Henry Coombes

Coombes was born in London in 1977 and completed his BA at Glasgow School of Art in 2002. Solo shows include Anna Helwing, LA, ‘Black Button’ (Cooper Gallery, Dundee), and Suzie Q Project Space, Zurich. Selected group shows include ‘If Not Now’ (Broadway 1602, New York), ‘An Archaeology’ (The Zabludowicz Collection: Project Space 176, London), ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ (Museo Civico di Rovereto, Trentino) and more recently ‘Grin & Bear It: Cruel Humour in Art & Life’ (Lewis Glucksmann Gallery, University of Cork). In addition Coombes was a recipient of the 2005 Scottish Arts Council/Scottish Screen Film award and his subsequent short film, ‘Laddy and the Lady’, premiered at Tramway, Glasgow in June 2006. It has since screened at film festivals in Oberhausen, Norway, Edinburgh, Stockholm, and Nova Scotia. Coombes represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2007, in which he premiered his third film ‘Gralloch’, which was subsequently screened alongside a solo presentation of his work for the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles in 2008. His fourth film ‘The Bedfords’ will be screened in 2009 at Light & Sie, Dallas, the Zabludowicz Collection: Project Space 176 and Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow. Coombes is now focusing on his film works and has plans to develop his 2009 film ‘The Bedfords’ into a feature length film.