Virginia Garcia Costa
- Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lives and works in Niederweningen, Switzerland
- Figurative oil painting and visual art at Escuela Municipal de Artes, Provincia Buenos Aires
- Economics at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA, Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Virginia Garcia Costa is an Argentinian artist based in Switzerland. Virginia produces paintings and 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 style truly unique.
The artist trained as a painter at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. She has gone on to receive awards for her art in Switzerland from Arte Binningen, p.i.n.k.elefant and Suisse-Art.
Virginia has exhibited at a variety of art fairs in Austria and Switzerland.
Public and private collectors in Europe, the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Middle East have bought her work.
Awards / Recognitions
- 2023, Embassy of Argentina
- 2022, Featured Artist in the "Saatchi Art Holiday 2022 Special Edition"
- 2022, The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art, Virtual Editions. Global
- 2022, Artwork acquisition by a large-scale real state development in Houston, Texas
- 2021, The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art, Virtual Editions. Global
- 2020, Artwork acquisition by Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville, TN, USA
- 2018, Shortlisted for the international Rise Art Prize, London, UK
- 2017, Featured in a Peter Millard & Partners Project, Thames Wharf Studios, London
- 2015 Art Award (SUISSE-ARTE Kunstförderpreis) with BPS SUISSE, Basel
- 2013 selected for the Art project "kunst(t)raum.12, Aufstrebende Künstler stellen ihre Werke aus", Pink Elefant, Bern
- 2012 "First Place Award" at the 20. International Art Fair ARTE BINNINGEN, Basel