I am interested in the layering of moments, expressions and gesture.
These are reconfigured to form a distorted and disjointed impression of a time or of a character.
Figuratively this creates a gargoylic, multi-faceted and disfigured id: Baboonery and fiking icons.
This is extended to a societal standpoint through the use of newspaper photographs and other found imagery.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, COMMISSIONS, FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS & AWARDS:
2011 Oct / TWO TO THE POWER OF TEN / Orange Dot Gallery / LONDON / U.K.
2011 June / Official Glastonbury Festival 2011 T-shirt Design for 'The Park' stage.
2011 Jan / HATCH INAUGURAL / Hatch Space / LONDON / U.K.
2011 Jan / 20/20 / Victoria Stakes / LONDON / U.K.
2010 December / OPEN STUDIOS / Creekside Artists / LONDON / U.K.
2010 Sept / CICATRICK: PaulCoombs & Mat Rochford / A Block / LONDON / U.K.
2010 Aug-Sept / AT THE FRINGE / Seven Dials Club / LONDON / U.K.
2010 Jan-March / MICHAEL LANDY'S ART BIN / South London Gallery / LONDON / U.K.
2010 Feb / THE 100 JOURNALS PROJECT / Herbert Read Gallery / CANTERBURY / U.K.
2010 Feb / CREEKSIDE ARTISTS / Limelight Gallery / LONDON / U.K.
2009 ‘P & B Cultural Showcase’ Selected Featured Artist Award (Painting & Drawing).
2009 September / DEPTFORD X OPEN STUDIOS / Creekside Artists / LONDON / U.K.
2009 June / DEPTFORD A.W.O.L. / Menier Gallery / LONDON / U.K.
2009 June / SUMMER OPEN STUDIOS / Creekside Artists / LONDON / U.K.
2008 December / OPEN STUDIOS / Creekside Artists / LONDON / U.K.
2008 September / DEPTFORD X OPEN STUDIOS / Creekside Artists / LONDON / U.K.
2008 April-June / PAUL COOMBS: PAINTINGS [SOLO EXHIBITION] / The Stone Theatre / LONDON / U.K.
2008 June / THE VALUE OF NOTHING / APT Gallery / LONDON / U.K.
2007 / CLERMONT-FERAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL / CLERMONT-FERAND / FRANCE
2005 / SHORT SHORTS WORLD EXPO / JAPAN
2004 / UMEA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL / SWEDEN
2003 / TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL / IRAN
2003 / ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS / BRISTOL / U.K.
2002 / BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL / BERLIN / GERMANY
2001 / INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF WALES (Nominated for DM Davies Award) / CARDIFF / U.K.
2000 / MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ANIMATION FESTIVAL / AUSTRALIA
1999 / BERLIN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ANIMATION FESTIVAL / GERMANY
1998 / ANIMA-MUNDI / RIO DE JANEIRO & SAO PAULO / BRAZIL
1998 / EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Nominated for the McClaren Award) / U.K.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Marmite Prize 2008, Susak Press, ISBN: 978-1-905659-08-1