Courtney Askey
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residencies
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AA2A, Loughborough University, UK October 2023 - June 2024
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Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York City, US March - May 2023
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Artists Alliance, Manhattan, New York City, US March - April 2023
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Chapêlmêle, Alençon, France February 2023
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LCB Depot/Phoenix, Leicester, UK June 2022
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Leicester Contemporary/StudionAme Toru Namekawa residency, Leicester, UK September 2021 - March 2022
previous exhibitions (solo)
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The Total Rebrand Retreat, KODA/RU House, Governors Island, New York, USA, solo exhibition 5 - 8 May 2023
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Certum quod factum, Leicester Contemporary, UK, solo exhibition, 18 - 26 March 2022
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The Exposition - Introducing Hercy B, virtual solo exhibition, January 2021
previous exhibitions (group)
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Pulse, group exhibition curated by Courtney Askey, Firebug, Leicester, UK, Wednesday 27th March 2024
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By some means or Other, group exhibition, Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough, UK 28th February - 22nd March 2024
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Emergence, De Montfort University MA Fine Art degree show, Two Queens, Leicester 10th - 18th September 2021
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The Sundial Journal, online exhibition, February - April 2021
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Cultural eXchanges Finalist exhibition, online exhibition, February - March 2021
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L.O.V.E. Art, online exhibition, November 2020
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Encrypted Sounds of Wellbeing, online exhibition, October 2020
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Socially Distanced, StudionAme, Leicester, September 2020
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Ceremony, LCB Depot and Interact Digital Arts, June 2020
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The Idle Index (Leicester Art Week), Phoenix, Leicester, November 2019
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DMU Graduate Award Exhibition, Two Queens, November - December 2018
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De Montfort University Art and Design Degree Show, Leicester, June 2018
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Silver Vine Arts Partnership Staircase with De Montfort University, June 2017 - June 2018
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Commission for Handmade Festival main stage backing projection film, Queens Hall, O2 Academy, Leicester, April 2017
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Art at Orange Tree One, Loughborough, February 2017
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Art at Orange Tree One, Leicester, December 2016
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Summer Art Trail, StudionAme, Leicester, August 2016
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De Montfort University BA Fine Art Year 1 Show, May 2016
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Points of Departure, Queen of Bradgate, Leicester, May 2016
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Summer Art Trail, Queen of Bradgate, Leicester, August 2015
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De Montfort University Foundation Show May 2015
awards
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Outstanding Exhibition from De Montfort University for 'My week with a cyborg' 2021
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Two Queens Graduate Award for 'The internet gave me brain tingles' 2018
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Silver Vine Arts award for 'Archetypes of Discovery' 2015
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Leicester Lo-Fi Photography Society award for 'Archetypes of Discovery' 2015
education
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MA Fine Art at De Montfort University 2019 - 2021 - Distinction
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BA Fine Art at De Montfort University, Leicester 2016 - 2018 -First Class (Hons)
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Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at De Montfort Leicester 2014-2015 - Distinction
previous projects and positions
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Gallery Director and Curator at Hub Leicester
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Art Consultant at Oberon Gallery
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Director, Publicity and Marketing, and Curator at Silver Vine Arts
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Artist in Residence at Grosvenor House Day Nursery, Nottingham
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Project lead for De Montfort University/Silver Vine Arts partnership
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Curator at Orange Tree
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Workshop Leader for 'Selfie Portraiture' project and exhibition at Soft Touch Arts
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Artist Assistant to Leila Houston
appearances
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Welcoming the New Era with Charlotte Ives, performance alongside The Total Rebrand Retreat, KODA/RU House, Governors Island, New York, USA, 5th May 2023
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Screen Time, film screening and In Conversation alongside Ronnie Danaher's iConfess, Assembly House, Leeds, UK, 16th June 2022
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Headway - What is it like to be an emerging young artist in Leicester? - Documentary, Studio Fig, 2022