Biography *1977  London, UK lives and works in Glasgow 1998–2001 BA(hons) Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art 1995–1996 Foundation Course, Central St. Martin’s College of Art

Solo Exhibitions
2008 Solo Show, Susie Q Project Space, Zurich
2007 subZONE2, Galerie Adler Frankfurt am Main, Germany
        Solo, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach
        Black Button, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
2006 Solo Show, Anna Helwing, Los Angeles
        Laddy and the Lady, Tramway, Glasgow (screening of newly commissioned film)
2004 Solo, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
        Solo, Transmission, Glasgow
2003 Elsewhere, Switchspace, Glasgow

Group Exhibitions
2007 The 52nd Venice Biennale, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice (one of six selected artists to represent
        Scotland)
        27th Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
        An Archaeology, Zabludowicz Collection: Project Space 176, London
        Filmform Videoprogram, Cinemateque, Stockholm (Selected International film program
        curated by Filmform)
        Kortfilm Festival, Kulturhus, Grimstad, Norway
        The 53rd International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
2006 NADA Art Fair, Ice Palace Studios, Miami
        Laddy and the Lady, Filmhouse, Edinburgh (screening as part of the Edinburgh International
        Film Festival)
        If Not Now, Broadway 1602, New York (Curated by Sorcha Dallas)
        Liste, Basel
2005 The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Miami
        Group Exhibition, The Jail, Glasgow
2004 Group Exhibition, Temporary Office Space, Glasgow
        Group Exhibition, Centre de Creation, Bazouges la Perouse
2003 Group Exhibition, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (with Switchspace)
2002 Nova Terra, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

Awards / Grants / Residencies
2007 Creative Scotland Award
2005 Scottish Arts Council/Scottish Screen Award for Film
2000 Residency, Art Institute of Chicago

Press
2007 ‘Graduates win Creative Scotland Awards’, Flow 10, 1st August 2007
        ‘Venice Biennale’, Flow 10, July 2007
        Phil Miller, ‘Scots go for the gold in Venice’, The Herald, 11th June 2007
        Duncan Macmillan, ‘Venice, Vidi, Vici? Not Quite’, The Scotsman, 8th June 2007
        Phil Miller, ‘Modern Artists Canvassing Support’, The Herald, 8th June 2007
        ‘100 Years at the Venice Biennale’, Scottish Art News 8, May 2007
        Scotland Sails Into Venice’, Guardian Unlimited, 29th May 2007
        Charlotte Higgins, ‘British artists get set for Venice Biennale’, The Guardian, 1st May 2007
        Tim Cornwell, ‘Triumph of Youth Over Experience as Artists Head For Venice’, The Scotsman,
        17th January 2007
        Phil Miller, ‘Artists Unveiled to Represent Scotland at Venice Biennale’, The Herald,
        17th January 2007
2006 Amra Brooks, ‘Must See Art - “Hanging on By Your Eyelids”’, LA Weekly, 11th October 2006
        Ken Neil, ‘Review: Henry Coombes, Laddy and the Lady’, The Map Issue 7, 1st August 2006
        Alexander Kennedy, ‘Visual Art: Henry Coombes’, The List, 20th July 2006
        Andrew Eaton, ‘Meet the artist who dressed a man as a dog, then shot him’, The Scotsman, 11th July 2006
        Jack Mottram, ‘It’s a dogs life, but not as you know it’, The Herald, 10th July 2006
        Vicky Allan, ‘Stars in their Eyes’, Sunday Herald, 8th January 2006
        Victoria Miguel, ‘If Not Now’, The Map 7, 2005
2005 Alexander Kennedy, ‘Visual Art - Henry Coombes’, The List, 4th August 2005
2004 Moira Jeffrey, ‘Showing a Vital Spark’, The Herald, 10th September 2004
        Jack Mottram, ‘Visual Art: Henry Coombes’, The List, 9th September 2004
        Alexander Kennedy, ‘An Umbilical Cord of Gold’, The List, July 2004
2002 Claire Prentice, ‘Best in Show’, Business AM, 16th July 2002
        Julia Hunt, ‘Dead Ringers’, The Glaswegian, May 2002