Courtney Egan is a New Orleans-based mixed-media artist known for projection-based installations that meld technology with nature. She creates time-lapse botanical still-life works using photography, compiled film, and physical elements to craft "impossible arrangements". Her practice explores human exposure to nature via screens and the contradiction of using electrically powered, environmentally toxic tools to capture and observe the natural world.
Her short films have screened at numerous festivals, including the New Orleans Film Festival, New York Underground Film Festival, and Ann Arbor Film Festival (where her film The Chaos Hags won the 2004 Isabella Liddell Award). She has had numerous residencies and collectives, including the Artist-in-residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute and Louisiana Artworks. She is also a founding member of the New Orleans visual arts collective Antenna.
Egan has an extensive teaching background. As an educator for over 35 years, she taught art and media across primary, secondary, and college levels. She served as a Media Arts faculty member at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA).