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Bay Area, California

csennish@gmail.com

Education
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2013-2015

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, California

MFA Interdisciplinary

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2009-2013

Rhode Island School of Design Providence, Rhode Island
BFA Printmaking 

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2013 winter

Awagami Paper Making Certification

Tokashima, Japan

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2011 fall

European Honors Program

Rome, Italy

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Exhibitions
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2024     Upcoming November 2024, two person exhibition, TMCC, main gallery, Reno NV

2024     Shapespeak, Group Exhibition, Nick Ryan Gallery, Boulder CO

2024     Window Gallery at Shift, May 2024 display, Seattle WA

2023     Urban Repetition, Solo Exhibition, Red Mountain Gallery, Reno NV

2023     Tremendous, Group Exhibition, Las Vegas City Hall, NV

2022     Leave No Trace, Two-Person Exhibition, Reno and Elko, NV

2022     Kala Art Auction, Kala Art Institute, Oakland CA

2020     /digital room/, Group Exhibition, /room/ digital workspace at slashartsf

2020     Coded/Coated, Group Exhibition, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa CA

2020     Later Days, Group Exhibition, Embark Gallery, San Francisco CA

2019     The Lure of Concrete, Currents solo exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey CA

2018     Concrete Utopia, Johansson Projects, 2 person show , Oakland CA

2018     Root Division's 16th annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco CA

2018     10”x10”x10”, Group Exhibition, Borderline Collective, San Francico, CA

2017     Art Market Productions SF, On-site Installation, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA

2017     Root Division's 16th annual Art Auction,  Root Division, San Francisco CA

2017     Flat File, Group Exhibition, Embark Gallery, San Francisco CA

2016     Guide Me - Paradise, Solo Exhibition, Johansson Projects, Oakland CA

2016     Fermata, Group Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA

2016     Root Division's 15th annual Art Auction,  Root Division, San Francisco CA

2015     Terra Incognita, Group Exhibition, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland CA

2015     Slice, Group Exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis CA

2015     Introductions 2015, Group Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco CA

2015     Group exhibition, works on loan, Clyde and Co, San Francisco CA

2015     CCA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA

2015     Embark, Inaugural Exhibition, Embark Gallery, San Francisco CA

2014     The Annual 2015, Pro Arts, Group Exhibition, Oakland CA

2014     Building New Horizons, Solo Exhibition, Frogman's Print Workshop, University of South Dakota

2014     18th Annual De Young Student Showcase, “Expand”, San Francisco CA

2014     Modern Eden Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Francisco CA

2014     Osaka Exchange; Bridges, Juried Exhibition, Osaka University & CCA, Osaka Japan, Oakland CA

2014     Synthesis, Juried Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland CA

2014     Paper in Particular, Juried Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia MO

2013     NSAL Excellence in Printmaking Exhibition, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh PA

2013     Group Exhibition, Granoff Center For the Arts, Brown University, Providence RI

2013     Senior Invitational Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI

2013     Growth, Juried Exhibition, Spudnik Press, Chicago, IL

2013     Drawing from the Multiple, Group Exhibition, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI

2013     Printmaking Senior Thesis Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

2012     White Tie Show, Group Exhibition, Expose Gallery, Providence RI

2012     Jewelry Triennial, Group Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

2011     European Honors Program, Group Exhibition, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy

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Profession
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Master Printer, Moonlight Press

Oakland, CA
4/2023- present


Master Printer, Crown Point Press
San Francisco, CA
05/2015 - 6/2024
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Grants & Awards 
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Headland’s Graduate Fellowship Alternate 2015

Frogman’s Graduate Scholarship, Printmaking 2014

The Byron Meyer Scholarship in Graduate Fine Arts, CCA 2013

Senior Printmaking Award For Excellence, RISD 2013

RISD Honors Student 2011- 2013

National Society of Arts and Letters - Regional First Place Award, New York Chapter 2013

Peter St. Onge Memorial Grant, Winter 2013

Center For Student Involvement Conference Grant 2013

Anderson Ranch Scholarship, summer 2011

Residencies

Black Rock Desert NCA Artist-in-Residence (AiR) 

Kala Honorary Artist in Residence, 2021
Incahoots Residency, March 2020
Portfolios
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2015 Butterfly Effect, SGCI Portfolio, Invitation

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2015 Frogman’s 2015 Portfolio, Invitation

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Visiting Artist/Lecturer

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2024 Sonoma State University

2017 University of Nevada Las Vegas

Publications & Reviews
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2023 Print video featured by Hi Fructose Magazine. 

EBX Staff pick: "...How does living in such a heavily fabricated and dictated environment change our biology?" This existential take on art opens doors for a metaphysical experience through tangible things..." 2018 by Amyra Soriano Link

Johansson Projects press for Solo Show 2016, http://johanssonprojects.com/portfolio/courtney-sennish/

Glossarymagazine, “Courtney Sennish @ Johansson Projects” online review 2016

Curisously Direct, “CCA // 2015 MFA exhibition”, online review June 2nd 2015

San Francisco Chronicle, Fresh perspectives on display at new gallery for MFA students” By Sam Whiting, Feb. 25th 2015

Curisously Direct, “CCA // MFA OPEN STUDIOS”, online review February 24th 2015

Curisously Direct, “Pro Arts // EBB / FLOW”, online review December 9th 2014

CURA Magazine, Issue No. 11, Artwork in Catalogue, Winter 2014

Tulane Review, Artwork in Catalogue, Fall 2012

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