Courteney Smith
Courteney Smith
BA Fine Art 2024
#BA Fine Art
I’m a painter. Acrylic paints are my main form of media and I utalise them to emphasise intense colours and joys of my cultures. I’ve been exploring intentionally with oil pastels and cotton yarn for materiality whilst investigating themes of memories, symbolism and nature.
I’m influenced by my personal upbringing and I’m interested in the elements of culture we carry individually, aiding to make a sense of who we are and where we come from. I interrogate my personal identity through symbolism of my culture and childhood to present day.
The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]
