About

Isis Costa is a Vancouver-based contemporary jewelry artist and metalsmith whose practice brings together traditional metalsmithing techniques and contemporary artistic expression. Working primarily with precious metals and gemstones, she creates sculptural contemporary jewelry that explores movement, concealment, identity, memory, and the relationship between what is revealed and what remains hidden.

Her narrative art jewelry often incorporates unexpected details, movable elements, hidden compartments, and contrasting forms and surfaces. Through forging, hollow forming, patination, stone setting, and other metalsmithing processes, Costa approaches jewelry as both an intimate object and a space for storytelling, creating pieces that encourage curiosity and discovery.

Originally from Brazil and now based in Vancouver, Canada, her practice is also informed by personal and cultural references, particularly ideas of belonging, resilience, and connection to place. Her work moves between wearable object and artistic expression, using jewelry as a way to carry stories, experiences, and meaning close to the body.

Costa's work is created for exhibitions, galleries, collectors, and individuals seeking distinctive, artist-made jewelry. Her portfolio encompasses one-of-a-kind and exhibition work alongside selected commissions and pieces available for acquisition.