Resume

Education

M.F.A 1993, Fine Art Maryland Institute College of Art
(Graduate Art Award)

B.A. 1988, Art Millsaps College (magna cum laude)


Exhibitions and Screenings

2010
Field Recordings, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2009
Projected Landscapes: Courtney Egan and David Webber, A Collaborative Exhibition, Department of Art Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Land Marks, the Vestiges Project, Opal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Frontier Preachers, group show at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN.
Curator: Jayme McLellan
Score and Script, group show of video work, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Curator: Claire Tancons

2008
Way Down South in New Orleans, Civilian Art Projects, group show, Washington DC
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Group Exhibition, New Orleans
Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Orphans Film Symposium

2007
New Media, New Art, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans
National Museum of Women in the Arts Film Festival, Washington D.C.
MadCat Women’s International Film Festival
Deep Water Dates, site-specific installation with Art in Action, New Orleans
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival

2006
*Inductive, Loyola University, Diboll Gallery, New Orleans
Therefore I Live, screening, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
The Vestiges Project, installation of Waterfall, collaboration with Ann Schwab, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

2005
Syracuse International Film and Video Festival
Mad Cat International Women’s Film Festival
New York Underground Film Festival
The 43rd Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour

2004
*Boxers, Briefs or Panties, Salon du Beau Monde, New Orleans
Reel Venus Film Festival, New York City
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Winner, Isabella Liddell Award
The 42rd Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour
Auckland International Film Festival
Nemo Festival, Paris, France

2003
*Cinéplasty, The Waiting Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm Und Videofest, Kassel, Germany. installation
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The Decline of Western Evolution, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans
25 Hrs International Video Art Show. Barcelona, Spain
Detroit International Video Festival, Detroit, MI

2002
Digital Showcase 17, Austin Museum of Digital Art
Arts in the Edge, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA
Joanie4Jackie, contributor, video chainletter
Media in a Mix Master, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA.
Pantallazo, Design+Art+Technology Screening Series, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Costa Rica
*Film Kitchen, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
Cincinnati Women’s Film Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Art in General’s Video Marathon, New York City
Essential Oppositions, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans

2001
Louisiana Open, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. Jurors: Eleanor Heartney, Louis Grachos, James Kerry Marshall
Breaking Barriers: Artists Re-invent the Museum, University Museum of Art and Archeology, University of Missouri-Columbia
backup Festival, Germany
Microcinema’s Independent Exposure traveling screening series

Grants, Awards, Fellowships, Residencies

2009
LDOA grant to attend Creative Capital workshop

2008
Career Advancement grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts
Mini Grant, Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
Fellow, Flaherty Film Seminar
Director’s Choice 3rd Prize, Black Maria Film and Video Festival

2007
Santa Fe Art Institute Visual Arts Residency
Pollack-Krasner stipend in association with the Santa Fe Art Institute

2006
Judge, Ann Arbor Film Festival

2004
Isabella Liddell Award, The Ann Arbor Film Festival

2002
Arts Teachers Fellowship, Surdna Foundation
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Artist’s Residency

2001
Media Arts Fellowship, Louisiana Division of the Arts
40 Under 40, The Gambit Weekly
2001 Award for Excellence in Media Arts Education, New Orleans Video Access Center

2001
Visual Artist Mini-Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts

2000
Equipment Access Grant, New Orleans Video Access Center
Visual Artist Mini-Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts

1995
Decentralized Arts Grant, Arts Council of New Orleans

1993
M.F.A. Graduate Award, Maryland Institute College of Art
Honorable Mention, The NOVAC Louisiana Video Shorts Festival

1992
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Artist Residency, Buffalo, NY

Related Professional Work

2001-present
Faculty, Media Arts Department, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Artist Lectures, presentations at various venues over multiple years at Loyola University and Tulane University

2008
Member, Press Street literary and visual arts collective
Curator, Keep On Keepin’ On, New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival 2008
Video artist, Flight, original theatre production by Jeff Becker, Artspot Productions and Mondo Bizarro

2007-present
Outside Assessor, Fine Arts Department, Loyola University New Orleans
Co-creator, New Orleans contemporary visual arts blog, Artswamp

2007
Co-curator, New Orleans Parallax, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Curator, Back and Forth, short works from New Orleans filmmakers spanning 1985-2007, for the New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival 2007

2006
Curator, Below Sea Level Stories: Short Works from the Sinking City of New Orleans, for the New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival 2006
Juror’s Presentation, Ann Arbor Film Festival

2003
Video Artist, The Maid of Orleans, original theatre production by Artspot Productions, New Orleans

2001
Artist Lecture, ArtSpeak, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
Artist Lecture, Breaking Barriers, University Museum of Art and Archeology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Co-curator, Louisianalysis, short films from Louisiana, with Rene Broussard


Bibliography

2010
Doug MacCash, “Artist Puts High-tech Spin on the Traditional Still Life,” The Times Picayune, June 3, 2010, C5

2009
Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart, “Score & Script: Music in Video,” Artforum,
Critics’ Pick, March 13, 2009

2006
D. Eric. Bookhardt, “Courtney Egan + Ann Schwab”, Art Papers, July / August 2006, p.64
New Orleans Artists, radio series by Jaqueline Bishop, WWNO FM, New Orleans, LA

2005
David Finklestein, The Chaos Hags, Big Shtick, Mummy’s Dance at FilmThreat.com (Reproductions)

2004
Simeon Hunter, “Transome and Egan: New Work,” The New Orleans Art Review, November/December 2004, (Reproduction)

2003
Simeon Hunter, “Cineplasty,” The New Orleans Art Review, November/December 2003, (Reproduction)
Doug MacCash, “Short Takes: Courtney Egan’s new videos are long on style,” The Times-Picayune, Lagniappe Section, Friday, September 5th, 2003, p.13. (Reproduction)

2002
Bill O’Driscoll, “Video Collage: A Good Clip,” Pittsburgh City Paper, July 1, 2002

2001
Kurt Shaw, “Pittsburgh Filmmakers Exhibit Goes Beyond Traditional Media,” The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 24, 2002. (Reproduction)
Cheryl Wagner, “At Home with the Chaos Hag: An Interview with Courtney Egan,” The Mississippi Review Online, Winter 2002, Vol.8, No. 1. (Reproduction)
David Rubin, 2001 Entergy Louisiana Open, pgs. 4, 5. (Reproduction).
Terrington Calas, “Louisiana Open,” The New Orleans Art Review, Sept/Oct 2001 edition, p. 4, (Reproduction)
Jenna Kaegel, "The Museum Reinvented," Columbia Daily Tribune, July 22, 2001, p. 1C, (Reproduction)
Doug MacCash, "At the Top of Their Game," The Times-Picayune, Lagniappe Section, Fri., July 20, 2001, p.20, (Reproduction)