John Coburn

John Coburn

  • Biography

    John Coburn has painted for the past half a century according to a simple philosophy: “I want to express my feeling about nature and the world.” Adopting religious and spiritual themes in his pursuit of abstract art as his mode of expression has obliged Coburn to pursue a lonely course, apart from the mainstream of postwar Australian painters. It is only in recent years, when the consistency of his approach has been appreciated and his paintings have achieved greater depth and colour, that his reputation has spread and wider recognition been accorded. Today he is widely held to be Australia’s foremost living abstract artist.

    (Bio from: http://www.artcollector.net.au/JohnCoburnSpiritofAbstraction)

  • Exhibitions

    2011
    Eternal Landscape, Christoper Sweet, Charles Yoder, curators Salmagundi Club, NYC
    2010
    Nonsense, Curated by Jill Wickenheiser at CWOW , Newark, NJ
    2010
    Ambling, A two person show at ADA Gallery, Richmond, Va.
    2010
    First Growth, Benefit Show for 1st st. Green, Pfaffman Gallery, NY
    2010
    Fairlane Marauder, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn (solo)
    2009
    Sic Transit Gloria, Atlantic Gallery, NY
    2009
    Out of Square, Mikail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
    2008
    Summer Exhibition 2008, Will Cotton, David Salle curators, NYAA, NY
    2008
    Sprawl, Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ
    2007
    Rice and Beans/Black Eye Peas, Hugo Bastidas curator, Canco Lofts, J.C.,NJ
    2007
    Salon de Expace #4, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    2007
    The Beholder’s Eye, Catherine Chapin curator, Salmagundi Club, NY
    2007
    WHYGTS , Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
    2006
    What have you got to say, Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ
    2006
    Trash, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
    2006
    Salon 2006, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
    2005
    Woods, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
    2004
    Urgent, Scott Pfaffman Gallery, New York, NY
    2004
    What Have You Got To Say, Grace, Jersey City, NJ
    2003
    A Bestiary, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY
    2002
    Jersey City Museum, Benefit Auction, Jersey City, NJ
    2001
    Take Heart, The Gallery at MPI Media Productions International, NY
    2000
    Exhibition Now 2000, Julie Heffernan curator, New York Academy of Art
    2000
    New Work, Space 156, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (solo)
    1999
    Untitled, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council curator, NY FederalReserve
    1999
    Paintings, Space 156 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
    1998
    Beyond Appropriation, Philip Pearlstein curator, NYAA
    1998
    Graduate Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
    1995
    Prelude, The Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA
    1994
    My First 10 Years, Campus Gallery, STCC. Spfld, Massachusetts (solo)
    1994
    Emerging Artists, Zone, Springfield, MA

Showing all 8 artworks

John Coburn

Maquette for Tapestry 'Drum Beat', 1972
52 x 65 cm acrylic on paper

John Coburn

Burning Land, 1991
57 x 65 cm Colour lithograph

John Coburn

Annitowa Landscape,, 1999
42 x 63.5 cm Colour lithograph

John Coburn

Red Landscape, 1971
64 x 90.5 cm Framed: 73.5 x 100 cm Oil on linen

John Coburn

Festive Image, 1967
60.5 x 76 cm oil on canvas

John Coburn

The Seven Days of Creation (from The Book of Genesis series) :The 4th Day: God Created the Vault of the Sky and He Made the Sun and the Moon and the Stars to Shed their Light on the Earth, 1969-70
234 x 196 cm Wool tapestry

John Coburn

Untitled
14 x 22 cm acrylic on paper

John Coburn

Fan Fair, 1972
64.5 x 51.5 cm Gouache on paper on board