Kelly Knight is a visual artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. She holds an MFA in 3D Fibers from Massachusetts College of Art & Design, and a BA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Kelly studied fiber arts at Swain School of Design (New Bedford, MA), UMass Dartmouth, and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. She actively exhibits in solo and group shows in the New England region and beyond, and teaches courses in mixed media and fiber arts.

Born in 1969 in Central Massachusetts, she has lived on Nantucket Island, and in New Bedford and Boston, MA. She lives and works in a gracious Victorian home where she nurtures an urban garden of native plants and wild habitat, and a menagerie of animals that includes dogs, chickens, cats, doves and pond fish.