Tyler Coburn (b. 1983, New York) is an artist, writer, and professor 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.
As an artist, Coburn has exhibited at such venues as Centre Pompidou, Paris; Hayward Gallery, London; SculptureCenter, New York; Kunsthalle Wien; Bergen Kunsthall; Kunstverein Munich; Para Site, Hong Kong; Art Sonje Center, Seoul; NTU CCA Singapore; and TOKAS Hongo, Tokyo. He participated in the 11th Gwangju Biennale and 10th Shanghai Biennale. His performances have been hosted by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; CCA Berlin; Lafayette Anticipations, Paris; South London Gallery; PUBLICS, Helsinki; CAC Vilnius; Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm; Tai Kwun, Hong Kong; and MMCA, Seoul.
Coburn is the author of five books: I’m that angel (self-published, 2012), Robots Building Robots, (CCA Glasgow, 2013), Richard Roe (Sternberg Press, 2019), Solitary (Sternberg Press and Art Sonje Center, 2022), and Some Monologues (Wendy’s Subway, 2025). His writing has appeared in e-flux journal, e-flux notes, Art-Agenda, ArtReview, ArtReview Asia, Frieze, Mousse, BOMB, LEAP, Metropolis M, Dis, and Rhizome.