AVEL C. DEKNIGHT
(1923 - 1995)
Individual and Group Exhibitions
Individual Exhibitions
| 1968 | Larcarda Gallery, New York, New York Gouache paintings and wash drawings. |
| 1971 | Larcarda Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1972 | Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York Gouache paintings, watercolors and oil on paper |
| 1973 | Babcock Galleries, New York, New York Paintings from the "Mirage" series. |
| 1977 | Babcock Galleries, New York, New York |
| 1978 | Discovery Art Gallery, Clifton, New Jersey Gouache paintings, wash drawings and casein |
| 1980 | Gallery 62, National Urban League, New York, New York Paintings, drawings and watercolors. "Mask and Mirage" |
| 1987 | University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Pennsylvania "A Decade of Painting, 1977-1987" |
| 1989 | Galerie Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris, France |
| 1990 | La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York Images de Guadeloupe: a personal view |
| 1991 | La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York Watercolors painted in France. "Interieurs: Intimate Spaces in French Houses" |
| 1993 | La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York Watercolors: Landscape views of Paris and regions of France |
| 1993 | Art Students League of New York, New York City Major work, "Sanctuary," on view in their 57th Street Display windows during the month of March. |
Group Exhibitions
| 1953 | Village Art Center, New York, New York |
| 1960 | Gallery 10, New Hope, Pennsylvania |
| 1967 | American Watercolor Society |
| 1969 | Flint Institute of Art |
| Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, N.Y. | |
| Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
| Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y. | |
| San Francisco Museum of Art | |
| 1968 | American Greeting Card Gallery, N.Y. |
| Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Academy of Fine Arts, Banfer Gallery, N.Y. | |
| The Contemporaries Gallery N.Y. | |
| Roko Gallery, New York | |
| 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 | |
| 1970 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia | |
| New Jersey State Museum | |
| Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Tx. | |
| Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| California, Santa Barbara | |
| 1971 | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York New York |
| Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia | |
| National Academy of Design , New York, New York (annual) | |
| Finch College Museum of Art, New York, New York | |
| Illinois Art Council, Chicago, HI. | |
| Cummer Gallery of Art, Remnants of Things Past: Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York Landscapes | |
| 1972 | Babcock Gallery, New York, New York Mirage Paintings |
| 1988 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Faces and Figures |
| 1999 | Black New York Artists of the 20th Century: Selections from the Schomburg Center Collection: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, New York (posthumously) |