Harlow Blum
1511 East Broadway
Monmouth, Illinois 61462
(309) 734-7553
blum@maplecity.com
Harlow Blum is a Professor of Art Emeritus from Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois where he taught art for 40 years. Since his retirement, he has constructed a new art studio/gallery at his home in Monmouth and devotes his time pursuing his creative interests. His work has been accepted in numerous art competitions and he has held solo exhibitions of his work in Tokyo, Kyoto, New York City, St. Louis, Chicago and in the local Monmouth area where he has mounted over 20 shows.
Professional Experience
1999 - Present Professor of Art Emeritus, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
1959
– 1999 Professor
of Art, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Department
Chair, 1959–1979, 1993-1998
Education
1966 Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Syracuse University
1959 Master of Arts, Painting, Michigan State University
1956 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, University of Illinois
Group Shows
2017 Golden Scots Art Exhibition, Everett Art Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
2016-17 Faculty and Student Exhibition, Wallace Hall, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
2016 “Politics on
Paper: Art with an Agenda from the SUArt
Collection,”
Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
2016 Two person show,
Harlow Blum and Ken Daley, West Central IL Art Center,
Macomb, IL
2015 “Revive,” Bucktown Center for the Arts, Davenport, IA
2015 “Nature vs. Man,” with Fisher Stolz, Galesburg Civic Art Center
2012 Golden 60s Art
Exhibition, Monmouth College with John
Vellenga ’61 and
Deeks Carroll ‘61
Solo Exhibitions
2014 “Recent Works in the
Rust Series,” Fusion Theatre Gallery, 230 South Main St.,
Monmouth, IL
2009 Retrospective
exhibition, “40+10,” Everett Art Gallery, Monmouth College,
Monmouth, IL
2007 “Coastal /Canyon Works,” American Soil and Stone Showroom, Richmond, CA
“Coastal;/Canyon Works,” Parkside Restaurant & Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
2006 Q’s Café, Galesburg, Illinois
2000 “Asia- Sensory
Experience and Response” exhibition,
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
1999 “Cedar, Tin, and
Paper,” Recent Collage Paintings,
Monmouth College Everett Art Gallery, Monmouth, Illinois
(A total of 12 exhibitions at Monmouth College, 1960–1999)
1994 Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
1986 Burlington Arts for Living Center, Burlington, Iowa, also in 1969
1984 Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, also in 1966 and 1961
1983 Departure Gallery, New York City, New York
1979 Solo exhibitions at: Mitchell Art Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Aiko’s Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1975 Tokyo American Club Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1972 Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
1969 Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL Also in 1961
1968 Gallerie #16, Kyoto, Japan
Selected Juried Competitions and Prizes
2017 Juror’s Choice Award,
Members and Friends Show, Galesburg Civic
Art Center,
Galesburg, IL
2016 GALEX National Juried
Competition, (held annually) Galesburg Civic Art Center,
Galesburg, IL. Also in 2007, 2006, 1969, 1967
2011 Painting award and
Linda Lytle Memorial Award, Members and Friends Show,
Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2011 64 Arts, National Juried Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2009 Mixed Media Award, 64 Arts,
National Juried Exhibition,
Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2006 Rock Island Fine Arts
Exhibition (held annually) at Augustana College,
Rock Island, Illinois. Also 2003, 1987, 1979, 1978, 1977
(Painting awards in ’77, ’78, ’79)
2003 Juror’s Choice Award, Galesburg Civic Art Center Members Show
2001 First Place Award for Works on Paper, Galesburg Civic Art Center Members Show
1980 Painting Award,
Survey of Regional Painting and Drawing,
Lakeview Art Museum, Peoria,
IL,
1979 1st Small Painting Exhibition, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
1974 Judge’s Special
Mention Award, Container Corporation of America,
Fine Arts Exhibition, Rock Island, IL; also accepted in ’71, ’69, ’68, ’65, ‘63
1973 Alcoa Award, 11th Mid-Mississippi Annual, Davenport, IA
1971 New Horizons in Painting, North Shore Art League Competition, Chicago, IL
Fellowships & Grants
1998 Monmouth Faculty
Development Grant for study in Korea to develop course
materials on Korean art and culture
1989 Sears Roebuck
Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus
Leadership at Monmouth College
1987 National Endowment
for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers
Fellowship, “The Japanese Cultural Tradition,” at Harvard University
1985 Associated Colleges
of the Midwest/Great Lakes College Association Faculty Travel
Grant for study in Japan, (fall ’85 semester);
Monmouth
College Faculty Development Grant (summer ’85) for study in
Southeast Asia to develop course materials on Asian art and culture
1981 National Endowment of
the Humanities Summer Seminar for
College
Teachers Workshop, “The Nature of Abstraction in Early Medieval Art,”
at
State University of New York at Stony Brook
1967-68 Sabbatical leave study in
Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan under the auspices
of an
Associated Colleges of the Midwest/Ford Foundation Non-Western
Studies
Fellowship
Commissions
2007 Collage painting, “Blue Bamboo,” (80”x36”) for private residence in Monmouth, Illinois
1979 Japanese-style dry
rock garden, 28’ triangle, designed and constructed
for
W. Stewart Riley residence, Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Materials: 180 moss rock boulders, sand, and cement
1972 Original etching,
“Ryoanji Garden,” designed for members of the
Monmouth
Society, Friends of Monmouth College,
Monmouth, IL
Travel and Study
2014 Travel to Big Island, Hawaii, exploration of volcanic formations
1998 Travel to Korea to develop course materials on Korean art and culture
1994 Travel to India with
Monmouth College Faculty Group
Photographs
of temples, cave sites, mausoleums taken for use in Asian art
courses
1990 Summer residency in
Jakarta, Indonesia with travel to Yogyakarta.
Study
of Indonesian art and culture with emphasis on batik techniques
1985 Summer travel to
Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia,
and Japan
1974-75 Resident Director,
Associated Colleges of the Midwest East Asian Studies
Program
in Japan, Waseda University, Tokyo
1967-68 Sabbatical leave residency
in Japan, study of Japanese printmaking techniques,
screenmaking, and gardens, in Tokyo and Kyoto
05/2018