2006 Winner

2006 Finalist

Cobi CockburnQueanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia



Shifting Fields


Roll-up cane, fused, slumped, hot formed and cold worked glass
16.5 H x 92 W x 12.3 D cm


Shifting Fields landmarks a new direction within my work. In developing this cradling form, I have carefully considered and blended my interest in fibres, my love for the natural Australian landscape and my growth as a young mother and artist.


Photographer: Greg Piper




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Biography

Cobi Cockburn
Shoalhaven Heads, New South Wales,

Born
2/12/1979 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Education

  • 2006, Honours Degree, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Glass), The National Australian University, Glass Department, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • 2001, Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2014, 'Close to White', Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2014, Contemporary Glass, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Public/Private Collections

  • Sarjeant Gallery Collection, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Manawatu / Wanganui, New Zealand
  • Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga City council, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
  • Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
  • Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
  • Ranamok Glass Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Awards/Grants

  • 2011, Tylee Residency, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Manawatu / Wanganui, New Zealand
  • 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2009, Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 2008, New Work Grant (Established), Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2007, Object Prize - New Design, Object Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2007, Talente Prize, Talente 2007, Munich, Germany
  • 2007, Dr Arthur Liu Scholarship, Bullseye Glass Company, Northlands, Caithness, United Kingdom
  • 2006, Ranamok Glass Prize, Ranamok Glass Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2006, Graduate Residency, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2006, Emerge, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon, United States
  • 2006, New Work Grant (Emerging), Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2006, Project Funding Grant, Arts ACT, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • 2005, Vicki Torr Memorial Prize, Ausglass, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2005, Craft In Site Grant, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia