Sally de Courcy MRSS


                                  Wisteria, Onslow Crescent, Woking, GU22 7AU, Mobile 07789 035538, sadec@hotmail.co.uk

 

 



WEBSITE AND SO CIAL MEDIA


• Website  www.sallydecourcy.co.uk

• Instagram @decourcysally


PROFILE 


Artist committed to human rights who uses the narrative of her work to broach challenging subjects. Interested in the positive and negative aspects of the human condition, and the subsequent impact on ourselves and our environment. Professionally trained in obtaining a rich biographical history from any individual of any age or background.


OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

 

2016 - Present, Sculpture and Installation Artist

In my medical career I was exposed to the suffering of refugees after a genocidal regime. These experiences underpin much of my practice. My sculptures evolve by manipulating multiple cast objects and by using repetition as emphasis, darker aspects of human nature are disguised within a decorative architecture.

 

1990 - 2005, Senior Partner in General Practice, Woking

GP in a large group practice, serving a culturally and economically diverse community.


SKILLS


•  Silicone mold maker.

•  Designs and maintains own website, excellent computer skills.

•  Exhibition curatorial skills

•  Children's educational workshops using art objects

•  Good at working independently and in a team

•  Personal qualities - hardworking, conscientious, reliable and enthusiastic

•  Professionally trained in advanced communication skills and negotiation skills

 
AWA RDS AND MEMBERSHIPS


•  2024 October shortlisted for Holocaust Centre North residency.

•  2023 Awarded The Peoples Prize at The Ty Pawb Open, Wrexham, Wales

•  2022 Member of Royal Society of Sculptors

•  2020 Joined Continuum, www.craftcontinuum.com

•  2020 Highly Commended for Human Rights series, Redline Artworks

•  2015 Short listed for Jon Bird Prize


QUALIFICATIONS


• 2016 MA (Distinction) Fine Art, University of Creative Arts

• 2014 Scholarship for MA, University of Creative Arts

• 2014 BA Hons Fine Art (First Class), University of Creative Arts

• 2008 Access Art and Design, University of Creative Arts

• 2007 ECDL diploma in computer skills.

• 1989 Member of Royal College of General Practitioners by examination, Royal College of General Practitioners

• 1987 Diploma of Child Health, Royal College of Paediatrics

• 1985 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of London.



RECENT EXHIBITIONS 

         

•. 2026 14th June- 5th July, Freshair Sculpture, Exhibiting Queen Anne Ceiling Rose. The Old Rectory, Quenington, Gloucestershire.

•. 2026 12th June – 25th July. Assembley, Exhibition with members Royal Society of Sculpters, Abject Gallery and Moving Gallery, Sunderland.

•  2025 16th Aug – 28th September. Exhibition Refuge, The Colour of Mourning, National Trust, Leith Hill Place, Dorking, Surrey                                 

•  2025 16th July – 21st September Royal society of Sculptors summer Show curated and directed by Polly Bielecka Gallery director, Pangolin       Gallery, Exhibition Sculpture in the Home at burgh House, hampstead, London.

•  2025 8th to 16th March. Exhibition Outer Layer. Cwncarn Forest Drive. Newport. NP11 7FA.

•  2025 10th to 15th January Exhibition "What is Art" Boomer Gallery, London

•  2024 17th to 28th July, ON The Edge 2.0, Ovada, Oxford.

•  2024 16th June- 7th July, Freshair Sculpture, Quennington, Gloucestershire.

•  2023 Jul 31 - Sept24, Ashridge House, Migrant Crossings.

•  Career break due to accidents Oct 2022 and July 2023

•  2023 15 Oct - 7 Jan, Ty Pawb Open, Wales

•  2022 Sept 21 - Nov 1, Savill Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Surrey

•  2022 Aug 5 - Aug 26, Incredible Journeys, The Coro, Ulverston

•  2022 Jun 5 - Jun 26, Fresh Air Sculpture, Quenington

•  2022 Apr 4 - May13, Boundaries, West Downs Gallery, Winchester University

•  2022 Apr 2 - April 3, For Ukraine, Worldly Wicked Wise Gallery, London.

