Sadhbha Cockburn is an artist and educator, living and working upon Gadigal country in Sydney, NSW. She holds a BFA in Painting and an MFA in Drawing from the National Art School, and has a background in biomedical sciences.

Cockburn’s practice considers how poetic material methodologies can bring both artist and viewer into closer connection with their surroundings.

Made predominantly from found and biodegradable materials, her sculptures juxtapose fabricated industrial objects with domestic handicraft to draw attention to the labour of creation.

She is currently preoccupied by collecting seeds. and rusted nails, learning how to spin silk and stringing her hair into thread. When not engaged in making, you will find her walking, foraging or mulling over words.

Cockburn has participated in multiple group shows and prizes. She was a recent finalist in the Macquarie Emerging Art Prize (2025), the Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize (2025) and has been long-listed for the Hunter Writer’s Centre ‘Grieve’ Anthology (2025). Recent group exhibitions include shows at DrawSpace, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Schmick Contemporary. In 2023, she was awarded the Onslow Storrier Residency Prize at La Cité Internationale in Paris and the Foundations Residency Prize in Portland, NSW.