COBB, John Francis
John Francis Cobb was born at Ipswich in 1946. John studied at Great Yarmouth College of Art, Coventry School of Art, and the Royal College of Art. His sculptures take several forms, including head themes such as in the Art Council's Head Case IV 1978. Among Cobb's showings was at the 8th Paris Biennale of 1973, the 1977 Silver Jubilee Exhibition in Battersea Park, and at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park 1979-1980. John has exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy Sculpture Exhibition 1993 and had solo exhibitions at Anne Berthoud Gallery, 1 Stanley Gardens, London in 1991 and at North House Gallery, Manningtree, and won the Walter Neurath Award for Sculpture in 1971 and the Sainsbury Award in 1974. John held a Henry Moore Fellowship in Sculpture at Norwich School of Art 1985-1988 and exhibited wood sculptures at the Royal Academy.
Royal Academy Exhibits
from North House Gallery, The Walls, Manningtree, Essex
2002 815 Domestic Improvements IV - wood sculpture
from 3 Hackney Terrace, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk
2003 99 Squash - wood sculpture
2006 1161 Decoy - wych elm wood sculpture
1162 Batten Up VI - elm wood sculpture
1163 Batten Up VIII - beech wood sculpture
2009 682 Over Here - cherrywood
2010 774 We are all Doomed – beech
2011 616 Rubbery Place - beech sculpture
2012 1316 The Tether - oak sculpture
2013 744 Rubbery Enough - wood sculpture
2014 782 Straight Off - wood sculpture
2015 1073 Chairs - beechwood sculpture