Tony Costa

Artist Statement

The current exhibition is based on an area 40km north of Mudgee, an area which I 
have been visiting for the last 5 years.
With all subjects, first you have the appearance and then you have the energy
within that appearance. This is what I try to trap.
I work intuitively, sacrificing detail along the way. I find this way of working exhilarating.
My aim is to transcend appearances - discovering new pictorial truths.

Tony Costa, 2006
March 25 - April 19, 2006

'Goulburn River National Park'



 


      

        

           
           
        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

           
           
        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

           
           
        

      


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      

        

           
           
        

      


      
 


      
 

 

BIOGRAPHY - Tony Costa

1955
 Born. Sydney

Studies
1973 - 75
1976 - 79
1980 - 81
1984 - 85
 
Studied Law
Julian Ashton and Desiderius Orban Art School
Professor Pirzio - Florence
Post Graduate Diploma, City Art Institute, Sydney

Other
1980 - 82 
1988
 
Travelled through Europe
Selected to participate in Triangle Artists Workshop, New York

Solo Exhibitions
1978
1980
1984
1987
2006
 
Australian American Association, Sydney
Salon de la Paix, Lausanne, Switzerland
Howard Street gallery, Perth
Barry Stern gallery, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions
1979
1982
1982, '84, '86
 '88, '99, '00
1981, '83  
1984
0
1986
1988
1989
1999 
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2000, '02, '03   
2000, '05  
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2001
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2003 
2004
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2005
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2006
 
Butler Lodge, Hogarth gallery, Sydney
Pilbara, Gallery 52, Perth
Works on paper, Delmar gallery, Sydney  
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Watercolours, S.H. Ervin gallery, Sydney
Newcastle Prize exhibition, Von Bertouch gallery
Celebrations, Barry Stern gallery, Sydney
Final Works, Ivan Dougherty gallery, Sydney
Wynne Prize exhibition, Art gallery of NSW, Sydney
Triangle Artists exhibition, Pine Plains, New York
Dobell Prize exhibition, Art gallery of NSW
Best of Six, Delmar gallery, Sydney
Fisher's Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown City Art gallery	
Salon de Refuses, S.H. Ervin gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize exhibition, Mosman Regional Gallery
Fleurieu  Biennale Prize exhibition and 
McLaren Vale Prize exhibition, South Australia
Sulman Prize exhibition, Art gallery of NSW	
Landscape and Figures, Delmar gallery, Sydney
Strathfield Eco Prize exhibition, Strathfield
Fisher's Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown City Art gallery 
Canberra Art Prize exhibition
Salon de Refuses, S. H. Ervin gallery, Sydney
The Doug Moran Portrait exhibition, State Library of NSW and tour
Dobell Prize exhibition, Art gallery of NSW
'I love a sunburnt country', Robin Gibson gallery, Sydney
Australian landscape, Paddington Art prize exhibition
Muswellbrook 38th Open Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Fisher's Ghost Prize exhibition, Campbelltown City Art gallery 
Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Croydon PLC

Awards
1979
1984
1985	
First Prize - Open Section, Ashfield Art Prize
Second Prize - Contemporary section, Kogarah Art Prize
First Prize - Contemporary section, Kogarah Art Prize

Collections
BHP  Melbourne
AGL  Sydney
Merchant Bank Chase NBA Group Ltd, Sydney
Trinity Grammar School, Sydney
Private collections, USA, Europe, Australia

Bibliography
1980
1983
1985
1988
1988
2001
2004	
'Le Peinture Australien,'  Le Monde, Switzerland
'Pittura del Costa,'  La Fiamma, A.Tornari
Artists and Galleries of Australia, Max Germaine
Sydney Morning Herald, Susanna Short
Poughkeepsie Journal, Florence Pennela
Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum,  Bruce James
Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, Peter Hill

 

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