Courtney Askey is a cross-disciplinary artist, curator, gallery director, writer and musician based in Leicester. Her work explores internet culture, technology, identity and the self.
Education
MA Fine Art at De Montfort University (current)
BA Fine Art at De Montfort University, Leicester 2016-2018 - First Class (Hons)
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at De Montfort Leicester 2014-2015 (Distinction)
Previous Exhibitions
Phoenix, 'The Idle Index' (Leicester Art Week), November 2019
DMU Graduate Award Exhibition, Two Queens, November - December 2018
De Montfort University Art and Design Degree Show, Leicester, June 2018
Silver Vine Arts Partnership Staircase with De Montfort University, June 2017 - June 2018
Commission for Handmade Festival main stage backing projection film, Queens Hall, O2 Academy, Leicester, April 2017
Art at Orange Tree One, Loughborough, February 2017
Art at Orange Tree One, Leicester, December 2016
Summer Art Trail, StudionAme, Leicester, August 2016
De Montfort University BA Fine Art Year 1 Show - May 2016
Points of Departure, Queen of Bradgate, Leicester, May 2016
Summer Art Trail, Queen of Bradgate, Leicester, August 2015
De Montfort University Foundation Show May 2015
Awards
Two Queens Graduate Award for 'The internet gave me brain tingles' 2018
Silver Vine Arts award for 'Archetypes of Discovery' 2015
Leicester Lo-Fi Photography Society award for 'Archetypes of Discovery' 2015
Ongoing Projects and Positions
Gallery Director and Curator of Hub
Previous Projects and Positions
Art Consultant at Oberon Gallery
Director and Curator at Silver Vine Arts
Artist in Residence at Grosvenor House Day Nursery, Nottingham
Project lead for De Montfort University/Silver Vine Arts partnership
Curator at Orange Tree
Workshop Leader for 'Selfie Portraiture' project and exhibition at Soft Touch Arts
Artist Assistant to Leila Houston
CONTACT
@courtneyaskey