CORTNEY CASSIDY  
b. Ontario, Canada


EDUCATION
 
2024 NSCAD University, BFA, Fine Arts, Halifax, NS
2023 Animotion Puppetry Intensive, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Windsor, NS
2021 Anna Leonowens Gallery Certificate in Gallery and Studio Management, Halifax, NS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2024 On His Big Horse, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2024 Lowlands, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 2024 NSCAD Graduation Exhibition, group exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2023 The Barnyard, group exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2023 Gaiety, NSCAD Queer Collective group exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2022 Advanced Painting, group exhibition, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2019 The Rose Festival, group exhibition, The Rose Festival MTL, Montreal, QC 
2018 Expanded Media Winter Showcase, group exhibition, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS 
2017 Wrap It Up, group exhibition, Haliburton School of Art and Design, Haliburton, ON 
2017 Queer Love & Desire, group exhibition, The RUDE Collective, Toronto, ON 

RESIDENCIES
2024 Artist in Residence, ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS
2019 Redclay Drawing Retreat, Upper Economy, NS
2018 Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON

AWARDS
2024 Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship
2023 Robert Pope Painting Endowment Scholarship
2023 Mermaid Theatre Scholarship
2023 Robert G. Merritt Memorial Scholarship
2020 SUNSCAD Scholarship Award for Student Involvement
2020 Allan C. Fleming Memorial Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS
2024 PUBLICATION: Put Your Hands on Your Hips. NSCAD University Grad Catalog, 2024
2024 TALK: Artist Talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2023 PUBLICATION: A Strange Kind of Two, Getting Warmer, We’re Fine in the Lowlands. SICK Magazine: Issue No. 5, 2023
2020 TALK: Moderator, “Connect 2 Protect: Cybersecurity Workshop with Sage Sidley, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, December 5
2020 TALK: Co-Facilitator, “We Regret to Inform You: Virtual Panel Discussion, Halifax, NS, November 23
2020 PUBLICATION: On Archives, Centre for Art Tapes, 2020
2017 PUBLICATION: Mom, Milkweed, Issue IV, 2017