Bob Bicknell-Knight's isthisit? Gallery Celebrates Five Years of Digital Art

Bob Bicknell-Knight, a British artist and curator, founded the online gallery isthisit? in May 2016. The platform has hosted around 800 digital artists, focusing on themes like platform capitalism, automation, surveillance, and data colonialism. Bicknell-Knight studied at Chelsea College of Art in London, graduating in 2018. His practice includes installations, sculptures, paintings, writings, films, and digital media. Recent works include the CGI film 'We've Been Here Before,' commissioned by Daata and The Bass museum in Miami, and the solo exhibition 'It's Always Day One' at Office Impart in Berlin, which critiques Amazon's labor practices. isthisit? also publishes physical books, such as 'State of Affairs' and 'Networked Futures: Online Exhibitions and Digital Hierarchies.' Bicknell-Knight views the platform as a way to connect with like-minded artists and hopes to eventually open a physical gallery. He notes that the pandemic has legitimized digital art but remains skeptical about NFTs due to environmental concerns and market volatility.