Courtney Brooke
Courtney Brooke (°1980, New England, United States) is a photographer and conceptual artist. She explores the ties of the feminine to nature and spirituality through the lens of nostalgia. Moments are depicted that only exist to punctuate human drama and clarify our cosmic existence, while finding the poetic meaning in everyday life.
Brooke’s photos establish a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its conceiver. Her works focus on concrete questions that grapple with our existence. By emphasizing aesthetics, she creates work through labour-intensive processes as a personal exorcism ritual. Rather than presenting factual reality, her illusions conjure the realms of our imaginations.
Her works sometimes read as cold or bleak, but always with disconcerting beauty. The inherent seductive quality of the work, along with the conciseness of her exhibitions, add to the manifold layers of meaning. By referencing romanticism, feminism and various forms of symbolism, she investigates the dynamics of landscape, the manipulation of its effects and the limits of its spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape is.
By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, Brooke absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This personal revival of a past tradition is important as an act of meditation.
Her works are often classified as part of the new romantic movement because of her focus on the local in an ever-globalizing world. However, this reference is not intentional, as this kind of art is part of the collective memory.
Artist Statement:
My work explores the relationship between the feminine, the natural world and spirituality.
With influences such as witchcraft, the romantics, mother earth and death, I am exploring what it is to exist in a human form.
Ever since I was an adolescent I have been fascinated by the unrelenting pressure of time and it’s relationship to beauty. What starts out as yearning soon becomes manipulated into a tragedy of temptation, leaving only a sense of nihilism and the prospect of a new beginning.
I strive to create a visual moment that urges the viewer to question spirituality, the human experience and one's own connection to the universe.
Gallery Showings
Wild Alchemy Lab
Group show, December 2021-January 2022, London
Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
Transmuations, Spring 2021, Clevland OH
Antenna Gallery
Spell Zone, Group show, December 2021, London
Salem Art Gallery
Wake of The Crimson Witch, Solo show, April 2019-June 2019, Salem MA
Graveyard Gallery
Harbor Art, October 2015, Boston MA
Motion Emotion
Hosmer Gallery, October 2015, Northampton Ma
Delirious Ordinary
Rozz Tox Art, October 2015, Florence Ma
The Witch's Mark
Hope and Feathers Gallery, July 2015, Amherst Ma
Outre' Gallery
2015 Melbourne, Australia
Booty Worship Show
Group Show, SuperChief Gallery, May 2015, LA, CA
Chaotic Forms
Group show, Nave Gallery, Somerville MA
Paper And Light
Joint Show with paper artist Sam Dere Winter 2013
Northampton Ma.
Dane Gallery
Indian Orchard, MA
“Study of Women” exhibit 2005
Publications/Press
Glamour Magazine
lifestyle, https://www.discountmags.com/magazine/glamour-d-april-1-2017-digital
Ravenous Zine
Feature, http://www.ravenous-craft.com/zine
Syfy Channel
Video feature, https://www.syfy.com/embeddable-player/534030
Hellebore Magazine
Cover art/Feature, https://helleborezine.bigcartel.com/
Enchanted Living issue 40
Lifestyle, https://enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/magazine/products/practical-magic-limited-edition-reprint
VICE
Artist Feature, https://www.vice.com/en/article/53nxmn/casting-a-light-on-the-light-witch-photographer-courtney-brooke
Foul South
artist feature, http://www.foulsouth.com/light-witch
Your Creative Push
Interview, http://yourcreativepush.com/2017/01/interview-with-courtney-brooke-hall/
Luna Luna Magazine
Artist Feature, November 2015 http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/dark/an-interview-with-light-witch-courtney-brooke
Golly Issue 2
Cover and fashion spread, https://swords-smith.com/products/golly-magazine-02
Fused Magazine
Artist Feature www.fusedmagazine.co.uk/courtney-brooke/
Sciences Occultes Magazine N°3
http://www.sciencesoccultes.fr/magazine
