Artists —

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
BA, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK (forthcoming)

Artist in Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Artist in Residence, Denniston Hill, Woodridge, NY

Lecturer, The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

LGBTQIA Fellow, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Fellow, The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

Visiting Assistant, School of Art & Design at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Part-time Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

april april, Pittsburgh, PA (forthcoming)

EXPO Chicago, with Dionne Lee, presented with Petra Bibeau, Chicago, IL

Forming sounds with my mouth to approximate something that’s like a flood, Atlanta Center for Photography, Atlanta, GA

Five Drawings, april april, Pittsburgh, PA

A Long Slant of Light (with Ian Lewandowski), curated by June T. Sanders, Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI

Juliette, with Nabil Azab, april april, Brooklyn, NY

Mo Costello, Howard’s, Athens, GA

Mo Costello, Cine, Athens, GA

Whitney Biennial 2026, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Horizon Synonym, april april, Pittsburgh, PA

Divine Heavy, curated by Deondre Davis, ILY2, Portland, OR

Amorce – Paper, Index, Trace, Third Born, Mexico City, Mexico

Talking Across an Expanse, curated by Makeda Lewis, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA

Maybe Kudzu Covering My Body: Camouflage in the South, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville, SC

5 Years of Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo in Exile, Atlanta, GA

Can You Dream It? (Yes I Can), Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
Teachable Moment, Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN
Time Capsule, curated by Luka Carter, Glass Gallery, Athens, GA

Scattered and Smothered, curated by Ridley Howard, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Rotating Viewing Room, curated by Paul Pfeiffer, Carlier/Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

All Together Now, Lupin Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Soft Launch, The Rubber Factory, New York, NY
Newspaper, Pfizer Space, New York, NY
The Hotel (HH), The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, Atlanta, GA

Strange Teaching, The SUMP, Queens, NY
Mossless: The United States, Ludlow Studios, New York, NY
I.P.F., Lamington Drive, Melbourne, Australia
I.P.F., China Heights, Sydney, Australia

Beverly’s Athens, co-curated with Katz Tepper, The Athenaeum, Athens, GA

Beverley Buchanan at J&J Center, Athens, GA

&: Katz & Friends at J&J Center, Athens, GA

Small Town Fantasy, Danielsville, GA
J&J Center for Night Life, Building Three, Unit 27, Athens, GA

The Zero School of Art and Time, 100 Broad, Atlanta, GA

Newspaper: 100 Broad, Murmur Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Newspaper (1969-2017), co-curated with Marcelo Gabriel Yañez, The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, Atlanta, GA
Reading Station (HH), The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, Atlanta, GA

Print. Small Town Fantasy.

Print. UpStairs Lounge. Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library at Emory University.

Bodies Like These: The Counter-Archive of Elle Pérez, The Reservoir.

Print. Newspaper: Atlanta. Bibliography
Picture Newspaper at Murmur, Burnaway. Newspaper Exhibition, The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art.

Watlington, Emily. "The Whitney Biennial Swaps Identity Politics for Infrastructural Interventions. The Verdict: All Systems Go." Art in America, 1 Mar.

Arshad, Zaid. “Mo Costello:” Of Quiet Ecstasy.” OSMOS, Fall.

Genis, Leia. “Mo Costello at Atlanta Center for Photography.” Artforum, Summer.

Ahmed, Samir. “All Eyes on Chicago.” Family Style, 28 Apr.

Genis, Leia. “8 Gallery and Museum Exhibitions to See in Atlanta This March.” Observer, 27 Feb.

Pennington, Isadora. “Mo Costello’s photography puts accessibility in focus at ACP.” RoughDraft Atlanta, 5 Feb.