Biography

Brian Blow was born in London and trained at St. Martins School of Art and at the Hornsey School of Art. From the late fifties to early sixties he exhibited with several london galleries and with the Finsbury Art Group - a collective of painters associated with the art critic Eric Newton. He continued with commissions but withdrew from public exhibition in the mid 1960s when he began making sculpture. Soulages, Tapies and especially Chillida were important influences. In 1997, he held an exhibition of sculpture, collage and prints at The Rocket Gallery in Old Burlington Street, London. His work is held in private and public collections in the UK, USA Canada and Europe, including the William Scott Foundation, the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Art, Rhode Island, USA.