About the Artist
I’m Courtney Gatewood, a devoted wife and mother of three. Overcoming obstacles has led me to pursue my passion for creating. Education and the arts became my focus, igniting my passion. My current work addresses the anxieties of young adulthood in communities with limited opportunities. I’m creating a new series based on my experiences, aiming to foster understanding and connection with those unfamiliar with such challenges through personal dreams and memories.
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Exhibitions // Group Shows
Art Speaks, Group Exhibition, Memphis Art Salon, April 2025
Flat File, Group Exhibition, COOP Gallery, March 2025
Treasure of the Garden, Cheekwood, Nashville, Spring, 2025
Featured Artist of the Month, First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, TN, March 2025
Soundwaves Gallery, group exhibition, GEODIS Park, 2025
New Artist, group exhibition, Boomer Gallery, London, August 2024
Artist Talk Times Square Exhibition, group exhibition, NYC, June 2024
56th Annual Student Exhibition, APSU, May 2024
OFF THE WALL, APSU, March 2024
FOCUSFEST, APSU, February 2024
DAC and Friends Exhibit, Downtown Artist Coop, Clarksville, TN, January 2024
Different Shades of Coffee, curator, Art + Design Building, APSU, November 2023
Figures and Faces, Las Laguna, CA, February 2023
Femina, Ontario, CA, February 2023
Woman, Ontario, CA, February 2023
Inspirations, Ontario, CA, March 2023
Exhibizone Grand Prize (10th edition), Vancouver, BC, October 2023
Virtuoso, Art + Design Building, APSU, 2023
The Unseen Diagnosis, Art + Design building, APSU, 2023
Residencies // Publications
Arcade Arts // Nashville, TN // Oct ‘24 - June ‘25
Al-Tiba9 Contemporary digital interview, 2025, // https://www.altiba9.com/platfrom-interviews-for-artists/courtney-gatewood-painting-women-figurative-symbols
Drawing South Podcast, Jan 2025, https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/drawing-south/episodes/A-conversation-with-Courtney-Gatewood-e2u3lho
DRIFTI.space interview – online, 2025, https://drifti.space/interview-courtney-gatewood/
Accomplishments // Scholarships
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Studio // Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, December 2024
Dean's List, 2019-2024, APSU
Professor Bruce Childs Scholarship Endowment, Fall Semester of 2024, APSU
Barbara Beach Art Scholarship, Fall and Spring Semesters of 2023-24, APSU
Fortera Foundation Bridge Scholarship, Fall and Spring Semesters of 2023-24, APSU