Paul Coombs

Paul Coombs (b. 1975) holds BA in Animation from Edinburgh College of Art and is currently undertaking MA Fine Art in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. He is actively taking part in exhibitions and screenings in the UK and Europe. Coombs works in collage, animation, sculpture and text to address societal perceptions of sexualities and the formation of attitudes. One body of work consists of ’Dildosis Flags’, an extension of Coombs’s earlier work, in which he inserts images of sex toys into postcards from countries where homosexuality is illegal. In 2015 Coombs took part in the London Pride Parade carrying a black-and-white flag, that quickly became known as the ’ISIS dildo flag’ after a CNN editor mistakenly thought she had spotted the Islamic State banner during the festivities.