Courtney Garvin is a visual artist born in South Carolina and currently based in New York City. She received her B.S. in Communications and Rhetoric with a minor in Art Photography from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. She is a Magnum Foundation 2018 Photography & Social Justice Fellow.
Her work examines portrayal across various mediums. She also has a deep interest in family histories, memory, storytelling, and sex education.
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Fellowships & Residencies:
2023: The Stay at Nearview, Saloma Acres
2018: Magnum Foundation Photography & Social Justice Fellowship
Talks & Performances:
2019: Refest, CultureHub, New York, NY
2018: Inspired Live, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2017: "An Ode To", Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Select Group Exhibitions:
2022: A Picture Gallery of the Soul, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
2021: Community Matriarchs of NYCHA, Abrons Arts Center , My Projects Runway, &
Photoville, New York, NY
2020: A Place to Visit v.2, Jip Gallery & Olympia
2019: Print Auction Exhibit, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
En Foco’s Apartment Gallery Series, Hamilton Landmark Galleries, New York, NY
2018: Emergi-Cubes, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
Connections, Jip Gallery, New York, NY
2017: Backyard Biennial, Ridgewood, NY
Art as Resistance, Strange Fire Collective, Denver, CO
2016: Our Own Table, Random Access, Syracuse, NY
Not For Sale, Art Slope Festival: Girl on Girl Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Features & Publications:
2022: A Picture Gallery of the Soul
2021: Aperture, As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic Selections from the
Nueva Luz, Apartment Gallery Artist Issue 25.2
2020:Der Grief, Guest Room, Curated by Oluremi Onabanjo
SVGE Magazine, Self portraiture during COVID-19
2019: SVGE Magazine
2018: The Phoblographer
Buzzfeed News
2017: NET 2.7 I'd Rather Go Blind
Awards:
