Meet the Artist

Tiffany McKnight is an Oklahoma City based artist, pattern designer, muralist, and author. McKnight received her BFA in Studio Art with a focus in Printmaking from the University of Oklahoma in 2012.

A self-proclaimed color enthusiast, the Miami, Florida-born artist pivoted away from printmaking in 2014 to embrace a kaleidoscopic body of work that includes pattern making, graphic design, creative direction, and photography. Her work often combines hand-drawn and digitally-manipulated designs to create visually complex and harmonious pieces. Her passion for color and pattern is evident in all of her creations and is inspired by African textiles, flora and fauna, Art Nouveau and microbiology.

McKnight is the author of “NUVEAU: The Future of Patterns,” an intensely detailed coloring book for pattern lovers, published by Penny Candy Books. She is also a contributing illustrator in the book, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina. You can find her patterns on luxury wallpaper produced in collaboration with SixTwelve and Ketch Design Centre, wrapping paper for the Curbside Chronicle’s ‘Wrap Up Homelessness’ program and more.

In 2017, Tiffany was chosen as one of the contributing artists to Factory Obscura, an art collective creating immersive art experiences in Oklahoma City and continued her work through 2020 with their first permanent experience Mix-Tape. She launched her first company, People by People, that produced and published it’s first limited edition art book with a Thrive grant provided by Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and the Andy Warhol Foundation.

In 2020 she transitioned her work into creating large-scale public art works and has been a featured muralist at art festivals like the With Love Project, Plaza Walls, and Sunny Dayz Mural Festival. McKnight pushes the boundaries of her art form through her innovative designs and collaborations and continues to leave her distinct mark as an emerging designer, proudly representing the underrepresented groups of Black and female designers in the industry.


Photo by Alexa Ace