Henry Jabbour is a painter and printmaker. He trained in the visual arts in Edinburgh and New York where he obtained a Master of Fine Art in Painting and Printmaking.
Jabbour’s work is a journey and a constant search between the visual and the emotional. He seeks to subvert the specific in search for the universal, attempting to connect the vulnerability, fragility and impermanence of our experiences with a sense of common and shared humanity. Jabbour is interested in the emotive qualities of body gesture, colour and mark making and thrives on working intuitively. His process embraces both the familiar and the unexpected, and combines observation, memory and intuition. When he is painting, Jabbour feels he is excavating those memories, and feelings, and in the process he is building and excavating paint on the canvas.
Most of his work has a biographical element and digs deep into the essence of his history past and present. They are his stories woven with imagery and colour. What thrills Jabbour is when his work weaves itself into the biography of others who connect with it. I want each piece to develop a visual presence that is independent of me, or my original artistic intentions, so that the viewer can continue the search that I have initiated.
I work primarily in oils but also make unique works on paper using monotype and other print media (etching and lithography) and I have also explored the translation of my work into 3D in bronze sculpture.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 ‘The Courage to Be’ – Part II, Pontone Gallery, London, UK
2025 ‘The Courage to Be’ – Part I, Pontone Gallery, London, UK
2023 ‘A Certain Rest’, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, New York, USA
‘A Certain Rest’ (London), Pontone Gallery, London, UK
‘We Breathe Again’, The Scottish Art Club, Edinburgh, Scotland
2022 ‘Saturation Point’, Pontone Gallery, London, England
2020 ‘Traces Remain’, Pontone Gallery, London, England
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 Sciences, Paris, France
Recent Select Group Exhibitions
2026 ‘Expo Chicago’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Chicago, USA
‘Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Florida, USA
‘Printmaking’, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane, Scotland.
‘Above The Valley’, Pontone Gallery, London, UK
2025 ‘Alone, Together: The Religion of Solitude’, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, NY, USA and Pontone Gallery, London, UK
‘Art Miami’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
‘Sydney Contemporary’ Art Fair, Sydney, Australia
‘Art-Ono’ Art Fair, Pontone Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Art Palm Beach’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
‘Under the Sun: Summer at Friedrichs Pontone’, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, New York, USA
‘The Quiet Within’, Pontone Gallery, London, UK
‘The Thread That Pulls’, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
‘The RBA Collection’, Soden Collection, Shrewsbury, UK
2024 ‘Art Miami’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
‘Kiaf Seoul’ Art Fair, Pontone Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Turbulent Materiality’, Pontone Gallery, London, UK
‘TriBeCa Pool Party’, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, New York, USA
‘Art Wynwood’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, USA
‘Art Palm Beach’ Art Fair, Friedrichs Pontone Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, USA