Scout Magazine
Sept 2010 Nomad, Light Witch & Cover www.scoutmag.presspublisher.us
Revel In New York
Jan, 2010 www.revelinnewyork.com
Flaunt Magazine
Issue 106 Kinds of Love www.flaunt.com
Plan B Magazine
Band Photography March 2009 www.Planbmag.com
The Coveted
Artist interview www.theCoveted.com
N.E.E.T Magazine
Full Fashion Spread www.neetmagazine.com
Del Mar Wedding Magazine
Fashion Spread 2008
Off Beat Bride
Photo Feature 2007 Wedding Photography www.offbeatbride.com
Nerve Online Magazine
Art & Fashion Spread 2007 www.nerve.com
Commissioned Work
Djunah
album and promo art 2023
Vosh Vault
Album art 2023
Unkindness Art
Calendar art 2023
The Satanic Estate
Branding Campaigns 2021 and 2022
Death Comes Lifting
Branding 2022
Heavy Temple
Promo Shots 2022
Shiva Honey
Author promo campaign 2022
Killstar
Branding Campaign 2022 and 2023
Wicked Clothes
Branding Campaign 2022
Bewitcher
Promo shots 2022
Acid Queen
Branding 2022 and 2023
Boy Harsher
Promo 2022
High Command
Promo and album art 2021
The Satanic Chef
Cookbook Photography 2020
Hot Honey
Branding summer 2022
Concillium
Promo shots 2020
Mother Iron Horse
Promo shots 2019
Greenlung
Album art 2018
Mercury Hour
Branding 2019
Anne Bennet
Album and promotion art 2018-2023
Sovrin
Branding shots Summer 2015
Simka Sol
Look book fall/winter 2015
Aniela Parys
Product/branding shots summer 2015
Oxen
Album art work 2015
Father John Misty/ Marissa Nadler Split
Album Art work 2014
Ashely Rose Couture
Promo/branding shots winter 2014
Potty Mouth
Promo shots Fall 2014
Muffy Brandt
Promo Shots Fall 2014
Moon Magic
Promo Shots Fall 2014
Burial Ground
Branding campaign Fall 2014
www.burialground.com
Do It Girl
Branding Photos summer 2014
www.doitgirl.com
Sin Eater
Collaborative product shoot with Bill Crisafi Summer 2014
BloodMilk
Fall 2013 Lookbook
Elemental Child
Fall 2013 Look Book
Elementalchild.com
Wild Horse Goods
Fall 2013 LookBook
Wildhorsegoods.com
Mayflower Supply
Fall 2013 LookBook
Home Body
Promo Photos 2013
Avedis
Promo Photos 2013
Heart of Gold Designs
2013 Spring, Summer, and Fall 2014 Branding Campaigns
Photography, Model, art direction and Stylist
http://heartofgolddesigns.com/
Alec K. Redfearn and The Eyesores
The official music video for “The 7 and 6”
Writer, Director, Wardrobe, Props and Design
Alec K. Redfearn and The Eyesores
2012 Promo Photography
Mercitron
Gone Galactic Album art 2012
http://mercitron.bandcamp.com/album/gone-galactic
Ex Reverie
Black Butterfly Co-direction on Music Video 2012
http://www.exreveriemusic.com/#019/tumblr
Marissa Nadler
2011-2013 Promo photography & Video Stylist
Autumn Defense
2010 Promo Photography
Alternative Apparel
Branding/Spring 2010 line
Beloved & Co.
Press Photography 2009
Mama Stone Vintage
Promo Photography 2007-2009
Fashion and Art Direction
Laced with Romance Vintage
Promo Photography 2009
Fashion and Art Direction
The Tall Pines
Campfire Songs
Album Art 2009 and 2011
Beau Roland Band
Out Of This Fog
Album artwork 2009
Bona Drag Boutique
Promo Photography 2007-2008
Fashion and Art Direction
Greg Weeks
The Hive
Language of Stone Records
Album art 2008
Alice Jones
Promo Photography 2008
Fashion and Art Direction
Witch
Paralyzed
Tee Pee Records
Album Art 2008
Lullie Vintage
Promo Photography 2007-2008
Fashion and Art Direction
South Paradiso Leather
Promo Photography 2008
Daughter of the Sun Leather
Promo Photography 2008
Fashion and Art Direction
Freddy & Ma Handbags
Promo Photography 2008
Joanna Erdos & The Midnight Show
Promo Photography 2008
Ex Reverie
The Door Into Summer
Language of Stone Records
Album Art 2008
Ilya Monosov
Seven Lucky Plays
Language of Stone Records
Album Art 2008
www. languageofstone.com
Woodwose
Language of Stone Records
Album Art 2007
www. languageofstone.com
Voice of the Seven Woods
Twisted Nerve Records
Promo And Album Art 2007
Elise Bergman Fashion
Promo Photography 2007
Cinerama Peel Sessions vol.3
Album Art 2007
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Baby 81(Euro Release)
RCA / Island Records
Album Art 2007
www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com
Rodel LA
Promo Photography 2007
Bat For Lashes
Promo Photography 2007
Jonathan Wilson
Pretty and Black Records
Promo Photography 2006
Feathers
Gnomonsong Records
Promo And Album Art 2006