I started to concentrate on sculpture in 2000, before this I had neumerous exhibitions of drawings and paintings, because when you leave Art School, you descover the only tools you have are a screwdriver a hammer and a saw and no where to make sculpture.

It takes a while to build up the equipment you need, I now have a large studio in Mosman, all the tools I need and a crane truck to transport and install larger sculptures.

Hornsby Technical College from 1972 –73, Stephen Coburn studied at East Sydney Technical College 1974-78, gaining his Diploma of Art(Sculpture). He also played music as the bass player for Mental As Anything. He went on to further study at Canberra College of Advanced Education from 1980 – 83, specialising in the conservation of paintings and fine art.

In 1987 he began working as head conservator for The Sydney Trade Union Banners Project at Trades Hall Dixon St Sydney NSW.

In 1990 he moved to St Louis MO. He returned to Sydney in 1991 as Head of Conservation for the Regional Galleries Association of NSW

In 1999 he formed Coburn Fine Art Conservation Pty Ltd, preserving artworks for both public and private galleries and collections.

He exhibited at Sculpture By The Sea in 2002, 2007 and 2009. He had an exhibition called the Deerubbin Series at the Depot Gallery Danks Street. Coburn divides his time between his property in Wollombi NSW and his studio in Mosman NSW, and continues to paint, make sculpture and play music in both places.

Solo Exhibitions
Deerubbin Series Depot Gallery Danks Street Waterloo NSW
The Landship Gallery Headland Park Mosman NSW
2014 “The Mavericks of Gravity” Michelle Perry Gallery Danks Street Waterloo NSW
2023. “The Birds of the Brook” Old Fireshed Gallery Wollombi NSW
2025. “After The Flood: Old Fireshed Gallery Wollombi NSW

Group Exhibitions
1989 New Art 1989 Sydney BMG Fine Art Paddington Sydney NSW
Artists for Wildlife Australian Museum Sydney NSW
Opening Show The New Gallery BMG Rushcutters Bay Sydney NSW
1990 Art St.Louis MO. USA
1997 Amnesty International Mask Exhibition Art Gallery of NSW Sydney NSW
1998 Out of Australia Contemporary Paintings in Shanghai China
1999 Mental As Anything Exhibition Wollongong City Gallery Wollongong NSW
2001 Mosman Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery Mosman NSW
2002 Sculpture By The Sea Bondi Beach Sydney NSW
Casuarina Sculpture Walk Sculpture in the Vineyards.
2007 Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi Hunter Valley
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi
Art in the Open, Landship Gallery, Mosman
2008 Utes in the Paddock, Ootha NSW
2009 Utes in the Carrington, Katoomba NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi NSW
Bell Gallery, Berrima NSW
Gallery 207, Northbridge NSW
Landship Gallery, Mosman NSW
2010. Finalist Sawmillers Sculpture Prize North Sydney NSW
2011 The Spirit of the Land Sculpture Prize Lockhart NSW
2011 McWilliams Wines Sculpture Prize Griffith NSW
2013 Sculpture at the Finger Wharf Soho Gallery Waterloo NSW
2014 Finalist Sawmillers Sculpture Prize North Sydney NSW
2015 Sculpture at the Finger Wharf Soho Gallery Waterloo NSW
2017 The Road Less Taken Landship Gallery, Mosman
2019 Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi NSW
2020 Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi NSW
2021 Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi NSW
2022 Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi NSW
Finalist Sawmillers Sculpture Prize North Sydney NSW
2023 Extinction Denied Exhibition Lions Cottage Sydney Botanical Gardens

Prizes
Northbridge Art Prize for Sculpture
Highly Commended Sawmiller’s Sculpture Prize North Sydney
The Most Extraordinary Sculpture The Spirit of the Land Sculpture Prize Lockhart, NSW
Mc William’s Wines Sculpture Prize Griffith NSW