Instructor Profile
About
Barry Coombs
Barry Coombs
A.O.C.A.
Barry is a Hamilton-based visual artist and art instructor. His teaching focuses on watercolour painting and pen and ink drawing. He has exhibited his work in Canada, Taiwan, China, and Korea. He is noted for his positive and constructive attitude and ability to work with students of all levels of skill and experience. Barry brings over twenty years of experience to outdoor painting and sketching workshops in Atlantic Canada, England, France, Greece, Italy, USA and Mexico. He is represented by Gallery On The Bay in Hamilton, ON.
BACKGROUND & TRAINING
1982 Assistantship, OCA Off Campus Program, Florence, Italy
1981 Graduate, Ontario College of Art, Fine Arts
1980 Liberal Arts Award, Ontario College of Art
EXHIBITIONS (International):
2014 K-Art Project Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea, September 21 – 30, Catalogue
2012 5th Seoul Art Fair, Invitation: Seoul Convention Centre, South Korea, April 27 – May 1, Catalogue
2011 International Drawing Exhibition, Invitation: Seoul, South Korea, March, Catalogue
2010 G20 World Artist Festival, Invitation: Seoul, South Korea, November 8 – 14, Catalogue
2010 International Drawing Exhibition, Invitation: Seoul Art Centre, South Korea, March 11 – 20, Catalogue
2008 World Artist Festival, Invitation: Seoul, South Korea, October 7 – 14, Catalogue
2007 World Artist Festival, Invitation: Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 23 – Dec. 2, Catalogue
2006 World Artist Festival, Invitation: Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 6 – 12, Catalogue
1995 Koo Kyung International Exhibition of Drawing, Invitation: Seoul, South Korea, April 11- 26, Catalogue
1995 Third International Watercolour Exhibition, Invitation: Pingtung, Taiwan, May 27 -July 31, Catalogue
EXHIBITIONS (National):
2016 ArtWorks 2016, Women’s Art Association of Canada, OCADU Alumni Juried Show, April 21 – 23, Catalogue
2015 Grand Manan Art Gallery, Island Art Show, August 8 – 27, Third Prize (shared) People’s Choice Award
2015 Grand Manan Art Gallery, Square Foot Show, June 28 – July 17
2015 DVSA Gallery, Dundas, “At The Table”, Group Exhibition, May 11 – June 12
2014 Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, #Hamilton2Views, Two person exhibition, Oct 9 – Nov 15
2014 Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Six Degrees of Freedom Group Show, Oct 5 – 30
2014 Grand Manan Art Gallery, Square Foot Show, June 28 – July 17
2014 Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, “On the Rock”, Group Show, March 7 – 30
2014 Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, “Out of the Back”, Gallery Artists, Nov. 21, 2013 – Jan. 4, 2014
2013 DVSA Gallery, Hamilton, Solo Show, September 16 – October 11
2013 yumart gallery, Toronto, Summer Salon Show, August 10 – 30
2013 Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Fundraiser, May 17 & 18
2013 Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, “Out of the Back”, Gallery Artists, Jan. 12 – Feb. 18
2012 Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Members Show, November 8 – December 16
2012 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Salon VI Group Show, January 4 – 29
2011 Korean and Canadian Group Exhibition, Invitation: Dosan Gallery, September 19 – 23, Catalogue
2011 Six Degrees of Freedom, Group Show: Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, September 12 – 30, Juror’s Choice
2011 Korean and Canadian Group Exhibition, Invitation: Dosan Gallery, June 14 – 20, Catalogue
2011 John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ‘Drawing 2011″, 12th Annual Juried Drawing Exhibition, February 8 – March 4
2011 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Salon V Group Show, January 12 – 30
2010 Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, “Strata Sight”, Two-man Show, Aug. 26 – Sept. 25
2010 Six Degrees of Freedom, Group Show: Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, May 2 – 24, Juror’s Choice
COLLECTIONS:
City of Toronto Archives
Crown Life Insurance Company
Grand Manan Art Gallery
Halajian and Associates Ltd.
Scarfone & Hawkins
Auberge do nos Aieux
TCA / Thier+Curran Architects
