Virginia Garcia Costa

Virginia Garcia Costa

Niederweningen, Kanton Zurich, Switzerland

About Virginia Garcia Costa

Virginia Garcia Costa is an Argentinian artist based in Switzerland. Virginia produces wall sculptures inspired by elements of nature. The way Virginia arranges her materials into what looks like a surface of drips or water flow makes her wall sculptures' style truly unique. Her colourful series is inspired by light and vibrant colors as a way of immersing oneself in joy and hope. When viewed slightly askance, the perpendicular lines give the piece a fresh sense of three-dimensionality. Public and private collectors in Europe, the US, Canada, Asia and Middle East have bought her work.

Education:

Figurative oil painting at National Academy of Fine Arts (Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, ANBA) in Buenos Aires.

Events:

Shortlisted for the Rise Art Prize 2018

2017, Featured in a Peter Millard & Partners Project, Thames Wharf Studios, London

Awards:

2015 Suisse-Arte Kunstförderpreis (Art Award), BPS SUISSE, Basel

2013 selected for the art promotion project "kunst(t)raum.12, Aufstrebende Künstler stellen ihre Werke aus", Bern

2012 "First place" at the 20. International Art Exhibition Arte Binningen, Basel

Exhibitions:

2019
- Art Connects 2.0. Switzerland & Slovakia
5th April - 25th May. Group exhibition Hotel Euler, Basel, Switzerland

2018
- Zur alten Bank Gallery, Switzerland
- Novum Investments, Basel, Switzerland

2017
- Basel Art Center, Basel, Switzerland
- MAG Montreux Art Gallery, represented by Biancoscuro Gallery

2016
- ART INNSBRUCK, Austria
- 18th ART FAIR ZURICH, Switzerland


2015
- 17th ART FAIR ZURICH, Switzerland
- BPS (Suisse), Basel. Switzerland
- Arte Binningen International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

2014
- BPS (Suisse), Annual Exhibition, Basel
- art mathieu Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Olten
- 22. International Art Exhibition Arte Binningen 2014, Basel
- Haus des Sports von Swiss Olympic. Solo Exhibition, Bern
- Atelier am Bach - Akt und Landschaft - Group Exhibition, Sempach

2013
- kunst(t)raum.12 "Aufstrebende Künstler stellen ihre Werke aus" Solo Exhibition, p.i.n.k.elefant, Bern, Switzerland
- BASEL ART center Halle 33, Mixed Art – Group Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland

2012
- Kunstkritik-Preis (1. Platz) der 20. International Art Exhibition Arte Binningen, Basel