Electra Costa

Electra Costa was born in London, UK in 1986. She works predominantly as an illustrator using soft pastel, pencil, colouring pencil as well as a mixture of other dry mediums to create her work. She also includes collage and photography into her practice.

Electra completed a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree in 2010 as well as a Foundation Course in art and Design in 2007 at Byam Shaw School of Art at Central St Martins. Since graduating Electra has exhibited her work throughout the UK as well as abroad. She was selected as a finalist for The National Open Art Competition 2014 (NOA) and her work was displayed at Somerset House, with Antony Gormley and Gavin Turk attending the (NOA.) PV.

2008 - 2010 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art at Central St Martin’s, London, UK
2007 Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art and Design), Byam Shaw School of Art at Central St Martins, London, UK

2020
Sweet Art, The Art Hunt, Charles Square, London, UK
2019
Sweet Art, The Death of Art, The Stash Gallery,
London, UK
2018
Sweet Art, Unspoken, The Stash Gallery, London, UK
2015
Sweet Art, Don't Look Now, Iklectic Art Lab, London, UK
Scene, Paved Paradise, The Depot, London, UK
Summer Salon, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London, UK The Arternative Playground, The Rag Factory, London, UK
Sweet 'Art's Summer Fair, Queen Of Arts, Looking
Glass Cocktail Club, London, UK
Sweet Art's Summer Fair, Punch, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Sweet Art's Y Not?, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2014
National Open Art Competition, The Minerva Festival Theatre, Chichester, UK
Sweet Art's Saturnalia, Juno, London, UK
National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London, UK
Elevated Artfair7, Leadenhall Market, London, UK
It All Starts With A Dream, London, UK
Colours of Aphrodite Hills, Aphrodite Hills, Paphos, Cyprus
Connections, 20th Century Theater, London, UK
Stomach #20, Hoxton Arches, London, UK
Speculative Future, A-Side B-side Gallery, London, UK
OPENCUEB 2014, cueB Gallery, London. UK
ExtraOrdinary, Quotidian, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
2013
Sweet 'Art's Freeze, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Crazivity Pop...