Kenneth Blom

Kenneth Blom

1967, Roskilde

Painter

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Roskilde, Denmark, contemporary artist Kenneth Blom moved to Norway as a young child.


Blom attended the Oslo Academy of Fine Arts from 1990 to 1994 and completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düssedorf in 1995. Since then Blom has established himself as a modern Nordic contemporary artist in galleries worlwide.



STYLE

Kenneth Blom’s style of painting is one characterized by merging elements of figuration and spacial composition. 


Reminiscent of the style of Edvard Munch, Blom's figures seemlessly mesh with their surroundings, invoking the image of a shadow or vaguely reflected image.


Blom's architectural settings are distinctly Nordic in their strict lines and perspective. In combining these dreamlike human figures within spaces which are not clearly defined, Blom creates his own unique expression. 


 “One very rarely comes across pictures that are so Norwegian.”

- Nowegian art historian Åsmund Thorkildsen


Please check this recent article about Kenneth Blom.




Untitled (2022) 

Oil on canvas, 150x170 cm.

Sometimes we find ourselves at a point in life where we lose our balance. We can fall in love, lose someone close to us, become ill or lose our job. In situations like these we often feel like we lose our footing.


Blom's paintings are very forceful and often portray existential scenarios. We do not know how the story in the painting will end, just as in life"  

 

Flemming Kloster-Poulsen, Pastor of The Danish Church in London and author

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2000, 01, 02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17 Galleri Haaken, Oslo

2007 Sotheby's London

2008 Stavanger Kunstforening

2010, 11, 14, 19 Jason McCoy Gallery, New York

2010 Gallery Bouhlou, Berlin

2011, 16 Maerz Contemporary, Berlin

2013 The Bowery Hotel, New York

2014 Studio Hogo Opdal, Ålesund

2014 Gallery Mykonos, Greece

2015 Transformation, Beograd

2015 Pekin Fine Art, Hong Kong

2016, 19 Positions, Berlin

2017 Muster Meier Gallery, Bern

2019 Dropsfabrikken, Trondheim

2019 Louisa Cartucci Gallery, Berlin

2019 Art Basel

2019 Lyon Particules, Lyon

2020 Art Herning, Galerie Birch

2020 Special Exhibition, Galerie Birch Copenhagen