Wim Blom
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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
1959 Lidchi Gallery Johannesburg, Zuid Afrika.
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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Wim Blom
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. 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 EXHIBITIONS: 1957 Prima mostra di artisti stranieri residenti in Firenze, Florence, Italy Prima mostra internacionale di pittura, Vallombrosa, Italy 1959 Lidchi Gallery Johannesburg, Zuid Afrika. 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 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
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