John Coburn lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
1995-97 The New York Academy of Art, MFA
1987-92 L’Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, BFA
Public Art
2021 "Glyphs for Zipp" Mural for PS 261 Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2010 "Fairlane Marauder" Open Source, Brooklyn, NY
2000 “New Work” Space 156, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
1994 “My First 10 Years” Campus Gallery, STCC. Spfld, Massachusetts
Group Exhibitions
2009 “Out of Square” A group show of non-rectilinear paintings.
2008 “Summer Exhibition 2008” Will Cotton, David Salle curators, NYAA, NYC
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, NYC
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 Jersey City Annual Artist’s Tour, Jersey City, NJ.
2004 “What Have You Got To Say” Grace, Jersey City, NJ.
2003 “A Bestiary” 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC.
2002 Jersey City Museum, Benefit Auction, Jersey City, NJ.
2001 “Take Heart” The Gallery at MPI Media Productions International, NYC.
2000 “Exhibition Now 2000” Julie Heffernan curator, New York Academy of Art.
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 “Emerging Artists” Zone, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Grants and Awards
2004 Creative Capital / Aljira Emerge Program for emerging artists.
2001 Travel Grant to Normandy, France at the Chateau Balleroy, Forbes Foundation.
1995-96 Academic Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art.