Courtney Lassiter is a multidisciplinary artist using traditional and time-based media to explore subcultures, the politics of space, and the self. Born in a rural area of North Carolina, living with the land was an essential part of her childhood. A strong connection to place would remain present in her future work.

In 2023, Lassiter received the James B. Duke Scholarship for full tuition and fees to attend Davidson College. She currently studies at the institution, double majoring in the fields of Studio Art and Film, Media, & Digital Studies.

Throughout her time at Davidson, Lassiter has pursued her creative work through grants, internships, fellowships, and international experiences. In 2024, she was awarded the Dean Rusk International Grant for travel to Berlin to independently film and produce a documentary (Diese Alten Punks) on the city’s punk movements during the Cold War. The film premiered in May 2025 and was accepted to both the Berlin Punkfilmfest and the LA Punk Film Festival. In the summer of 2025, Lassiter was selected as a Davidson Research Initiative Fellow in conjunction with funding from the Halle Foundation, working in both Davidson and Germany. The fellowship resulted in The Lives We Leave Behind, an animated documentary and personal essay project commenting on contemporary migration and Berlin’s techno subcultures.

In fall of 2025, Lassiter studied art at Temple University Rome. There, she learned the processes of zinemaking and bookbinding, as well as expanded upon her drawing practice.

Lassiter’s current multidisciplinary creative practice spans film, animation, bookmaking, drawing, memoirism (particularly her Substack project i am everywhere but here) and more. Through her colorful and poignant work, she explores and begins critical conversations upon the topics most central to her life – youth subcultures and the politics of space, nightlife and sexuality, depersonalization and memory – all while working from a global perspective influenced by her travels.

Lassiter’s senior year exhibition opens in 2027. In the future, she hopes to continue life as a working artist and documentarian, as well as pursue her MFA.

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