Born 1986 in Pahokee, FL
Living and working in Indianapolis, IN
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO/COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 “God Is” Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, CA
2020 “It’s In the Cards,” collaboration with Lower Eastside Girls Club, ART ON PAPER FAIR, New York, NY
2020 Open Studio, 136 Avenue C, New York, NY
2018 “From Dust to Onyx,” The Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2018 “Dust II Onyx,” The Rialto Theatre, Tampa, FL
2015 “Product of Public School & Tar Venus,” collaboration with Jeanine Patrick, The Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2015 “It’s About Time,” collaboration with Estefania Velez, The Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2014 “Overload,” solo exhibition, The Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Garden of Even” (forthcoming), New York, NY
2021 “Alchemy & Intention: Summer Solstice Performance Art Festival”, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, MN
2020 “Everyday Magic,” The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2020 “Black HERstory,” The Dorill Initiative, New York, NY
2019 “Our Elements,” 136 Avenue C, New York, NY
2019 “Dreams Deferred,” MIZE Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2016 “A SiSTAR Movement,” group exhibition, Tampa Heights Civic Center, Tampa, FL
2016 “Down the Rabbit Hole,” group interactive exhibition, Bloom Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2016 “Elegies, Punks, and Raging Queens,” performance exhibition, The Space 2106, Tampa, FL
2015 USF School of Art & Art History 39th Annual Juried Exhibition (Juror Carrie Mackin), The Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2013 39th Annual HCC Juried Student Art Exhibition, HCC Fine Arts Central Gallery, Tampa, FL
APPEARANCES
PRESENTATIONS & MODERATED DISCUSSIONS
2024 “Dialogues on Free Existence” Bombay Beach Biennale, Bombay Beach, CA
2023 Black Femme Film Festival, Chicago, IL
2021 “Alchemy & Intention: Summer Solstice Performance Art Festival”, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, MN
2020 “Open Studio & Artist Talk” 136 Avenue C. New York, NY. February 2020.
2020 “Art and Literacy through Tarot” Workshop (5 weeks). Lower Eastside Girls Club. New York, NY. January - February 2020.
2019 “From Dust to Onyx” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. Ori Gallery. Portland, OR. May 2019.
2019 “Black Friday with Courtney Alexander.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. openHAUS Gallery and Boutique. Portland, OR. May 2019.
2019 “Tarot as Resistance, Freedom As Existence.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. Spirit House Collective Los Angeles, CA. May 2019.
2019 “From Dust to Onyx.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. Queen Hippie Gypsy. Oakland, CA. May 2019
2019 “Redefining Freedom.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. Queen Hippie Gypsy. Oakland, CA. May 2019.
2019 “From Dust to Onyx.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. Hoy Polloy Gallery. Indianapolis, IN. April 2019
2019 “From Dust to Onyx.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. Rootwork Gallery. Chicago, IL. April 2019
2019 “Redefining Freedom.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour. EvolveHer. Chicago, IL. April 2019.
2019 “Tarot as Resistance, Freedom As Existence.” Dialogues on Free Existence Tour, speaker. The Montrose Center. Houston, TX. April 2019.
2018 “Self Discovery is Ancestral Discovery: Bridging the Sacred Journey and Creative Process” Workshop. Sisterhood Summit. June 2018.
2019 “From Dust II Onyx Artist Talk” The Centre Gallery . March 2018.
GROUP PANELS
2019 “Tarot Today, Tarot Tomorrow” Panelist. Occult & Humanities Conference at NYU. October 2019.
2019 “Dreams Deferred Artist Talk” Panelist. Mize Gallery. February 2019.
2018 “Literary Hoodoo: At the Crossroads of Spirit and Storytelling” Panelist. Memphis Literary Arts Festival 2018. June 2018.
PUBLICATIONS
“Sacred Sites: Library of Esoterica,” Jessica Hundley. TASCHEN. 2024. In-Press.
“Art History of Tarot,” Ryuji Kagami. Sogensha Co. January 2024.
“Black Futures: A Visual Anthology,” Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew. Random House Publishing Group. December 2020.
“Tarot: Library of Esoterica,” Jessica Hundley, Johannes Fiebig, Marcella Kroll. TASCHEN. 2020.
Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot & Vade Mecum, Travel Edition. Courtney Alexander. Black & Sage Publishing, 2019.
Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot & Vade Mecum, 2nd Edition. Courtney Alexander. Black & Sage Publishing, 2018.
Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot & Vade Mecum, 1st Edition. Courtney Alexander. Black & Sage Publishing, 2017.
