AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2023
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2022
Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
2021
River Valley Arts Collective, Artist-in-Residence in Community Research, Hudson Valley, NY
2018
Underwater NY/Works on Water Incubator Residency, Governor’s Island, NY
2017
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Residency, New York, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Artist-in-Residence, Full Fellowship Award, Johnson, VT
2011
ArtWorks, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Queens, NY
2010
Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Artist-in-Residence and NEA recipient, Woodstock, NY
Chashama NEA project grant, New York, NY
2002
Vermont Studio Center, Artist-in-Residence, Johnson, VT
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Rise: 2022-ongoing, Presented by Karin Bravin, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
Courtney Puckett & Judd Schiffman, NADA Foreland, Testudo, Catskill, NY
2022
Courtney Puckett: Drawings and Sculptures, Furnace Art on Paper, Falls Village, CT (solo)
2021
Courtney Puckett & Christina Bolt, NADA x Foreland, JAG Projects, Catskill, NY
The Helpers, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY (solo)
2020
Six Animated Textiles, collaboration with animator Nicole Antebi and musician Colin O’Con, New York
Textile Month (online)
Courtney Puckett, Richard James Saville Row, curated by Helen Varola, New York, NY (solo)
2018
Courtney Puckett: Sapphire Eye, Flecker Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY (solo)
Sound and Vision: Courtney Puckett and Jessica Slaven, curated by Rachel Frank, Field Projects, New York, NY
2016
The Calendar Series, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN (solo)
2011
Mountain High, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
2010
Recycled, Wrapped, and Sewn, Anita Wooten Gallery, Valencia College, Orlando, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Summer Reading, Shelter Gallery, New York, NY
Upstate Gnarly, Ashley Garrett & Brian Wood studio/Upstate Art Weekend
The Golden Thread, BravinLee offsite, New York, NY
Talking Threads, Susan Eley Fine Art, Hudson, NY
2023
Intuitive Nature: Geometric Roots and Organic Foundations, curated by Scott Malbaurn,
Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
Constellation Threads, curated by Elisa Solivan, Underdonk, NY
In the Garden, Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
Going Outside, curated by Dan Devine, Hudson, NY
Riding the Weave, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
NYCxDesign, LOT-EK/c-Home, New York, NY
Homespun, Hudson Valley Artists 2023, curated by Karlyn Benson, Dorsky Museum at SUNY New
Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2022
Assembly: Time and Attention, a National Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington,
VA
Spring in Wartime benefit for Ukraine, Bull Farm, Rock Tavern, NY
The Material, The Thing, Hudson Valley Artists 2022, curated by Nicole Hayes, Dorsky Museum at SUNY New
Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Tectonic Threads, curated by Ragna Froda, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Baggage, Icehouse and Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY & Sharon, CT
2021
If Tomorrow Comes, BravinLee, New York, NY
Terrain Biennial Newburgh, Public Art piece at Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh, NY
Phase I, curated by Jesse Greenburg, Hudson House, Hudson, NY
Fantasy, Mohonk Arts Invitational/Upstate Art Weekend, High Falls, NY
As the World Turns, Geary Contemporary, Millerton, NY
Sunrise Sunset, Albany Airport Art and Culture, Albany, NY
Form or Function, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY
2020
Drawing Challenge XI, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY (online)
Infinite Uncertainty, Opalka Gallery, The Russel Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
Assembled, Arts Brookfield 1 MetroTech, Brooklyn, NY
Unraveling, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY (Online)
SpringSprung, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
2019
Earthly Delights, curated by Susan Jennings, Julie Torres, Ellen Letcher, Reinstitute, Millerton, NY
Glenlily Grounds Outdoor Sculpture Show, Newburgh, NY
2018
World Holes, curated by Jesse Greenberg, White Columns, New York, NY (Online)
2017
Form of Touch, SVA MA Curatorial Practice, curated by Becky Nahom, Brooklyn, NY
HY-BRID, Fine Art Gallery at Westchester Community College, curated by Melissa Hall, Westchester, NY Text/ure, curated by Kristen Frederickson, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
Nasty Woman, Knockdown Center, curated by Jessamyn Fiore, Brooklyn, NY
2016
CounterPointe: New Work by Women Choreographers and their Collaboration with Sculptors,
with Brenda Neville Dance Studio, presented by Norte Maar and The Brooklyn Ballet, The Actor’s Fund Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Weave Wars, Indianapolis Art Center, curated by Kyle Herrington, Indianapolis, IN
2015
Trust Fall, Spring Break Art Show, curated by Jennifer Sullivan, New York, NY
Neo-Craftivism, curated by Robin Kang, Rachel Gorchov, Roxanne Jackson,The Parlour Bushwick,
Brooklyn, NY
