Autumn Knight
Nothing #17
Friday, October 29, 2026 | 6:00 PM (doors: 5:30 PM) | FREE
Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre
149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Artist Autumn Knight will share her body of work and offer insight into her performance practice. Open to all. Refreshments will be provided.
This public talk is a part of Autumn Knight’s Artist Residency at the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts from September 2026 – April 2027, supported by the SCA Community Engagement Fund. During her time in Vancouver, Knight will also be conducting research, meeting with SCA graduate students, teaching a course called CA 355 Social II, and engaging with the wider community.
Biography
Autumn Knight is a New York based interdisciplinary artist working with performance, video, sound and text. Her work has been on view at various institutions including Human Resources Los Angeles (HRLA) Shedhalle (Zurich), The Whitney Museum of American Art, PICA (Portland Institute of Contemporary Art) The Kitchen, MCA Chicago, Museum Ostwall (Germany) BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Performance Space New York, The Walker Art Center and ICA London.
About the School for the Contemporary Arts Community Engagement Fund
The SCA Community Engagement Fund supports community and cultural programming and partnerships with a focus on initiatives that include local collaborations, socially engaged practices, accessible education, and public dialogue within the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
The fund is guided by three core aims: 1) to contribute to the social, cultural and artistic vitality of our community; 2) to enhance access and reduce structural barriers to engaging with contemporary arts; and 3) to support greater exchange and porosity between the SCA and our surrounding artistic and cultural communities.