John Coburn (1925-2006)

1925 Born, Ingham, Queensland
1947-50 A.S.T.C Diploma Painting
National Art School, East Sydney Technical College
1956-59 Graphic Designer for ABC
1959-68 Teacher, National Art School, Sydney and Canberra
1969-72 Lived in France, designed tapestries for Aubusson Workshops
1977 Travelled to New York, Washington and Paris 
1977-80 Trustee, Art Gallery of NSW
1980 Order of Australia (A.M)
1985 Travelled to Moscow, St Petersburg, Paris and the south of France
1986 Travelled to Rome, Florence, Aubusson
1988 Travelled to Aubusson, Paris, London
1991 Honorary doctor literature James Cook University, Townsville 
1991 Commissioned to design backdrop for World Council of Churches Assembly in Canberra
1993 – 94 Travelled to Hong Kong, Chianti, Florence, Sienna and Venice

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Over 80 solo exhibitions since 1957

AWARDS
1959 Bathurst Art Prize
1960 Blake Prize for Religious Art
1962 Tamworth Prize
1963 Darcy Morris Memorial Prize
1963 Mirabooka Prize for Religious Art
1966 Maitland Art Prize
1977 Blake Prize for Religious Art(jointly with Rodney Milgate)
1994 Mandorla Art Award for Religious Art

REPRESENTED
Australian Public Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisabane
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney
City of Ipswich Collection, Global Arts Link, Queensland
Geelong Gallery, Victoria
and many regional galleries throughout Australia
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane
and many University collections throughout Australia

International Public Collections
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Vatican Museum, Rome
John Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand

Also in many international and Australian corporate collections.