Until recently Henry Jabbour was a senior medical scientist but after much soulsearching he abandoned his career and turned to art in 2010. He hasn’t looked back. First and foremost his work is painterly, meaning that it draws attention to the processes of its making. In Jabbour’s hands paint is abundant and vibrant, full of passion, colour and texture; it is applied generously and evidence of the work’s progress is in plain view.

His subjects are people and their relationships, either to each other or to the artist. The images are tender and full of emotional maturity. Each is carefully considered and composed; they look outward to the world and inward to the artist’s humanity. They celebrate life and implicitly value its impermanence, conscious of their ability to endure beyond the lifetime of Jabbour and those that inhabit his works. 

 

By Giles Sutherland

 

Education

2013-2015               Master of Fine Arts (Painting and Printmaking),  New York Academy of Art.

2010-2013               Diploma inDrawing and Painting, Leith School of Art.

1989                          PhD Animal Physiology, The University of Sydney.

1982                           Bachelor of Science (Distinction), The American University of Beirut.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2019.                        A Life More Human.  Union Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2017                        Markings, Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beirut, Lebanon.

                                 This Life to Me, Union Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Empreintes, La Reine Blanche Scene des Arts et des Schiences, Paris, France.

 

Awards and Recognitions

 

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

The Winsor and Newton Panting Award, Royal Society of British Artists, London (2019)

Schminke Award, The Pastel Society, London (2019)

The PaintBox Award, The Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2019)

Frank Herring Award, The Pastel Society, London (2018)

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

Artists and Illustrators Award, The Pastel Society, London (2016)

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

Resident Artist at the Dingle – Ireland Summer Art Program, State University of New York (SUNY 2016)

Elected Professional member of Visual Art Scotland (2016)

Collections

Pembroke College Cambridge

Private Collections in the UK, France, Lebanon, Singapore, USA, New Zealand, Canada.

 

Group Exhibitions

2019

The Biennial Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition; Piano Mobile, Kings Place Gallery, London.

Bright Land, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall, England.

Smithy Gallery, Two Person Exhibition with Joyce Gunn Cairns, Glasgow, Scotland.

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London.

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.

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London

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

Pastel Society Annual Exhibition Mall Galleries, London

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

2017

‘Form in Art – Art of Form’. Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University.  An exhibition to coincide with a workshop on Form in Art, Toys and Games.

Union Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Edinburgh

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

Lime Tree Gallery, Paper Trail Exhibition, Bristol

Leith School of art Fundraising Exhibition and Auction, Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh

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

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London

Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2016

Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London. Small is Beautiful exhibition

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

Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London

2015

Lime Tree Gallery, Christmas Exhbition, Long Melford, Suffolk

The Royal West of 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, Williamsburgh, New York.

TriBeCa Ball, New York academy of Art, New York

2014

Collective Ground, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh

Deck the Walls, Wilkison Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York

 

Previous Employment

1995-2010

Non-clinical Senior Scientist, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit.

Honorary Professor in the School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine of The University of Edinburgh (2009-2011)

(1991-1995)

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, Regents’s Park, London

Research Fellow, INSERM Unite 344, Faculte de Medicine Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris (supported by fellowships from EMBO, BBSRC and the Royal Society)

Honorary Fellow, The University of London

Selected Recognition as a Scientist

2009

Honorary Professorship in Reproductive Biology, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh

2005-2008

Elected Programme Secretary, Society of Reproduction and Fertility

2000-2010

Awarded grants of over £7M from MRC, Royal Society, EU, Jennifer Brown Trust and other sources; over £5.75M of this as Principal Investigator.

2000-2010

24 invited presentations at national and international conferences.

Summary of Scientific Outputs

2009

20 PhD, 2 MD and 8 MSc students supervised

114 Research papers published in refereed journals

17 Invited review articles and editorials published

5 Patents published