CURRENT EXHIBITION
Tony Costa
26 Aug - 12 Sep 2026
Exhibition opening with the Artist
to be launched by
Elizabeth Fortescue
Art Writer and Arts Journalist
Saturday 29 Aug 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Tony Costa
Artist in Conversation
Saturday 12 Sep 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Tony Costa
Born in Sydney in 1955 Costa studied at Julian Ashton and with Hungarian artist Desiderius Orban in the late 70s. He completed Postgraduate studies at the City Art Institute Sydney in 1986. In 1988 he was selected to participate in the Triangle Artists Workshop in Pine Plains, New York.
Costa won the Archibald Prize (2019) with a portrait of leading contemporary artist and Zen Buddhist Lindy Lee, Paddington Art Prize (2014) with a work entitled Fallen Tree Port Hacking River R.N.P, Ashfield Prize (1979) with a work entitled Grand Valley, Victoria Pass. His works are held in both corporate and private collections as well as regional galleries. A painter of both Landscapes and Portraiture he has exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions.
He has been a finalist in many Art prize exhibitions including Archibald Prize (2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019), the Wynne Prize (1988, 2014), Sulman prize (2001), Dobell prize for Drawing (1999, 2004, 2008, 2012) at the Art Gallery of NSW. He has also been a finalist in the Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (2004, 2007, 2011, 2015), Kilgour Prize for Portraiture (2013,2016, 2020), Paddington Art Prize for Landscape Painting (2004,2008, 2012, 2014) and the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2019).
Costa’s interest lies in German Expressionism and is drawn to distortion and exaggerations, anything which makes for a more insistent image and one which is made from necessity. More recently, the works of the Neo Expressionists working in Europe, known as the Transavanguardia, have also captured his attention. He is also drawn to 11th century mosaics because of their ability to convey both spiritual and emotional content within a compressed space.
View Tony Costa’s Catalogue
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Fahn (James Gardiner)
Miscreants
23 Sept - 10 Oct 2026
Exhibition opening with the Artist
to be launched by
Josephine Touma
Executive Producer of Creative Programs
Inner West Council
Thursday 24 Sep 2026
6.00 - 8.00 pm
James Gardiner
Artist in Conversation
with
Matt Cox
Senior Curator
Tilt Industrial Design
Former Curator of Asian Art
Art Gallery of NSW
Saturday 10 Oct 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Art Atrium
12 Daniel Street Botany
(Entrance from Daphne Street)
Fahn (James Gardiner)
1973, is a Sydney based artist, with a strong focus in ambiguity, perception and digital fabrication. Formerly an award-winning Architect and inventor (13 patents), his achievements include the world’s first 3D printed reef (2011-14) and the development of the FreeFAB Wax system - a 3D print and CNC system for fabrication of sustainable complex moulds for the construction industry (2012-2017) used for the Elizabeth line, London Underground project. James former careers have been recognised with numerous awards, scholarships, a Guinness world record and press coverage including National Geographic, New Scientist and the Economist.
James dedicated himself full time to his art practice in 2018, after many years of exploration. James continues to engage with technologies in novel ways. Gardiner completed an artist residency at UNSW Art & Design, where he pursued the design and fabrication of a large 3D printed ‘Shard’ sculpture for Sculpture by the Sea in 2018. James has since pioneered new methods of integrating digital machine cutting with traditional drawing and painting techniques within the postgraduate Master of Fine Arts program at the National Art School, Sydney in 2024. In line with James former career as an inventor, James works across multiple mediums and materials and is constantly experimenting and pushing his work into new territory on the world stage.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Intangible
14 October – 31 October 2026
Exhibition opening with the Artists
Saturday 17 October 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Chen Ping, Christopher Connell, David Middlebrook,
Dennis Wilson, Ganbilpil White,
Lucy Moloney, Martin John Oldfield,
NC Qin, Pamela See, Peter Poulet,
Tony Twigg, Yvonne Boag
Artists in Conversation
Dennis Wilson, Lucy Moloney,
NC Qin, Tony Twigg
with
Renee Porter
Visual Arts Curator
Ironbark Gallery
Strathfield Council Library & Innovation Hub
Saturday 31 October 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm
Art Atrium
12 Daniel Street Botany
(Entrance from Daphne Street)
2026 Exhibition Program
Maryanne Wick and Ros Auld
11.03.26 - 28.03.26
Mostafa Azimitabar
15.04.26- 02.05.26
Carlos Barrios
06.05.26 - 23.05.26
Asher Milgate and Miguel Olmo
08.07.26 - 25.07.26
Yvonne Boag and Kristin Burgham
29.07.26 - 15.08.26
Tony Costa
26.08.26 - 12.09.12
Fahn (James Gardiner)
23.09.26 - 10.10.26
Intangible
14.10.26 - 31.10.26
Dapeng Liu
04.11.26 - 21.11.26
Summer Sojourn
End of Year Group Exhibition
25.11.26 - 12.12.26
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