Multidisciplinary Sculptor and Conceptual Artist
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BRITTANY COBURN
Artist Bio
Brittany Coburn is a New Jersey-based multi-disciplinary sculptor and conceptual artist. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2017 and went on to attain her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2022. She has a background in custom design and fabrication, teaching, curation, marketing and creative direction. Aside from being a working artist, she currently works as a gallery associate at RAM Gallery in Summit, NJ.
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Coburn strives to use her art as a catalyst for something much larger than itself. She uses her art to educate people about the mental health crisis plaguing our world and to generate thought and conversation around it. Her goal is to use art to give back to her community and to create a space for others to feel free and comfortable in facing and expressing themselves and their demons. There is a need for a community that offers a safe space for people to feel seen and understood so that we can collectively redefine our outlook on mental health, and she has dedicated her creative practice to addressing this void.
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Most recently, she was featured in Vicinity Magazine highlighting her use of her creative practice as a catalyst for conversation surrounding mental health. Her work was featured in a solo exhibition in the Solarium Gallery at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in the fall of 2023, and several of her sculptures have recently been acquired by The Savannah College of Art and Design’s permanent collection for installation on the Atlanta campus.
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In addition to working as a fine artist, Coburn periodically works with non-profits, most recently a child advocacy agency, where she teaches art workshops centered around fine art practice and the impact it has on mental health.
Artist Statement
In the initial months of the pandemic, my life, as well as the lives of my closest friends, were flipped upside down with the loss of one of our best friends due to COVID-19. After falling into a depression and feeling lost, I recognized that I was not alone in this pain. Our society’s struggle with mental health only became more prominent during the pandemic, and with my own struggles worsening, I started to explore how I could use my art and creative practice to address this ever-growing issue plaguing our population. To make the healing effects of art more accessible to a larger community, I began to learn about the power of engagement and interaction and how utilize my art as a catalyst for conversation and connection.
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Working in a variety of materials ranging from wood to found object installation, I use polished finishes, bright colors, striking verbiage and symbolism to invite viewers into something that appears light, bubbly, and happy. Upon further investigation, the satire becomes clear, and what started as inviting and exciting reveals itself to be a discussion of something more serious, and sometimes difficult to engage in. I choose to do this to serve as a representation of the fact that not everything is at it appears, and as a means of making my viewers feel more comfortable in their initial approach. Knowing you are not alone in your experiences makes the journey less difficult to endure, so my intended message to my viewers who may be struggling is that I hear you, I see you, and I’m there with you. If my work can motivate one person to take the necessary steps towards helping themselves heal and move forward, as it has done for me, then I feel I’ve done my job as an artist.
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Throughout history, art has consistently informed society in the rawest form of reaction. As an artist, I strive to harness that ability and apply it to the present in order to open people’s minds to the conversation surrounding mental health and to do what I can to eliminate the stigma that surrounds it.