Tyler Coburn

Tyler Coburn is an artist and writer based in New York. He received a BA in Comparative Literature from Yale University and an MFA in Art from the University of Southern California. He also served as a fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program from 2013–2014.

Coburn has presented work at such venues as Centre Pompidou, Paris; Bergen Kunsthall; Hayward Gallery, London; Para Site, Hong Kong; and Kunstverein Munich. He is the author of five books: I’m that angel (2012); Robots Building Robots (2013), published by CCA Glasgow; Richard Roe (2019) and Solitary (2022), both published by Sternberg Press; and Some Monologues (2025), published by Wendy’s Subway. Coburn’s essays, artist profiles, and exhibition reviews have appeared in various publications including e-flux journal, e-flux notes, Art-Agenda, Art & Education, ArtReview, ArtReview Asia, Frieze, Mousse, BOMB, C Magazine, LEAP, Metropolis M, Dis, and Rhizome. He received a 2024 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.