COURTNEY SPITZNAGEL

Born and raised in California, Courtney now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.  She is devoted to integrating the diverse influences in her life, seeking to open herself to a larger context, and connecting with a primal experience. Through the creative process, she strives to evoke a similar experience for the viewer, making thoughtful and meaningful connections come into focus. Courtney takes on each project with innate sensation and connection to craft her mission, creating an effortless sense that each stroke belongs on its surface, yet calls the viewer to return with her to a sense of what is within.

Courtney’s latest series: 'Where do you go?' presents works created between 2020 and 2021 that examine the artist's relationship with finding peace. Specifically, places that offer a sense of grounding, and experiences that often result in a fortification of wisdom and tenderness. Created predominantly in her Brooklyn studio during the global pandemic, the artist's new works further explore one's relationship with the challenge of finding immense presence and compassion with all parts of the self.

The artist's latest pieces showcase her affinity for contrasting the simplicity of the line against abstract forms. For Courtney, life has a patterned nature of ebb and flow, she is drawn to exploring the effect of presenting contrasting relationships of ambiguous abstractions and the female form against one another––shaping and imbuing each with a new presence. Courtney's deliberate approach exhibits her enthusiasm of investigating the profoundly uncharted waters of mental health. The titles of these works illustrate places and experiences along the artist's path that have provided a sense of ground. Aspects of her experience are present in each stroke and line, stemming from a deep intuition and trust connecting mind and body, heart and soul.