Grace Costa
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australian-born, Grace Costa has spent the past 20+ years building her career as a commercial photog...
About the artist
Grace Costa
Joined In 2018
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About the artist
Grace Costa
Joined In 2018
(5 Followers)
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Australian-born, Grace Costa has spent the past 20+ years building her career as a commercial photographer and most recently, a photo-based artist. She has built a multi-award-winning portfolio in this time.
In 2014, “Portrait of Minika” ensured a finalist position for Grace in the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
Grace’s heart lies with contemporary portraiture where she is best known for her striking yet hyperreal portraits of horses, developed from her history with horses growing up where she learned everything from her father, a well-respected horse trainer of 50 years.
She has turned equine art on its head and brought it into the 21st century with contemporary and imaginative portraits of the horses she so carefully selects for her collections. She was unable to find contemporary and stylish art that represented the way she saw horses so she created what she wanted from her own imagination.
‘HORSE’ has captured the hearts of many, being her most successful exhibition while it travelled around Australia. The success of HORSE led her to presenting a TEDx Canberra talk titled ‘Finding your creative truth through personal story’ in 2017.
Grace has achieved m...
2000-2002 Advanced Diploma of Commercial Photography, Canberra Institute of Technology
2018-2019 Diploma Digital Marketing
2019 Spotted, M16 Artspace, Canberra
2017 Horse- Logan Gallery, Queensland
2017 Horse- Weswal Gallery, Tamworth
2016 Horse- Nishi Gallery, NewActon Canberra
2016 Loud and Luminous, Brunswick st Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Still- Grace Costa, Weswal Gallery, Tamworth
2015 Still- Grace Costa and Mark Mohell, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2015 Activism, Group - Photo Access, Canberra
2014 Portrait of Minika - Group, National Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2014 On Film, Group- Photo Access Members Show, Canberra
2013 Group - (mixed media show) Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Buck'd Off 2042 Gallery, Sydney
2012 Buck'd Off Kaori Gallery, Canberra
2012 Buck'd Off Tuggerangong Arts Centre, Canberra
2012 Buck'd Off Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Click 12 Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Kodak Salon Awards CCP, Melbourne
2012 Tuggeranong Art Prize, Canberra
2011 Kodak Salon Awards CCP, Melbourne
2002 Graduating Exhibition CIT Reid, Canberra
Showed at the The Other Art Fair
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