2000-2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts (specializing in photography), Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
January-May 2003
Exchange Student, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
December 2023
Co-recipient of the 6th edition of the Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize, alongside the composer Mathias Delplanque, Paris, France.
October 2023
Recipient of the Prix de Libraires photobook of the year for the artist book The Other End of the Rainbow, France Photobook Association, Paris
July 2023
Nominated for the Arles Book Award for the artist book The Other Endof the Rainbow, Festival Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
April 2022
Awarded the National library of France’s photographic commission Radioscopy of France : views on a country crossed by the health crisis, Paris, France
November 2020
Awarded the special mention for the artist book The Other End of the Rainbow, LUMA Rencontre Book Dummy Award, Arles, France
November 2019
Recipient of the best film award in the experimental category for the film MORNING, VEGAS at the Brest European Short Film Festival
June 2018
Recipient of the Centre National des Arts Plastique documentary photography grant for the support of artistic creation, France
December 2018
Awarded the Carte Blanche Pernod Ricard Artist Campaign
June 2015
Recipient of a Canadian Council for the Arts artist grant 2015 for the series Enter as Fiction
June 2014
Selected nominee for the Prix Elysée Musée Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
September 2013
Recipient of the Carte Blanche PMU/Le Bal, Paris, France
May 2012
Emily Award: annual award presented to a former alumnus who has distinguished themself in the field of art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
May 2007
Recipient of the Prix Picto, Paris, France
2024
KRYPTIC (Feature film)
Director and co-creator
Producers: Goodbye Productions (Canada) and Taletime Pictures (UK)
Festivals
SXSW world premier, Austin, Texas
2020
SLICE OF HEAVEN (Independent short film) 4 minutes
Director, writer, producer
Producers: Lambert Lambert (France)
Festivals
Raindance Film Festival, London, 2020
Très Court International Film Festival, Paris, 2021
Skyline Indie Film Fest, Winchester, Virginia, 2021
2019
MORNING, VEGAS (Independent short film) 12 minutes
Director, writer, producer
Producers: Lambert Lambert (France) and Nightcall Productions (US)
Festivals
Brest European Short Film Festival, Brest, France 2019
1 award -Best Experimental Film (UFO/Shorts TV award)
Arizona Underground Film Festival, Tucson, USA ,2019
Traveling Cinema Festival, Rennes, France, 2020
March 2024
In Between / Entre deux mondes, collective show, The National Library of France, Paris, France
October 2023
Survivalist Failures, collective show, Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
May 2023
In Between, Festival Image Singulières, Sète, France
January 2023
The Other End of the Rainbow, Gallery Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Mirror of the Self, collective exhibition showing The Tourist, Photo Brussels Festival, The Hangar, Brussels, Belgium
June 2022
The Other End of the Rainbow, Festival Portraits, solo exhibition, Vichy, France
June 2022
Queen of Nowhere, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, solo exhibition, Paris, France
The Tourist, Gallery Project 2.0, solo exhibition, The Hague, The Netherlands
October 2022
Enter as Fiction, Festival du regard- Intime & autofictions, solo exhibition, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Urban Spirit, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, group exhibition, Paris, France
August 2021
Survivalist Failures, Festival Bretagne Terre de photographies, solo exhibition, Dol-de-Bretagne, France
July 2021
Enter as Fiction, C’est Extra Photo Festival, solo exhibition, Aulnoye-Aymeries, France
Azimut, Lectoure Photography and Art Center, group exhibition, Lectoure, France
January 2021
Sorry, No Vacancy and The Tourist, Photography Festival: Pluie d’images, solo exhibition, Brest, France
November 2020
The Tourist, Passerelle Contemporary Art Center, solo exhibition, Brest, France
Enter as Fiction, Capucins Ateliers, solo exhibition, Brest, France
October 2020
Azimut, Nicéphore Niépce Museum, group exhibition, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
September 2019
In Dreams You’re Mine, Incadaqués International Photo Festival, solo exhibition, Cadaqués, Spain
November 2018
Carte Blanche Pernod Ricard, Paris Photo, solo exhibition, Paris, France
