
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
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