Biography

Courtney Haeick lives in Jacksonville, FL and is from Buffalo, NY. She is an artist and educator who creates paintings, murals, sculptures, jewelry, and graphic designs. She received her BFA in Art Education from Buffalo State College and graduated with her MFA in Sculpture from SUNY New Paltz. During her MFA program at SUNY New Paltz, she created art about human connection and vulnerability through performative sculptures and videos.  

Courtney works as a 3D Art teacher for St. Johns County. She teaches Intro Ceramics, Sculpture, AP, and Portfolio art. Since 2015 Courtney has been a professional chalk muralist. She has travelled, organized, and won many awards at these festivals in NY and FL. She has worked as a teaching chalk mural artist for Young Audiences of Western New York throughout many summers. Her first experience with creating outdoor permanent murals was in 2018 in Lockport, NY. Since then, she has been selected as a muralist for the Hertle Ally Mural Festival in 2023 and created a traffic box mural. She has a contemporary art background that brings out vibrant colours, flora and fauna, and occasionally dancers and movement. Her floral designs are vibrant and depending on the design either realistic or simple illustrations. All of her mural work has been done in chalk or exterior paints with the use of various brush painting techniques.

She has exhibited her work at the Burchfield Penney Museum of Art, Unison Art Center, Idea Garden in Kingston, Project 308 Art Gallery, Conception Arts in Chicago, Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Bacon Student Art Gallery at Buffalo State, Kenan Center, and Albright Knox Student Art Gallery. Courtney has also created logo designs for Boston Hills Brewery.