July 2018
I Drink, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, solo exhibition, Lianzhou, China
November 2017
The Dreamers, Le Château d’Eau Photography Center, solo exhibition, Toulouse, France
October 2017
Sorry No Vacancy, Galerie Hug, solo exhibition, Paris, France
Enter as Fiction, L’Avenue exhibition space, solo exhibition, Shanghai, China
Enter as Fiction, KM Fine Arts Gallery, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
June 2017
Enter as Fiction, Belfast Photo Festival, primary exhibition, Belfast, Ireland
April 2017
California-Enter as Fiction, Moscow Art Biennale, Multimedia Art Museum, solo exhibition, Moscow, Russia
November 2016
Picture in Translation, Air Project Gallery, group exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
June 2016
C’est encore moi, L’imagerie Photography Center, group exhibition, Lannion, France
November 2015
Enter as Fiction, Galerie Hug, solo exhibition, Paris, France
June 2015
Enter as Fiction, Festival Portraits, primary exhibition, Vichy, France
January 2015
Hope, Musée Elysée, Nominees of the Prix Elysée group exhibition, Lausanne, Switzerland
January 2015
Carte Blanche PMU prize recipients, Le Bal, group exhibition, Paris, France
November 2014
Strangeness, L’Atelier Tozf, group exhibition, Paris, France
November 2014
Autoportraits, Galerie Les Douches, group exhibition, Paris, France
April-May 2014
Ils pensent déjà que je suis folle, Carte Blanche PMU, solo exhibition, Le Bal, Paris, France
March 2014
Fixed in No-Time, Galerie Hug, solo exhibition, Paris, France
May 2013
Auto-Portraits- Muse series, Head-On Photo Festival, primary exhibition, Sydney Australia
October 2012
Lady Deauville, Planche(s) Contact Festival, solo exhibition, Deauville, France
September 2012
The Ideal Woman, Images Festival, group exhibition, Vevey, Switzerland
June 2012
Muse, group exhibition, Galerie Hug, group exhibition, Paris, France
March 2012
The Ideal Woman, Festival Circulations, Parc de Bagatelles, group exhibition, Paris, France
May 2011
Lady Dior, Museum of Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Shanghai, China
August 2010
Auto-portraits, Festival Project Cabourg, primary exhibition, Cabourg, France
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney (photos and text), Gladys Radek (text) and François Cheval (text), The Other End of the Rainbow, published by Editions André Frère, 2022.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, Survivalist Failures, published by Éditions Filigranes, 2022.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, Queen of Nowhere, published by IIKKI Books, 2022.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, The Tourist, published by Editions André Frère, 2020.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, In Dreams You’re Mine, Published by International Photo Festival Incadaqués, 2019.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, California, Paris, Éditions Louis Vuitton, 2016.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, Northern Noir, Paris: Éditions La Pionnière, 2016.
Artist Book:
Roy, Kourtney, Enter as Fiction, Paris : Éditions Filigranes, 2015.
Artist Book :
Roy, Kourtney. Ils pensent déjà que je suis folle. Paris : Éditions Filigranes, 2014.
National Library of France collection, Entre deux mondes/ In Between- 10 prints from the series, Paris, France
Nicéphore Niépce Museum collection, Slide from the series Middle of Fucking Nowhere (AZIMUT), Chalon-sur-Saôwne, France
National Library of France collection, Untitled from the series Middle of Fucking Nowhere (AZIMUT), Paris, France
Le Château d’Eau, Northern Noir, Bus, Toulouse, France
European House of Photography, Enter as Fiction N° 72, Paris, France
Elysée Museum, Series Hope, Prix Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Rencontres d’Arles, Ils pensent déjà que je suis folle N° 20, Arles, France
Courrier International, TANK magazine, Libération, Polka Magazine, The Eyes Magazine, Fisheye, Air France Magazine, Connaissance des Arts, Images Magazine, La Pionnière, Art Press, The Modern Directory, Je suis une Bande des Jeunes, Aesthetica, Numéro France, Vogue Japan, Vogue Pelle, Vogue Gioiello, Madame Figaro, Narcisse Magazine, The Sunday Times Style, Soup Magazine, D-Magazine, L’Officiel, GQ France, GQ Italy, Please! Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, West East, Qvest, Esquire UK, Wallpaper, Photography Is Art Magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, Telerama, Beacon Quarterly, Dim Dam Dom, Ideat Magazine, Le Journal du Dimanche
