Tony Costa (artist) explained
| Tony Costa |
| Birth Date: | 1955 |
| Education: | UNSW Art & Design |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Awards: | Paddington Art Prize (2014), Archibald Prize (2019) |
| Birth Place: | Sydney |
| Partner: | Jeannette Siebols |
Tony Costa (born 1955) is an Australian painter. He won the Archibald Prize in 2019 for his portrait of artist Lindy Lee. His is married to painter Jeannette Siebols.[1]
Career
After high school, Costa initially studied law at University of New South Wales, before joining the Julian Ashton Art School where he met Hungarian painter Desiderius Orban.[2] He returned to University of New South Wales as a post-graduate student of to study Art & Design,[3] and after graduating, was selected to participate in the Triangle Artists Workshop in New York.[4]
Costa entered and was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2015, 2017, and 2018, before winning in 2019.[5] His painting of fellow artist Lindy Lee beat 50 other finalists for the $100,000 prize, and he has since earned greater recognition.
Awards & Prizes
- 1979 Ashfield Prize (winner) Grand Valley, Victoria Pass
- 1988 Wynne Prize (finalist)
- 1999 Dobell prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2001 Sulman prize (finalist)
- 2004 Dobell prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2004 Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
- 2006 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2007 Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
- 2008 Dobell prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2009 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2011 Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
- 2012 Dobell prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2013 Kilgour Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
- 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2014 Paddington Art Prize (winner)[6] Fallen Tree Port Hacking River R.N.P
- 2015 Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
- 2015 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2015 Wynne Prize (finalist)
- 2015 Archibald Prize (finalist)
- 2016 Kilgour Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
- 2017 Archibald Prize (finalist)
- 2018 Archibald Prize (finalist)
- 2019 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist)
- 2019 Archibald Prize (winner)
- 2020 Kilgour Prize for Portraiture (finalist)
References
- Web site: Vidya . Kathirgamalingam . 2020-09-16 . Archibald Prize left Tony Costa in a state of 'perpetual astonishment' . 2023-02-14 . Central News . en-US.
- Web site: 2019-09-19 . INTERVIEW: 2019 ARCHIBALD PRIZE WINNER, TONY COSTA . 2023-02-14 . THE JOURNAL MAG . en-US.
- Web site: The art that made me: Tony Costa . 2023-02-14 . www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au . en.
- Web site: Tony Costa – Art Atrium . 2023-02-14 . en-US.
- News: Staff . 2019-05-10 . Tony Costa named winner of 2019 Archibald prize for portrait of Lindy Lee . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-02-14 . 0261-3077.
- Web site: The 2019 Archibald Prize Winner Has Been Announced . 2023-02-14 . Broadsheet . en.
