Quick Facts
Biography
Kenneth Blom (born 1967) is a contemporary Norwegian painter, whose work is characterized by a blend of architectural and figurative elements. He lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Life
Born in 1967 in Roskilde, Denmark, Kenneth Blom moved to Norway as a child. He studied at the Statens Kunstakademi in Oslo (1990–1994), as well as at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts (1994–1995). He has shown extensively in Europe, including as a featured artist at Sotheby's New Bond Street in London, at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Norway, Pékin Fine Arts in Beijing/Hong Kong and regularly at Galleri Haaken in Oslo. Blom currently lives and produces art in Oslo.
Work
Blom's paintings address the relationships between figure and industrial environment. His spaces are typically rendered to speak of vast empty spaces, and his figures are often placed sparsely. Though architectural structure is clearly an important part of Blom's work, they are rendered often with gestural brushstrokes and vivid color, and his figures are depicted with the same blend of vaguery and precision. These elements combine to create psychologically independent, solitary worlds.
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Muster-Meier Gallery, Bern, Switzerland
Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing
2016
Positions Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
Maerz Contemporary Berlin, Germany
2015
Pekin Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Gallery Haaken, Oslo
Maerz Contemporary, Berlin
2014
Jason McCoy Inc., New York
2013
Gallery Haaken, Oslo
2012
Studio Hugo Opdal/Moods of Norway Flø
Gallery Haaken, Oslo
2011
Maerz Contemporary, Berlin
Art Copenhagen
Gallery Haaken, Oslo
2010
Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen
2009
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2008
Stavanger Art Society, European Capital of Culture
2007
Colonnade Gallery at Sotheby's, London
2006
Aalesunds Art Society
2005
Henie Onstad Art Center
2003
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2002
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2000
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
1999
Galleri 27, Oslo
1998
Galleri 27, Oslo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Transformation
Serbia/Beograd-Romania/Buchuresti
"Summer Saloon show", Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2013
"Contemporary Selection", Jason McCoy Inc., New York
2011
"Northern Light", Jason McCoy Inc., New York
2010
Jason McCoy Inc., New York
2006
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2004
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2003
Henie Onstad Art Center
2002
Galleri Haaken, Oslo
1998
Galleri Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal
1995
Trondheim Art Society
1994
Galleri Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal Oslo Art Society
1991
Galleri 27, Oslo
Selected References
Katie Fallen, Kenneth Blom at Pékin Fine Arts, Hong Kong, ocula.com, 2016.
Pékin Fine Arts: Kenneth Blom, Evensi, November 2015.
Mario Naves, Kenneth Blom, cityarts.org, February 23, 2010.
Colin Gleadell, Market news: Sotheby's, Christie's, Kenneth Blom and more…, The Daily Telegraph, January 9, 2007.
Kenneth Blom Exhibition at Sotheby's, theartwolf.com, 2007.