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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.
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
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
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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