Kachelle Knowles (born 1990, Nassau, The Bahamas) is a contemporary artist who explores the ideas of gender identity, cultural preservation/ production, and social relations within the black community. She received her bachelor’s degree in illustration at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada. She is currently working as a practicing artist in Nassau, The Bahamas. In 2011 Knowles was awarded the POPOPstudios ICVA Junior Residency Prize.
Kachelle Knowles is a mixed media artist who explores ideas of gender identity, cultural preservation/ production, and social relations within the black community. Knowles’ graphite drawings on paper center portraits of men of the African diaspora, specifically black Bahamian men. In these delicate renderings, Knowles is expanding, with intention, the portrayal of black men creating room for the fluidity of the masculine and the feminine while counteracting stereotypes.