Episode 10 - Jayda Knight

Jayda Knight (Aka Flying Knight) is a visual & street artist known for her idiosyncratic Neo-Deco Symbolist art. Jayda received a BFA & BArch from Rhode Island School of Design. She worked with Eugene Lee in set design for Saturday Night Live and off-Broadway shows in New York which influenced her creative approach.

 

Jayda explores pattern both as a metaphor as well as a visual to create narratives inspired by contemporary topics. Jayda draws from quotidien, societal, sexual and personal subject matter to create a descriptive storytelling delivered in the form of symbolic patterns. 

 

An underlying darker sub-text inherently lingers-this psychology in her work is often only accessible to the careful viewer, but playfully veiled behind a Decorative Arts approach. The intentional contrast between the surface and the deep are part of what makes her work both accessible and challenging. This combined narrative in her work juxtaposed with a nostalgic flair, is often described as a visual form of the Historic-present.

 

Jayda has collaborated with several institutions including the Miami City Ballet, Oolite Arts, Lincoln Road Improvement District and Timeout and is a grant recipient from The Gottlieb Foundation.