Courtney Mattison

Courtney Mattison's background in marine conservation science informs her work, which has been commissioned for permanent collections including those of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Art in Embassies in Indonesia and Destination by Hyatt’s Seabird Resort in Oceanside, California. Born in 1985, Mattison received an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in marine ecology and ceramic sculpture from Skidmore College in 2008 and a Master of Arts degree in environmental studies from Brown University with thesis coursework at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011. Her work has been featured on the covers of American Craft, Nature, Beaux Arts and Brown Alumni magazines, and by Smithsonian Magazine, Good Morning America, Oprah Magazine and BBC World Service. She lives and works in San Francisco.