MICA Then and Now, Organized by Mikel Frank and Frank Hyder, The Noyes Museum of Art at
Stockton College, Oceanville, NJ
The Two States of W.W., curated by Andrew Prayzner, TSA NY, NY
2014
All Worked Up, curated by Katerina Lanfranco, Rhombus Space, Brooklyn, NY
Bright, curated by Tom Kotik, Arts Brookfield, New York, NY
2013
10 Years, Wallspace, New York, NY
This Land, Salisbury University Art Gallery, Salisbury, MD
MICA Then and Now, curated by Barry Nemet, Kunsthalle Beacon and Ethan Cohen New York,
Beacon, NY & New York, NY
2012
The Sixth Sense and Other Myths, curated by Ginger Shulick, Art Connects New York & Big Deal Arts
at The New York City Industry for the Blind, NY
2011
Studio LLC, curated by John L. Moore, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Queens, NY
Radical Fabric, curated by Tom Kotik, Humanities Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Anomalistic Urge, curated by Courtney Tramposh, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Painting Comes Alive!, curated by Erik den Breejen, Art Jail, New York, NY
School Night, curated by Amanda Schmitt, Nolita Elementary School in conjunction with The New
Museum’s Festival of Ideas for the New City, New York, NY
Tide Pool, curated by Ariel Dill and Denise Kupferschmidt, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Uncommon Threads, curated by Jeanne Brasile and Howard Hurst, Walsh Gallery Seton Hall University,South
Orange, NJ
CURATORIAL/COMMUNITY
2019-2022
Curator/Co-Director, White Rock Center for Sculptural Arts, Holmes, NY
2019-2022
Founder/Director, Hudson Valley Studio Group
2016
Curator, TSA New York, Drawing for Sculpture, Brooklyn, NY
RECORDINGS
2023
Studio Spotlight, Testudomkt.com
2021
Podcast Interview, Pep Talks for Artists: How to Sustain a Sculpture Practice
New York Textile Month Artist Talk, The Impact of Stillness on an Active Studio practice.
New York Textile Month Panel Discussion, White Rock Center for Sculptural Arts Summer Invitational III: Textile
2020
A Walk and Conversation, Shari Mendelson and Courtney Puckett
2019
Gorky’s Granddaughter
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Testudomkt.com, Finding Flow: Courtney Puckett and Sarah Grass on Balancing Art and Life
2023
Intuitive Nature: Geometric Roots and Organic Foundations, curated by Scott Malbaurn,
Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, essay by Shane McAdams (exhibition catalog)
2021
Artists Quarantine with their Collections by Stephen Maine with contribution by Courtney Puckett,
Hyperallergic, NY
2020
Drawings 2019-2020, self-published artist book, essay by Michelle Segre
2018
Courtney Puckett: Sapphire Eye, Flecker Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY,
essay by Lilly Wei (exhibition catalog)
What to Make of It, Interview by Jen Schwarting, Field Magazine
Drawings 2014-1018, self-published artist book, essay by Glenn Adamson
Stone Canoe, Journal of Arts, Literature, and Social Commentary, Vol 12., Visual Arts Editor
Rebecca Murtaugh
2016
Drawing for Sculpture, self-published zine for exhibition Drawing for Sculpture at TSA NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Heinrich, Will, The New York Times, Upstate Art Weekend offers a Year’s Worth of Art in Four Days.
Moment, Matt, Times Union, Must-see events during Upstate Art Weekend.
Sheets, Hilarie, The New York Times, Textile Artists Bring New Life to an 18th-Century Building.
Boucher, Brian, Artnet.com, Why Fiber Art is (Still) Having a Moment as Prices and Recognition Continue to Climb.
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2023
Madlener, Adrian, Behind ‘Fibration’ New York Textile Month’s Main Exhibition.
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2017
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2016
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2015
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Boone-McCreesh, Amy, BMoreArt.com, 24 Hours in Brooklyn.
TEACHING and ARTIST LECTURES
2024 - present
Assistant Professor of Art, CT State Northwestern|
2022-2024
Instructor of Art, CT State Northwestern
2021
Mentor in MFA Textiles Externship Program, Parsons School of Design, NY
Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY (artist lecture)
2020-2022
Adjunct Associate Instructor, Fashion Institute of Design, NY
2019-2022
Adjunct Instructor, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT
2019
Faculty in Fiber, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2018
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (artist lecture)
2017-2022
Part-time Instructor, Parsons School of Design, NY
2017
Rutgers School of Fine Arts, Camden Campus, Camden, NJ (artist lecture)
2016-2020
Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2016-2017
Visiting Instructor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2015- 2018
Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Suffolk County Community College, Long Island, NY
EDUCATION
2007
MFA Sculpture, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
2006
Glasgow School of Art, Hunter College Student Exchange Program, Glasgow, Scotland
2003
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2002
BFA Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001
Center for Art and Culture, MICA Student Exchange Program, Aix-en-Provence, France