Christian Corbet

Christian Cardell Corbet
Christian Cardell Corbet (right)
Born	1966 (age 50–51) Pickering Beach, (Ajax, Ontario), Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Education	University of Guelph, Private Mentorship under Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook
Known for	Sculptor, painter and designer
Movement	Contemporary Realism, Abstract

Christian Cardell Corbet (born 1966) is a Canadian sculptor, painter and designer. He co-founded and was first President of the Canadian Portrait Academy. He is the Regimental Sculptor of the Royal Canadian Regiment and Sculptor in Residence for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Corbet was born in 1966 at Pickering Beach, Ajax, Ontario.

As Corbet's artistic career was commencing, his closest aunt Olive Gould died suddenly in 1995. Following this, he divorced his first wife in 1997. In 1999 his mother died and her body was found in a field near Orangeville, Ontario.

In 1996, Corbet was instrumental in securing a portrait of the Queen Mother created by a British Columbian artist into the Queen Mother's private collection. In 1996, Corbet also met and was mentored by sculptor Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, His works include portrait paintings and sculptures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Isabel McLaughlin and Doris McCarthy

In 1997, Corbet painted a portrait of Canadian composer Jean Coulthard. In 1998, Corbet sculpted a portrait of Jane Addams for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and later in 1999 he was appointed a Patron Artist for The International Dyslexia Association where he sculpted a portrait of Samuel Orton and Carl Kline and Carolyn Kline. This sculpture titled The Dr. and Mrs. Carl L. Kline Award for Outstanding Service in the Field of Dyslexia is an annual award.

In 1999, Corbet was again inducted into "Who's Who in Canada – 90th Anniversary Edition" in the "Rising Stars" section. By this point in his career Corbet was represented in the following collections: HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, UK; Glamis Castle, Scotland; Abraham Brill Library, USA; Freud Museum, UK; University of Guelph, Canada; City of North Vancouver, Canada; Seymour Art Gallery, Canada; Durham Board of Education, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada; Lions Gate Hospital, Canada; CBC. Corp (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Canada.