PRESS RELEASE
Eduardo da Costa is a Curator , drawing on his lifelong involvement with Fine Arts . With an interest in contemporary fine art; both Postcolonial and the Colonial thought and activism and modernism, African and European ontologies act as strategic spines for his work.
By way of comment on his new position, Da Costa offered the following remarks:
“Demif Gallery has very graciously appointed me to expand its reach, encompassing exciting new ground. In addition to the focus on the burgeoning scene for African Artists based on the continent, I have a remit to promote Afropean talent in the UK. I have found and hope mutually to grow in doing so, developing the existing artist lead ethos, that attracted me to this post. My hope is that we shall both enjoy a symbiotic movement to further the passion in our artists.”
Eduardo Da Costa was awarded his fellowship for the Royal Society of Art’s and Manufacturing for his services to the community, and seeking progressive solutions to a wide portfolio of campaigns with a focus on Urbanism, Fine Arts, Museums and Galleries. In 2019, Da Costa was awarded one of the 50 Young change-makers in the art world to watch out for by the Dots x Google. In September of the same year, Da Costa opened his debut show in collaboration with Outside the Zone Gallery at the now Erstwhile Library in London titled ‘The End is Nigh’ featuring 10 artists of all the main disciplines in the splendor of the old members Club. Da Costa also founded the Arts and Culture Network for the young Fabians with the launch event attended and addressed by Grayson Perry and Shadow Culture Secretary Tom Watson. For ten years, Da Costa was an observer of London Legacy Development Corporation’s main Board and member of the youth Board.
Awarded a Diploma in Higher Education in English Literature from Queen Mary University of London, he studied Art History and Curation at the Birkbeck University of London. Recent work entitled “In Conversation” can be found on Instagram TV under @EduardoAesthic.
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