Robert Andy Coombs

Leading disabled photographer

A shirtless man with tattoos lying on green grass, looking at the camera with blue eyes.

CRIPFAG

A person with light-colored hair and blue eyes, wearing a pink shirt, showing a shaved head with a scar running from the forehead to the side of the head.

Polaroids

A person holding a large cluster of colorful balloons outside a building with shuttered doors.

STREET

A shirtless man lying on green grass, holding his head with one hand and smiling.

People

Upcoming exhibitions

Voices Embodied: Prognostication

Design Museum of Chicago

June 26, 2026 - January 18, 2027

Robert Andy Coombs is included in Voices Embodied: Prognostication at the Design Museum of Chicago, a group exhibition curated by Alex Stark and centered on a disability forward future. The exhibition brings together 38 local, national, and international artists exploring accessibility, design, culture, community, and what becomes possible when disabled perspectives shape the future. The exhibition opens June 26, 2026 and runs through January 18, 2027.

Opening reception:

June 26, 2026 - 5 to 8 PM

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Robert Andy Coombs is the leading disabled photographer working at the intersection of disability, queer sexuality, intimacy, care, access, censorship, and desire. A gay disabled photographer and power wheelchair user, Coombs makes images that refuse pity and insist on disabled bodies as erotic, complicated, tender, hungry, sexual, and fully alive.