William Cobbing

Nato a Londra nel 1974. Vive e lavora a Londra.

Formazione

2004/08  Middlesex University, PhD Fine Art, Londra
1998/00  De Ateliers International Artists Studio Program,
                 Amsterdam
1994/97  BA Fine Art  Central Saint Martins
                 College of Art & Design          

Mostre personali

2009   *Berwick Gymnasium Gallery
2008   "Artist's project", Camden Art Centre, Londra
2007   "Gradiva Project",  Freud Museum, Londra
2006   "William Cobbing",  Netwerk centre for Contemporary Art,
            Aalst, Belgio
2005   "Wall to Wall",  TENT, Rotterdam
2004   "William Cobbing",  The Pump Rooms Art Museum,
            Leamington Spa
2003   "William Cobbing",  Percy Miller Gallery, Londra
2002   "Escape chutes",  Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2001   "Eating my teeth",  Galerie Fons Welters-Playstation,
            Amsterdam
2000   "Mutations",  Stichting Archipel, Apeldoorn, Olanda

Mostre collettive

2009   *"Super stories/Triennal for art, design and fashion", Z33,
            Hasselt, Belgio
2008   "L'angelo sigillato", Museo delle icone russe, Peccioli, Italia
            "Divination", Brunswick gallery, Londra
            "The enigma of William Tell and other tales", The agency,
            London
            "Diary of a derelict dairy", London festival of architecture,
            Express dairy depot, Londra
2007   "Drifting clouds", Image furini Arte Contemporanea, Arezzo
            "Medicine Now", Wellcome Trust, Londra
            "Dark Glasses", Standpoint, Londra
            "Cunning chapters", British Library, Londra
2006   "Let there be light", Sotheby’s, Londra
            "Room with a View", Gemeentmuseum, The Hague
            "Mandlehandered", Tram Depot Gallery, Londra
            "Blueroom", Rialtosantambrogi, Roma
            "Pixel Me", RASA, Belgio
            "Overlap 2", British School, Roma
2005   "Over de mensen en de dingen   Z33, Hasselt,  Belgio
            "Sunday Screenings", MK-G Milton Keynes Gallery
            "The Library of Babel", Courtauld Institute of Arts, Londra
2004   "A Secret History of Clay", TATE, Liverpool
            "Body-Con", A-I-T, Tokyo
2003   "The  Book Show", The Nunnery, Londra
            "Sidetrack", PercyMiller Gallery, Londra
            "Prospects Drawing Prize", Old Truman Brewery, Londra
2002   "Early Works", De Ateliers, Amsterdam
            "Haunted House", Outline, Amsterdam
2001   "Hang up", Galerie Fons Welters-Playstation, Amsterdam
            "Do not disturb", Galerie 68 Elf, Colonia
2000   "Mostyn Open 11", Llandudno, Wales
            "Partie 8", Internationales Künstforum Drewen, Germania

Bibliografia selezionata
2006  Knack [Nov] Luk Lambrecht
2005  Metropolis M  [Nr.5 Ott/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

Ricerche
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