Ben Knight

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Ben Knight (born 1977 in Long Island, New York), is an installation artist, graphic designer, and typographic designer. He has given numerous lectures on art and design. He sometimes is referred to simply as "The Bennie".

As a teenager he began work on the feature film, Threat. He quickly moved up the ladder on this production and became the production designer for the film. As a teenager we was a prolific graffiti writer that helped and influence his formative typographic learning. He has also been the voice for many punk rock and hardcore punk bands.

He is a very good friend of the guitarist Craig Bonich of Head Automatica. Knight has assisted with some graphics and artwork for Head Automatica as well, because of this relationship.

He has done design work and artwork for many commercial and non-commercial clients.

Knight currently works full time for the United Nations in New York City.