Fine Art Exhibitions
1999
The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
Solo Show
1999
Goethe Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore, India
India Cloth Project
Gallery 7, Toronto, Canada
Director:Jennifer Leskiw
In participation with Polish sculptor Wojtek Biczysko
Galerie Eric Baudet, Le Havre, France
1996
Chateau des Ducs, Limoges, France
Franco-Indian group exhibition.
The Easel Art Gallery, Madras, India
Exhibition representing paintings from Canada, India, Mexico & Zimbabwe
1995
Delta Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
1994
Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
1993
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, India
1992-96 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1990
Botswana National Museum, Gaborone, Botswana
National Art Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
1986
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1985-86
International Design Competitions II/III, Osaka, Japan
1984
Madison Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Art Collections in Private, Public & Corporate Sectors
Angola, Botswana, Canada, France, Scotland, Germany, India, USA, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Spain, Mexico
Workshops - Art Residenceies - Presentations
1999
Handmade Paper Workshop, VISHTAR, Bangalore, India
1996
Andalucia Province, Manilva, Spain
Residency sponsored by Delfina Studio Trust, London, UK
1993
International Artists Workshop, Zimbabwe, Africa organized in association with Delta Gallery & National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe
Directors: Derek Huggins, Stephen Williams
Work Experience
1997
Project: Communications package for artist & gallery
Bangalore city, India Director: Premilla Baid
Gallery Sumukha
Challenge: To facilitate communication between artist & gallery via design of artist/gallery agreement & consignment contracts, exhibition agreement, invitations, press-kit, proposed architectural sketches for new gallery space.
1996
Project: Textile Design
Bangalore city, India Director of Design: Jayshree Poddar
Challenge: To create design with cultural relevance on silk fabric for high-end fashion use
1995
Project: Pattern design as architectural enhancement
Toronto, Canada Director: Stella McTernan
Challenge: To create stimulating kinetic space in constricted area: For use in a 20 floor corporate environ, incorporating 14 traditional (East Indian, Canadian, Finnish, Japanese, African, German etc.) design patterns on MDF board.
1990
Project: Housing design for officials
Angola, Africa
NGO-Norwegian
Challenge: To incorporate building material from industrial into
People’s agency developing world context.
1989
Project: House renovation-interior
Toronto, Canada Director: John Ruttner
Challenge: To maintain integrity of interior/exterior of house character in accordance with Canada heritage plan.
1988
Project: Illustration – Concepts for courtyard design; Permanent
Toronto, Canada collection, Medina University
Arthur Ericsson & Director: Arthur Ericsson
Associates for Medina
University, Saudi Arabia
Challenge: To create ambient sculptural environment for outdoor public area
1979-1982
Project: St. George’s Park, Guidelines Environmental Design,
Calagary, Canada other.
PARD Associates Director: Collective
(Planners, Architects, Research, Design)
Scope of work: Concept designer, drafting, illustrative drawings, book production, utilized techniques in printing.
1979
Project: Arcosanti Development
Arizona Desert, USA Director: Paolo Soleri
Scope of work: Workshop setting for construction techniques forming (concrete) wood & framing, earthforming; chef.
Considerations: Environment & Ecology
1988
Workshop project with Canadian architect Arthur Ericsson for Toronto, Canada Medina University, Saudi Arabia: Illustration series-ambient
sculptural environment/urban design context.
1979
“Arcosanti Development”, Arizona Desert, USA
Theme: Arts in the Environment Project
Project Director: Paolo Soleri & Associates
Born
1942, Nairobi, Kenya East Africa
Degrees
Bachelor of Fine Arts-University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Master of Environmental Studies Program, York University, Toronto, Canada
Languages
English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Greek, Ki-Swahili
In Antonio E Costa’s world, images & shapes are wedded to the textures of the landscape he has experienced. Born in 1942 in Kenya, his Goan family was the third generation of artists and writers living in Africa.
After a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree taken in Canada, E Costa did a Master’s in Environmental Studies Programme at the University of York, Canada.
All his later work bears the imprint of his professional and experimental work in architectural and urban design as well as the richness of his investigative travels in places varied as Canada, Zimbabwe, Spain, U.S.A, Angola, Brazil and India, where he painted, exhibited, participated in artists’ workshops and lectured in art colleges.
A member of the Society of Canadian artists and of Visual Arts, Ontario, Canada, Antonio E Costa’s work takes essentially a mixed-media approach: cross referencing the materials drawn from industrial societies with found forms and inspiration drawn from societies which are lesser developed but culturally richer. Rooted only in the changing relationship between artist and the world, Antonio E Costa is constantly analyzing, constantly learning but is always open to change, in both his work and his life.
