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Steve Knight
is a professional painter, iconographer, and elementary school teacher in the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. He
attended the University of British Columbia where he received his B.A. in Classics in 1973. He also received his formal art training as a painter at the same institution.

Steve has been an active member of the Burnaby Artists Guild where
he has conducted numerous workshops in painting and other areas of art. He is a past member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

His formal training in iconography began in 2004 when he attended the St. Lukes Iconography Institute in Vancouver. He also attended the iconography course conducted by Fr. Gianluca Busi of Bologna, Italy, at St. Gertrudes

Benedictine Monastery in Cottonwood, Idaho, in the summer of 2006. He has completed about 20 icons in the Byzantine style, mostly in acrylic, and mostly for individuals in the Vancouver Archdiocese. Steves interest in icons has translated into his conducting workshops for school children in the Catholic schools around Vancouver.

Steve lives in Burnaby, B.C. , is married and has three children. He is a member of Holy Cross Parish in Burnaby.