The 60th anniversary of the Sun Gallery presents Hayward’s award-winning artist, muralist and musician, Andrew Kong Knight, and his 60th trip around the sun.
Knight will display his original drawings, paintings and sculptures from all six decades of his life. From his early Kindergarten crayon drawings, to his zen-style brush paintings of his romantic series titled, “The sun and moon.”
‘My life is about trying to sustain my three dreams of music, art, and a romantic love relationship that serves as a muse for each of those habitual disciplines.’
Andrew Kong Knight
This show will feature work from his Logan High School years (including a portrait of John Lennon that he did the night Lennon was killed), his BFA and MFA years at San Francisco Art Institute, and John F. Kennedy University.
“Viewers will step into a time machine of my life,” shares Knight. “You’ll walk through a memory lane journey featuring each decade of my creativity.”
Many works from his career and internationally-published airbrush work will be on display, including the “War at Home,” which earned Knight a national American illustration award. The art was also used internationally as a CD cover, posters and merch for the band Biohazard.
Attendees can also see studies for Knight’s now-iconic “Hayward meets Hollywood” of murals located at Cinema Place parking structure in the heart of downtown Hayward.
At a reception set for Saturday, March 15, Knight will perform music at the gallery in front of the artwork he created. Songs will range from his early repertoire and his childhood Suzuki Violin training, right up to his songs written in 2025.
Sun and Knight
Exhibit dates: Feb. 27 – Mar. 22
Thursday – Saturday, 11am – 4pm
Sun Gallery
1015 E St., Hayward
510.581.4050
sungallery.org
Reception
Saturday, Mar. 15
2 – 8pm
