WIM BLOM CV
Wim Blom has exhibited internationally. His work is represented in public
collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada and the South African National
Gallery, in numerous corporate collections and in private collections in Canada,
France, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New
Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
B.A. Hons., M.A., University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; University of Perugia, Italy; Studied
painting, Florence, Italy; Studied graphic techniques, Southern Alberta Institute of
Technology, Calgary, Canada; Studied lithography, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico.
APPOINTMENTS:
Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg; Instructor, Johannesburg Art School, Art Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto, Canada; Research curator, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and
Editor of the Bulletin of the National Gallery of Canada; Curatorial Administrator,
National Gallery of Canada.
PUBLICATIONS:
Author of a variety of exhibition catalogues, articles and historical studies in
painting. Founding Editor of the semi-annual Bulletin - a scholarly
publication produced between 1963 and 1985. Sybille Pantazi, a librarian at
the Art Gallery of Toronto, went as far as to describe the Bulletin as
“splendiferous” The first eight issues were edited by Wim.
AWARDS:
1957 Dante Alighieri Gold Medal, Fine Arts Society of Florence, Italy
1979 Medalla de honor, XVII Salón de Primavera, Atenéo de Mahón, Spain
1982 Primo Premio, Certámen Internacional de Pintura, Mahón, Spain
1998 Fellowship, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Republic of Ireland
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge and London, Vol.
11, 1975, p. 186
Oliver Knight, Wim Blom in Kaleidoscope, Johannesburg, 1977
Miguel Angel Limón, Wim Blom, una vida entregada al arte, Diario
de Menorca, 9 September 1982,p. 6
Esmé Berman, Art and Artists of South Africa, Cape Town, 1983,
pp. 65-66
Alain Vignaud, Introduction, Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery
International Cape Town, 1986
Sheree Loos, Johannesburg Art and Artists: Selections from a
Century, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 1986, 00. 47-78
Mark Glazebrook, Introduction, Exhibition Catalogue, Albemarle
Gallery, London, 1988
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canadian
Art, vol. 1, National Gallery of
Canada, Ottawa, 1988, pp. 97-98
Lucy Alexander, 150 South African Paintings. Past and Present,
Struikhof Publishers (Pty) Ltd.,
Cape Town, 1990, p. 122
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
1957 Prima mostra di artisti stranieri residenti in Firenze, Florence, Italy
Prima mostra internacionale di pittura, Vallombrosa, Italy
1966 Canadian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, National Gallery of
Canada, Ottawa
1969 Six Canadian Painters, Picture Loan Gallery, Toronto
1973 Art 4’73, International Art Fair, Basel
Summer exhibition, Galerie Schulze-Theiler, Münster
1974 Art 5’74, International Art Fair, Basel
1975 The Perth Prize for Drawing International, Western Australian Art
Gallery, Perth
1982 Certámen Internacional de Pintura, Mahón, Menorca
1988 Albemarle Gallery, London, UK
1990 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto
1993 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto
1998 Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island
2000 Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island
2002 Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island
2004 Mitchell Gallery, Salt Spring Island
2007 Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver
2013 Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver
2016 Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver
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