Education
1994 Roya Academy Post Graduate Diploma in Painting, Royal Academy Schools, London
1991 BA (Hons) Fine Art 2/1 Nottingham Polytechnic
1988 Foundation Certificate in Art and Design, Stourbridge College
Collections
Paul Bloomer’s work can be found in public collections including the Shetland Museum, Dudley Art Gallery, Walsall Art Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Barnett Council, Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, St Georges Hospital, London, Free Fields Collection, Ruth Borchard Collection and private collections worldwide.
Awards
2006 Vaila Fine Art Prize for Best Painting, Shetland Open Exhibition
2003 Prize for Best Painting, Shetland Open Exhibition
2001 John Gouldie Prize (Printmaking)
1998 John Gouldie Prize (Printmaking)
1995 Apthorpe Fund (Painting)
1994 Marks and Spencer Award (Painting and Printmaking)
1994 Joseph Webb Award for most outstanding student of etching under 35
1994 John Purcell Printmaking Prize
1992 Dudley Art Gallery Purchase Prize
1992 Hennington Award for Figurative Composition
1992 Arthur Hacker Prize for Drawing
Selected Exhibitions
2020 How Then Shall We Live, Art North Project Rooms
2020 Entering the Dark, collection of etchings, Kilmorack Gallery
2018 The Return of the Light, collection of etchings, Kilmorack Gallery
2017 A Prayer for the Healing of the Nations, solo exhibition, Shetland Museum
2016 Today- Sumi ink drawings, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2016 Pulling the print, group exhibition, Tatha Gallery, Dundee
2015 Flight- Solo exhibition of woodcut prints, Kilmorack Gallery
2015 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, London- prize winner
2013-2014 How Then Shall We Now Live, solo exhibition, Mareel, Shetland
2013 How Then Shall We Now Live, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2011 Unseen, solo exhibition, Vaila Fine Art, Shetland
2010 Facing the Sea, solo exhibition, Boundary Gallery, London
2009 Facing the Sea, solo exhibition, Shetland Museum
2008 2 Large for ZE / Too Small for The Planet, Group Show, Vaila fine Art, Shetland
2008 Solo Exhibition, The Art Gallery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
2007 From The Black Country to Shetland, solo exhibition, Boundary Gallery, London
2007-Soup, Contemporary Collage, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2006 Highland and Island Artists, UHI Millennium Building, Inverness
2005 A Brush with Words, Martins Gallery, Cheltenham
2005 Light, Burlington Fine Art, London
2004 20th Century Perspectives, Burlington Fine Art, London
2004 Veer North Veers west, Scalloway Woollen Mill, Shetland
2004 Veer North Inaugural Exhibition, Shetland Museum
2003 Recent Woodcuts, solo exhibition, Shetland Museum
2000 Journey Man, solo exhibition, Shetland Museum
1999 Streams of Living Water, solo exhibition, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
1998 A Tale of Two Cities, solo exhibition, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland and touring
1998 Boundary Landscapes, Boundary Gallery, London
1998 Solo Exhibition, Shetland Museum
1998 Lyrical Orientations, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art, Southampton
1997 Solo Exhibition, Clode Gallery, Bridgenorth
1997 Mid Art (Print Prize Winner) Dudley Art Gallery
1996 Before and After, The Royal Academy, Boundary Gallery, London
1991-1999, 2001,2005 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1995 Mid Art (Prize Winner) Dudley Art Gallery
1995 Making A Mark, Mall Gallery, London
1994 Open Exhibition Royal Overseas League, London
1994 Open Door 40 British Artists, London
1994 National Print Exhibition (Second Prize) Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
1994 New Discoveries, Boundary Gallery, London
1994 In Search of the Black Country, Walsall Art Gallery
1994 National Print Exhibition (Prize Winner) Mall Galleries, London
1993 Solo Exhibition, The Weathered Wall Gallery, Seattle
Selected Publications and Articles
Exhibition Catalogue- Art North Project Rooms 2020
How Then Shall We Now Live, Art North Magazine, Issue 5/6 2020
Entering the Dark Exhibition Catalogue, Kilmorack Gallery, 2019
A Song of Home, Essay by Malachy Tallack, Art North issue 4, Winter 2019
A Song of Hope, essay by Malachy Tallack, Sep 2019, Caught by the River
The Return of the Light, Exhibition Catalogue, Kilmorack Gallery 2018
The Tensions of the Global Village, James McKenzie, Shetland News, June 2017
Trump War and Facebook, Peter Davis, Shetland Times Revue, June 2017
All one in Life and death, Alex Purbrick, Shetland Life, 2017
How Then Shall We Now Live, Laura Friedlander, Shetland times, December 2014
How Then Shall We Now Live, interview with Zusanna O’Rourke, Shetland life,
December 2013
I –Art, Jordan Ogg, Shetland Life, June 2011
The Water Colour’s Clinch it, Peter Davis, Shetland News, May 2nd 2011
Technology Meets Art in ‘Brushes ’Exhibition, Jordan Ogg, Shetland Times, April 15th 2011
Facing The Sea- Art of England, April 2010
Contemplating Life whilst Facing the Sea, Gerald Isaaman, Camden New Journal,15th April 2010
Television Programmes / Films
Heart of the Country, Central T.V. April 27th 1997
How then shall we now live, Art of Scotland TV, Nov 23rd 2013
Teaching
Lecturer in Art at Shetland College UHI since 1997
Currently Site Leader of BA (Hons) Fine Art