Henry’s current body of work focuses on the human figure. He is interested in the emotive qualities of body gesture, colour and mark making, working primarily in oils but also on paper using monotype and other print media.

Growing up in Beirut, Henry trained and worked as a medical scientist before moving to the UK and becoming a full time artist.

EDUCATION

• Masters of Fine Art (MFA) in Painting and Printmaking, New York Academy of Art 2013-2015

• Diploma in Drawing and Painting, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh 2010-2013

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney

• Bachelor of Science, The American University of Beirut

PRIZES AND AWARDS

• 2019 The Davison Award for Oil Painting, Royal Society of British Artists, London

• 2019 The Winsor and Newton Painting Award, Royal Society of British Artists, London

• 2019 The Schminke Award, The Pastel Society, London

• 2019 The PaintBox Award, The Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

• 2018 Frank Herring Award, The Pastel Society, London

• 2017 The Michael Harding Award, The Royal Society of British Artists, London

• 2016 Artists and Illustrators Award, The Pastel Society, London

• 2016 Resident Artist at the Dingle - Ireland Summer Art Program, State University of New York

• 2016 Elected Professional member of Visual Art Scotland

• 2012 Eliza Clifford Prize for outstanding work by a mature student, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2019 ‘A Life More Human’, Union Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh

• 2019 “Being Human - Observed, Remembered, Imagined”, a 2-person show with Joyce Gunn Cairns, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow

• 2017 “Markings”,  Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beirut, Lebanon

• 2017 “This Life to Me”, Union Gallery, Edinburgh

•  2017 “Empreintes”, La Reine Blanche Scene des Arts et des Sciences, Paris

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

• Fresh Paint, a 6 person show of new artists at Cameron Contemporary Art

• The Royal West England Academy, 167th Annual Exhibition, Bristol

• Fresh Paint, Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove, England

• The Biennial Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition, Piano Nobile Kings Place Gallery, London

• Promenade 2, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall, England

• Bright Land, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall, England

• Affordable Art show, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

• Figurative, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane, Scotland

• Lime Tree Gallery, Works on Paper, Long Melford, England

• The Prince’s Trust ‘True Colours’ Art Auction, Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Visual Art Scotland, Alight 2019. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

• Pastel Society Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

• Society of Scottish Artists, 121st Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy,  Edinburgh, Scotland

  2018

• Fidra Fine Art, Christmas Exhibition, Gullane, Scotland

• Smithy Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland

• Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Lime Tree Gallery, Scotland

• Art on a Postcard, The Hepatitis C Trust, WeWork, Devonshire Square, London

• The Royal West England Academy, 166th Annual Exhibition, Bristol

• Lime Tree Gallery, 3 person exhibition with Vivienne Williams and Rose Strang, Bristol

• London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, CCA Galleries, London

• The Prince’s Trust ‘True Colours’ Art Auction, Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh

• Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London

• Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London                  

  2017

• ‘Form in Art – Art of Form’  Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University. 

• Union Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Edinburgh

• London Original Print Fair, CCA Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London

• Lime Tree Gallery, Paper Trail Exhibition, Bristol

• Work on Paper Art Fair, Lime Tree Gallery, Royal Geographical Society, London

• Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

• Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London

• Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London, “Small is Beautiful” exhibition

  2016

• Fly 2016, Visual Arts Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh

• The Royal West England Academy, 164th Annual Exhibition, Bristol

• Lime Tree Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Bristol

• Converge 2016, Visual Arts Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh

• Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Oregon (USA), Pushing the Edge

• Mall Galleries, Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, London

• Mall Galleries, Royal Society of British Artists, London

  2015    

• Lime Tree Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Long Melford, Suffolk

• The Royal West England Academy, 163rd Annual Exhibition, Bristol

• Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh

• New Work - New York, 1st Biennial Survey by all eleven New York City based MFA programmes, Williamsburg, New York

• TriBeCa Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York

  2014    

• Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York

• Collective Ground, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh