BORN: 1963, Manchester, England

EDUCATION:
New York Academy of Art, M.F.A.
University of Liverpool, England, B.A. & B. Arch in Architecture

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Richard Combes, Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, England
2006 Richard Combes, ROI, Whittington Fine Art, Henley-on-Thames, England
2005 Richard Combes, Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, England
2004 Richard Combes: Works in Oil, La Boheme Gallery, Cheshire, England
2003-04 From New York to Retford, Bassetlaw Museum, Nottinghamshire, England
1999 Through Two Pairs of Eyes, Dukeries Art Gallery, Nottinghamshire, England

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2007 New Talent Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006-07 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
2006 Federation of British Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, England
2005 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London, England
2005-07 ROI Painters, Whittington Fine Art, Henley-on-Thames, England
2003-07 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, England
2001-04 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, England
2003-04 B.P. Portrait Awards, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
2002 B.P. Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
2002-03 New City Art Gallery, East Hampton, MA
2001 Three Painters, Dukeries Art Gallery, Nottinghamshire, England
1999-07 14th Street Painters Exhibition, Art Machine Gallery, New York, NY
1999-07 Pierrepont Gallery, Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
1999 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, England
1996 B.P. Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
1995-98 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1993 The Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles, CA
John Major, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, London, England
Jeffrey Epstein, New York, NY
Ghisliane Maxwell, New York, NY
Leslie Wexner, Columbus, OH
Sir Andrew Buchanan, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, England
Sir Hugh Neill, KCVO, CBE, Nottinghamshire, England
Cutlers Hall, Sheffield, England

AWARDS & HONORS:
Member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters (R.O.I.)
2007 Alan Gourley Award, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London, England
2006 Menena Joy Schwabe Memorial Award, Mall Galleries, London, England
2004 Stanley Grimm Award, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London, England
2004 Cornelissen Prize, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London, England
2003 Barclays Bank Prize, Pierrepont Gallery, Thoresby Hall, Notts, England
1993-94 Posey Foundation Scholarship, Sarasota, FL
1993 Jacob Mendelson Scholarship, Hove, England
1992 Rayne Foundation Scholarship, London