Exhibitions

Upcoming & Ongoing

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Individual Exhibitions

1968: Larcarda Gallery, New York, NY; Gouache paintings and wash drawings
1971: Larcarda Gallery, New York, NY
1972: Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; Gouache paintings, watercolors and oil on paper
1973: Babcock Galleries, New York, NY; Paintings from the Mirage series
1977: Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
1978: Discovery Art Gallery, Clifton, NJ; Gouache paintings, wash drawings and casein
1980: Gallery 62, National Urban League, New York, NY; Paintings, drawings and watercolors: Mask and Mirage
1987: University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA; A Decade of Painting, 1977–1987
1989: Galerie Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris, France
1990: La Maison Francaise, New York University; Images de Guadeloupe: a personal view
1991: La Maison Francaise, New York University; Watercolors painted in France. Interieurs: Intimate Spaces in French Houses
1993: La Maison Francaise, New York University; Watercolors: Landscape Views of Paris and Regions of France
1993: Art Students League of New York, New York, NY; Major work, Sanctuary, on view in their 57th Street display windows during the month of March
2001: Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA; Myth and Mirage: The Art of Avel de Knight
2011: Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond, VA; Avel de Knight: Drawings for Army Life in a Black Regiment

Group Exhibitions

1953

Village Art Center, New York, NY

1960

Gallery 10, New Hope, PA

1967

American Watercolor Society

1968

American Greeting Card Gallery, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Academy of Fine Arts, Banfer Gallery, NY
The Contemporaries Gallery, NY
Roko Gallery, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Art Gallery, University of Iowa
High Museum of Art, Altanta, GA
Through 1970, Traveling Exhibition to major U.S. Museums, 30 Black Contemporary Artists

1969

Flint Institute of Art
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
San Francisco Museum of Art

1970

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia, PA
New Jersey State Museum
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

1971

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
National Academy of Design, New York, NY (annual)
Finch College Museum of Art, New York, NY
Illinois Art Council, Chicago, IL
Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL; Remnants of Things Past
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Landscapes

1972

Babcock Gallery, New York, NY; Mirage paintings

1988

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Faces and Figures

1999

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY; Black New York Artists of the 20th Century: Selections from the Schomburg Center Collection

2007

New York State Museum, Albany, NY; Expressions in Blue: A Feeling, A Place, A Color, A Sound

2015

Saratoga Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY; Many Rivers

2017

Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art