Wim Blom

Wim Blom (born 22 February 1927 in Germiston, South Africa ) is an artist, lecturer and curator.

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, Toronto1993 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto 1998 Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island2000 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.