email: rknowldenjr@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2026 (CANDIDATE) - MFA FINE ART - GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON - LONDON, UK
2020 - Bachelors of Architecture - Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, il
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
(upcoming) 09.12.2024 - The spaces we call home (group exhibition) - DePaul Art Museum
(upcoming) 09.14.2024 - untitled(working title) - Boundary Gallery (solo exhibition)
2024 - A Love Supreme (group exhibition) - Elmhurst Art Museum
2023 - Water (group exhibition) - 6018 North, Chicago, IL
2023 - Mercial Lake (group exhibition) - Uri Eichen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 - Horizon, Expanse: A Source and A Mirage (solo exhibition) - Cleaner Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 - “where the light corrupts your face…” (group exhibition) - South Side CAC, Chicago, IL
2022 - Buried Beauty, Broken Block (duo exhibition) - Roots & Culture CAC, Chicago, IL
2022 - Mies Killed Jazz (duo exhibition) - S.R. Crown Hall, Chicago, IL
2022 - MDW Fair - Ignition Project Space, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 - Successful Failures Benefit - Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2021 - The Familiar; The Interior (duo window installation) - Ignition Project Space, Chicago, IL
2021 - Radiant Beings (solo window installation) - CoProsperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2020 - 4th World (solo window installation) - The Night Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 - Open House IIT, Strata, Chicago, IL
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022-Current - Future Firm, Designer, Chicago, IL
2019-2022 - Krueck Sexton Partners, Architectural Designer, Chicago, IL
2017-2018 - SMP Studios, Architectural Intern, New York, NY
2015 - Pan African Engineering Group, Architectural Intern, Monrovia, Liberia
SPECIAL PROJECTS / COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
2023 - House of Kapwa - Earth Art Grant - Chicago Architecture Biennial
2022 - Tanda Research Cohort - Chuquimarca
2018-2020 - Art x Architecture Gallery @ IIT - Founding Director - IIT, Chicago, IL
2019 - Architreasures Youth Teaching Program - Program Facilitator, Chicago, IL
2018 - Sweet Water Foundation - IIT Freedom by Design, Project Manager, Chicago, IL
2018 - Center for Torture Justice - Resiliance for Justice & Healing, Chicago, IL
PRESS/ STATEMENTS
2023 - Roland Knowlden - Artist Of The Week - LVL3_Interview
2022 - Mecca Flats Might Be Gone, But It’s Not Forgotten - Architect Magazine
2020 - At the College of Architecture, Roland Knowlden Found His Creative Outlet - IIT News