•  2021 Nov 18 solo exhibition, Geometry of Hope and Horror, on-line

•  2021 Sept 9 - Oct 1, Canvas Art Fair, The Forge, London

•  2021 Sept 14 - Sept 20, Continuum@OXO2021, Oxo Tower Gallery, London

•  2021 Aug 13 Focus Art fair, Private View, Saatchi Gallery, London

•  2021 Aug 9 - Aug 23, Focus Art Fair, Fold Gallery, London

•  2021 Jun 29 - Jul 4, The Playful Turn, Espacio Gallery, London

•  2021 May 28 - May 29, Sentiment, Bickerton Grace Gallery, London

•  2021 May, Togetherness D31 Art Gallery, Doncaster

•  2021 Apr17 - May 15, Mixed Identities, The Forge, London

•  2020 Dec 19 - Jan 12, Gifts of Art, Divulgarti Gallery, Genoa, Italy

•  2020 Oct 3 - Dec 23, The Ty Pawb Open, Wrexham, Wales

•  2020 Sept 2 - Nov 29, Borders, The Room Contemporary Art Space, Venice

•  2020 Sept 9 - Sept 19, Reality and It’s Disorders, Espacio gallery, London

•  Please refer to website for earlier exhibition history and online exhibition.


RECENT PUBLICATIONS         

•  2025 Feb16th to August. Artists Responding To… Magazine, Issue 13.       

    available at: https://www.artistsrespondingto.co.uk/product-page/a-r-t-magazine-issue-13

•  2025 Jan. The 2024 Show. Amazon.co.uk

•  2021 Nov, Articulate Magazine's Pandemic Art 1.0 (paperback & e-book)

•. 2021 Oct, Article about the Colour of Mourning & the English Channel refugee crisis published by Freshair Sculpture

https://www.freshairsculpture.com/2021/10/19/the-deeper-meaning-of-sally-decourcys-mandala-art/

•  2021 Sept, Interview published by Its Liquid Group https://www.itsliquid.com/interviewsallydecourcy04.html

•  2021 Aug, Deviation Street Magazine, Article about the Colour of Mourning

https://deviationstreetmagazine.com/the-colour-of-mourning/

•  2021 Jul, Published in Curatorial Volume 3 by Capsules Book Publisher

•  2021 Jul, Artist Talk Magazine issue 16, Front cover and editorial together with a 6 page feature article, British Library Ref. -- ZK.9.b.35634.

•  2021 Jun, Featured Artist Flux Review, https://www.thefluxreview.com/sally-de-courcy-2/

•  2021 May, Interview published by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/collectors-vision-international-art-award/sally-de-courcy

•  2021 Apr, Interview published by ItsLiquid re exhibition Mixed Identities

https://www.itsliquid.com/interview-sallydecourcy.html

•  2021 Apr, Artist talk Magazine issue 15, British Library Ref. - ZK.9.b.35634

•  2021 Feb, featured in ArtConnect newsletter as "artist to watch" sent to 28K

•  2021 Jan, Far but Close Catalogue issue 3, Florence Contemporary Gallery.

•  2021 Jan, Lockdown Continues, Deviation Street Magazine

•  2020 Dec, Meet the Artist, Ty Pawb, on-line presentation of pandemic works

•  2020 Nov, Dream or Nightmare? published by ArtMag

•  2020 Nov, on-line presentation of pandemic works, Redline Gallery, Bath

•  2020 Oct, Interview published by Itsliquid platform

https://w

ww.itsliquid.com/interview-sally-de-courcy.html

•  2020 Sept, Florence Contemporary Gallery 4 artworks selected for their catalogue and beached featured on cover https://www.florencecontemporary.com/copia-di-catalog

•  2020 Sept, Article about Sally de Courcy, published by the Flux Review blog https://www.thefluxreview.com/sally-de-courcy/

•  2020 Jul, Sneeze 2020 published in Little Victories, Flea Circus Magazine, Volume 1

•  Please refer to website for earlier publications.