Living in Rovaniemi, Finland, Tom Engblom works within the concepts of the Still Life. Binding symbolic values of objects within his still life artworks, Engblom creates a visual game that leads to new and unpredictable contents and levels of interpretations.
“As a sculptor, I have long been working with the topic of composition”
“What interests me in the topic lies in the symbolism of objects. Fusing the value judgements attached to different objects creates a type of visual play that brings new and even unexpected subjects, levels of interpretation and atmospheres into a given situation.”
Mr. Engblom completed an MA at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, in 2005. He has exhibited extensively and has had solo shows in the Rovaniemi Art Museum, the Tromsö Art Museum and Galleria Sculptor in Helsinki.
He is represented in the collections of The Finnish State Art Commission, the City of Rovaniemi and the Wihuri Foundation, Tom Engblom is the Lecturer of Sculpture at the University of Lapland, faculty of art and design.