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Mo Costello

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Born 1989, Seattle, WA

Lives and works in Athens, GA

Education

2022

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2014

MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2011

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

Residencies, Fellowships and Teaching

2024

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

2019-21

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

2017

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

2015-17

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

2015

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

2014

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

Selected Exhibitions

2025

april april, Pittsburgh, PA (forthcoming)

Five Drawings, april april, Pittsburgh, PA

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

2024

Group presentation with april april at NADA, New York

2023

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

2021

Juliette, with Nabil Azab, april april, Brooklyn, NY
5 Years of Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo in Exile, Atlanta, GA

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

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
Mo Costello, Cine, Athens, GA

Curatorial Projects

2026

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

2023

Beverley Buchanan at J&J Center, Athens, GA

2022

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

2021

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

2018

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

2017

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

Publications

2021

Print. Small Town Fantasy.

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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