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Dawn Knight is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator living on Treaty 1 Territory, home of the Red River Metis Nation (Winnipeg, Manitoba). Knight's work includes poetry and spoken word, painting, hand-made books, video, textile-based sculpture and installation works, and sound and performance works.

A settler who grew up in small-town Manitoba, she is interested in the layers of identity, gender roles, family and genetics. Her sculptural textile-based installations explore, personal comfort and sanctuary, the dynamics of social interaction and intimacy, domesticity and ritual, and story revision and reconstruction. Knight’s practice is rooted in feminism, social practice and relational aesthetics.

Knight is the winner of the Canadian Society for Education Through Art Manitoba Affiliate Award (2018) for excellence in teaching and research, proven leadership and significant contributions to art education.