Courtney Stock (B. 1987, Malden, MA) lives and works in Boston, MA. Stock makes both hard and soft sculptures, working with plaster, concrete, fiber, and biographical/found materials. Stock’s process is avidly experimental and very tactile, with a ‘hand curiosity’ often driving the work.
Stock earned an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from San Francisco Art Institute, and a BA from Bowdoin College.
E D U C A T I O N
2017 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Master of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 San Francisco Art Institute, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, San Francisco, CA
2009 Bowdoin College, Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts & Art History, Brunswick, ME
R E S I D E N C I E S
2018 Inside / Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
P U B L I C A T I O N S
2022 Wovenutopia Mag, Issue #6
2020 Boston Art Review, Issue 005
2019 10011 Mag, No.04
2018 Boston Art Review, Issue 002
The Title is IX, Issue 01
P R E S S
2024 The Boston Globe
2023 Boston Art Review
2022 The Boston Globe
2020 Boston Art Review
2018 The Boston Globe
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S (*indicates solo project)
2024 Wrongs & RIGHTS, Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Resource Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA,
September 12, 2024 - January 30, 2025
2023 STUFFED, BU Art Galleries, Boston, MA, June 15-September 15
Spring/Break Secret Show, 32 Prince Street, New York, New York, May 10-20
Raw Emotion, Gallery Tempo, Boston, MA
*And more, Yester House, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT, February 11-May 7
2022 shape_shifting_support_systems, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline, MA, July 14-August 27
Summer Blend, Katzman Contemporary Projects, Dover, NH, July 22-September 2
2021 *Ray, 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, January 25-February 19, 2021
2020 Nine: A Quiet Stand, Forsberg Art Gallery, Longview, WA
Creating in COVID: An online exhibition curated by Rachel Kay
Everyday in August: A virtual exhibition by bosscritt
2019 Boston Key Party, Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA
MassArt MFA Alumni Retrospective, City Hall, Boston, MA
After Hours, President’s Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2018 Tense, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Fort Point, Boston, MA
After Hours, President’s Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2017 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Srishti Outpost at Mill Hall, Kerala, India
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar and Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
After Hours, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2016 In Dark Spaces, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
XYZ, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
The Work of Being Here, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
That Thing You Said, Arnheim Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Ways to Use Walls, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
India Now, Arnheim Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2014 Grandfaloons: An Exhibition of the Objective Art Collective, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Queer Ancestors Project: An Exhibition of Prints, The San Francisco LGBT Community Center, CA
2013 Dissident Futures, Grand Lobby at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2012 *More Than You Should Know, Paul Sack Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Vernissage, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2011 Lotte, 518 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
2009 Do Not Eat, Fishbowl Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
The Last Waltz (Free! Yay!), Fort Andross, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Exhibition, Fort Andross, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Delta Sigma Upsilon Juried Art Show, Lamarche Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
2008 The Class Formerly Known as 350, Fort Andross Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Temple University Rome Spring Show, Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy
2007 Young Emerging Artists at NISDA, Nantucket Island School of Design Gallery, Nantucket, MA
G R A N T S & A W A R D S
Cultural Sector Recovery for Individuals Grant, Mass Cultural Council, Boston, MA, 2023
Walter Feldman Fellowship for Emerging Artists, Finalist, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, 2021
Sustaining Platforms Grant, Collective Futures Fund, Tufts University, and the Andy Warhol Foundation, 2021
Dean’s Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2015
Queer Ancestors Project, The San Francisco Arts Commission, Chrysalis Studio, & the Zellerbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Creative Capacity Fund Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 2009
E X P E R I E N C E
Founder & Director, BOSSCRITT - critique and curatorial club, bosscritt.com, Boston, MA — May 2019 - present
Assistant Professor, BLR MFA Program, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA — June - August 2020
Academic Advisor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA — August 2017 - present
Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA — August 2019 - present
Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA — January 2016 - May 2017
Faculty, MassArt Youth Programs, Boston, MA— Summer 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Associate Art Teacher, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA — 2012 - 2015
Production Assistant, September Productions, Nantucket, MA — Summer 2010
Intern, photographer Abelardo Morell, Brookline, MA — Summer 2008