Sally De Courcy

Sally de Courcy was born in Canterbury, UK. De Courcy is a member of Royal Society of Sculptors, IAVA and Continuum. In her previous medical career, she was exposed to the suffering of refugees after a genocidal regime. After returning to the UK, she took early medical retirement due to sudden illness and retrained at the University of the Creative Arts, Farnham. She qualified with an MFA in 2016. During her masters she revisited these earlier medical experiences which underpin her practice. Her work aims at challenging our perception of ourselves, our fragility and strength. Her sculptures evolve by manipulating multiple cast objects and by using repetition as emphasis, the outcome has a decorative geometry and kinetic unity that expresses are shared human experiences and conditions. Bones are emblematic in much of her work, and the contextually linked objects reveal a narrative that may broach difficult or uncomfortable subjects. Recently her work has looked at the humanitarian aspects of the COVID19 pandemic and the current crisis of refugees crossing the English Channel.