John Costi
John Costi (b. 1987, London) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, installation, painting, and performance. Drawing on his Cypriot‑Irish heritage and upbringing in London, Costi explores themes of masculinity, class, criminal subculture, and transformation. His work often repurposes found objects and uses gallery spaces as sites of social encounter and healing, seeking to convert passive audiences into active participants and to destabilize hierarchies of art experience. Costi holds an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins and has presented exhibitions such as “Found Football Difficult” (2023), which explored personal archives, scent, sound, and sculpture to consider issues of luck, violence, family, and memory.
John Costi (f. 1987, London) er en tværmedial kunstner, der arbejder med skulptur, installation, maleri og performance. Med udgangspunkt i sin cypriotisk‑irske baggrund og opvækst i London undersøger Costi temaer som maskulinitet, klasse, kriminal kultur og transformation. Hans praksis repurposer ofte fundne objekter og bruger gallerirummet som et socialt mødepunkt og helende rum, hvor publikum bliver aktive deltagere. Costi er uddannet med MA i Fine Art fra Central Saint Martins, og hans seneste soloudstilling “Found Football Difficult” (2023) undersøgte personligt arkiv, lugt, lyd og skulptur med temaer som held, vold, familie og hukommelse.