PRESS
TELEVISION
PBS: WEDU Arts Plus. “Episode 705.” TV Show. Aired: March 8, 2018
RADIO/PODCASTS
WGRL-NYC at the Lower Eastside Girls Club. “It’s in the cards! A Conversation with Visual Artist Courtney Alexander” Podcast. March 6, 2020
Vanguard by Shopify Studios. “Season 1 Episode 1: The Beyoncé of Tarot - Dust II Onyx ” Podcast. January 30, 2019.
Tarot Bytes. “Episode 151: Diving Into Dust II Onyx with Courtney Alexander ” Podcast. November 29, 2019.
Tarot Bytes. “Episode 143: Inclusivity and Tarot with Courtney Alexander ” Podcast. September 15, 2019.
The Witch Wave with Pam Grossman. “#23 - Courtney Alexander, Creator of Dust II Onyx Tarot” Podcast. December 19, 2018.
The Witches Muse. “Card #3: The Empress: Royalty Lives Within You with Dust II Onyx Creator Courtney Alexander” Podcast. July 6, 2018.
Awakened Woman Self Care. “Episode 27 - Courtney Alexander” Podcast. March 20, 2018.
Ms. Blue Radio Show. “Dust II Onyx with guest Courtney Alexander” Podcast. March 5, 2018.
So You Wanna Be a Witch. “Episode 20: Courtney Alexander” Podcast. February 22, 2018.
Tarot for the Wild Soul w/ Lindsay Mack. “Creating Representation in Tarot with Courtney Alexander of Dust II Onyx” Podcast. February 5, 2018.
The Hermit’s Lamp. “Bodies, Art, and Tarot with Courtney Alexander” Podcast. November 10, 2017.
9 Minds Radio. “Courtney Alexander Creator Of Dust II Onyx Tarot Deck Discusses Her Creative Journey” Podcast. October 4, 2017.
Asymptote Podcast. “Readings: The Tarot in Literature” Podcast. December 21, 2016.
PUBLICATIONS (PRINT)
Minda Honey. “Bitch List.'“ BITCH Magazine: The Sanctuary Issue, No. 85. November 2020.
Arwen Lynch.” Melanated: Interview with Courtney Alexander.” The Cartomancer 4. No. 1. February 2019.
Amanda Manitach. “Modern Sorcery” (feature image). City Arts Magazine: Spellbound. February 2018.
PUBLICATIONS (ONLINE)
“13 Tarot and Oracle Decks Created For and By Black People” Shoppe Black. April 19, 2020.
Hakim Bashura. "Insightful and Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Reports From NY Fairs." Hyperallergic. March 6, 2020
Christie Matherne. “South of Rider-Waite: Four Southern Tarot Decks that Tackle Representation in Imagery, Theme, and Language” Scalawag Magazine. December 23, 2019.
Havana James. “Dust II Onyx Tarot” Indie Deck Review. March 29, 2019.
Douglas Everett-Turner. “Courtney Alexander and her Dust II Onyx Melanated Tarot Deck.” AOT Project. 2018.
Hess Love. “White Supremacy, Colonialism, and Fat Phobia are Inherently Tied to Each Other.” Wear Your Voice Mag. November 21, 2018.
Sarah Telesca. “Courtney Alexander | Creator of Dust II Onyx” Creative Pinellas. May 8, 2018.
Sarit Luban. “Tarot 101: Basic Guide to Tarot” Teen Vogue. October 2, 2017.
Lakshmi Ramgopal. “Magic Is for Everyone: Meet Some of the Artists Bringing Racial Diversity to Tarot” Catapult. August 2, 2017.
Tracey-Renee Hubbard. “Spotlight: Dust || Onyx Tarot Deck By Courtney Alexander” Tracey-Renee Hubbard Design Studio (blog). October 26, 2016.
Bri Luna, “Dust II Onyx: An Interview with Visionary Artist Courtney Alexander” HoodWitch (blog). October, 14 2016.
Ruby Warrington, “Dream Project: The Story Of The Dust II Onyx Tarot” The Numinous. October 4, 2016.
Molly Beane, “The Most Important Tarot Deck on Kickstarter: Interview with Courtney Alexander” Huffington Post. September 22, 2016.
Asali, “Interview: Courtney Alexander, creator of the Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot Deck” Little Red Tarot (blog). September 15, 2016.
Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot. MIT Libraries Distinctive Collections, Cambridge, MA. Acquired 2019.
COLLECTIONS
2020 Artist & Teaching Residency, Lower East Side Girls Club (2 Months) New York, NY
2016 Successful Kickstarter Campaign, “Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot” (Raised $29,870)
2015 James Rosenquist Award, “USF School of Art 39th Annual Juried Exhibition”
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / DISTINCTIONS
2015 University of South Florida (USF) , College of the Arts: School of Art and Art History,
Tampa, FL Bachelor of Arts, Major: Studio Art
2013 Hillsborough Community College, Decatur, GA
Associate of Arts