In the 1980s, he received a Master of Science degree in visual studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

[10][11] His later work Landscape One (1997)[5][12] surrounds the viewer with a 360 degree immersive and interactive video projection of a park.

[16] In 1994, he exhibited his work in a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York titled Project 47: Luc Courchesne.

In 2022, Luc Courchesne - Observateur du monde, an exhibition, was shown at the Carrefour des Arts, Université de Montréal.

Courchesne's work is included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada,[2][20] Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[21] and elsewhere as well as in many institutions internationally such as the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.