William Cobbing
Radiator 1
height 95cm / length 90cm / width 65cm
materials: radiator, plaster, wall fittings
ed.of 3
2008
William Cobbing
Bamiyan Mirror
photo on DiBond laminata
35 x 52 cm
2009
Ed. of 3
William Cobbing
Bamiyan Mirror
photo on DiBond laminata
35 x 52 cm
2009
Ed. of 3
William Cobbing
Bamiyan Mirror
photo on DiBond laminata
35 x 52 cm
2009
Ed. of 3
William Cobbing
Moon walker 1
video
9' 08''
ed. of 3
2009
William Cobbing
Moon walker 2
video
12' 35''
ed. of 3
2009
Clapper Tongue
bronze, rope end electric motor
edition of 3
2009
Excavation ,video
Gradiva
Spinnig
140x170 cm
mix media on wood
2008
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Born London 1974 . Lives and works in London
Education
1998-2000 De Ateliers International Artists Studio Program, Amsterdam
1994-1997 BA Fine Art Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Gradiva Project Freud Museum, London
2006 William Cobbing Netwerk/ Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium
2005 Wall to Wall TENT, Rotterdam
2004 William Cobbing The Pump Rooms Art Museum, Leamington Spa
2003 William Cobbing PercyMiller Gallery, London
2002 Escape chutes Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2001 Eating my teeth Galerie Fons Welters-Playstation, Amsterdam
2000 Mutations Stichting Archipel The Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Drifting clouds, Image Furini Arte Contemporanea, Arezzo, Italy
Medicine Now Wellcome Trust, London [forthcoming]
Galerie Valerie, Venice [forthcoming June]
2006 Room with a View Gemeentmuseum, The Hague
Mandlehandered Tram Depot Gallery, London
Blueroom Rialtosantambrogi, Rome
Pixel Me RASA, Belgium
Overlap 2 British School at Rome
Let there be light BFAMI, Sotheby’s, London
2005 Over de mensen en de dingen Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Sunday Screenings MK-G Milton Keynes Gallery
The Library of Babel Courtauld Institute of Arts, London
2004 A Secret History of Clay TATE Liverpool
Body-Con A-I-T Tokyo
2003 The Book Show The Nunnery, London
Sidetrack PercyMiller Gallery, London
Prospects Drawing Prize, Old Truman Brewery, London
2002 Early Works De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Haunted House Outline, Amsterdam
2001 Hang up Galerie Fons Welters-Playstation, Amsterdam
Do not disturb Galerie 68 Elf, Cologne
2000 Mostyn Open 11 Llandudno, Wales
Partie 8 Internationales Künstforum Drewen, Germany
Selected Bibliography
2006 Knack [Nov] Luk Lambrecht
2005 Metropolis M [Nr.5 Oct/Nov]
De Volkskrant [12/9] Paul Depondt
2004 Blueprint [May] ‘A new growth in art’ p.39 Katy Dunn
The Guardian [14/2] The Guide, Jessica Lack
The Guardian [9/2] Picks of the week, Jessica Lack
2003 The Art Newspaper [No.137 June] Louisa Buck
Contemporary [July/August] Richard Dyer
2002 Frieze [Issue 71 Nov/Dec] Alex Mar
De Volkskrant [3/7] ‘Zwart gezwel uit autowiel’ Merlijn Schoonenboom
Early Works [cat.] Dominic van den Boogerd
2001 Frieze 100 [www.frieze.com] Sophie Berrebi
Metropolis M [Dec/Jan 2000/1] Vivian van Saaze
2000 Der Tagesspiegel [3/9] Christoph Tannert
Residencies/Research
2005/6 Arts Council England Helen Chadwick Fellowship British School at Rome & The Ruskin
2003 BüroFriedrich Berlin Project Studio Fonds BKVB
2002/3 Prix De Rome Beeldhouwen [sculpture award 2nd stage] Rijksakademie, Amsterdam