fata, jinsi da na aji ke taka rawa, duk da haka yana ba da sarari mara komai don binciken fasaha na waɗannan matsalolin zamantakewa." 

### Gidajen zama

* Dakin girki 
* Ayyukan Majagaba 
* Gidan Tarihi na Studio na Harlem 
* 2015-2016 - Tushen Rawa Houston 
* 2014 - In-Situ (Birtaniya) 
* 2013-2014 - Galveston Artist Residency 
* Millay Colony for the Arts (Austerlitz, NY) 
* YICA (Yamaguchi, Japan) 
* Artpace (San Antonio, TX.) 

## Manazarta