I create photographic and mixed-media works that explore perception through the reinterpretation of landscape. Using layered imagery and shifting visual structures, I investigate the unstable boundary between observation, memory, and interpretation.
Education
- 2006 – MBA – University of Toronto
- 1994 – Fine Art Diploma – Ontario College of Art
- 1991 – Master of Architecture – Dalhousie University
Exhibitions
2026
- “Ontario Society of Artists 152nd Open Juried Exhibition”, Art Gallery of Georgina, Ontario (winner of the “The Art Gallery of Georgina Award”)
- “The Internal Universe” – GUM Gallery – Meaford, Ontario
- “The Nature of Seeing”, – The Gallery at L.E. Shore – Thornbury, Ontario
- SCA 2026 Open International Online Juried Exhibition
- Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (online) – City of Toronto
2025
- “Fifth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts”, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
- “(Extra)ordinary” – Meaford Hall Art Gallery – Meaford, Ontario
- ”Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (online)” – City of Toronto
- “Georgian Bay: Muse”- Meaford Hall Art Gallery – Meaford, Ontario
2024
- “Ephemeral Structures” – The Gallery at L.E. Shore – Thornbury, Ontario
- “Meaford 150” – Craig Gallery – Meaford, Ontario
- ”Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (online)” – City of Toronto
- “Clouds and Waves” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
2023
- ”Eco Art Exhibit 2023” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”Parkdale Biennale” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (online)” – City of Toronto
- ”Landscapes 2023” – John B. Aird Gallery – Toronto
- ”A City – Une Ville” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
2022
- ”The Meaford Show” Craig Gallery – Meaford, Ontario
- ”Eco Art Exhibit” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”25th Anniversary Exhibit” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
2021
- “Quest for the Environment” (online show) – Quest Art School + Gallery – Midland
- ”Emerging Artists” (online show) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”City of Dreams” (online show) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”The Changing Landscape” (online and in gallery) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”Art Works Oakville – 21st Annual Juried Show” (online (in gallery in Nov.) – Oakville
2020
- “Covid-19 Portraits” (online show) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- ”Coming Home” (online show) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “A Brave New World” (online and in gallery) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “Art Parkdale Fair International” (online and in gallery) – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
2019
- “Fleck Fine Art Winter / Spring 2019 Catalogue Exhibition” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
- “Melissa Tseng – Mikael Sandblom” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
2018
- “Mikael Sandblom: ‘Full Fathom Five’ and Other Paintings” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
- “Fleck Fine Art Spring 2018 Catalogue Exhibition” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
- “Phosphenes – New Work by Mikael Sandblom” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
- “Breadcrumbs” – Gallery 1313 Toronto
2017
- “All Rivers Flow into the Sea” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “20th Anniversary Exhibition” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “Mikael Sandblom and France-Marie Trepanier” – Cedar Ridge Gallery – Toronto
- “The Artist Project” – Toronto
- “Fleck Fine Art Winter 2016-17 Catalogue Exhibition” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
- “The Structures” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition” – Toronto
- “Fleck Fine Art Fall 2017 Catalogue Exhibition” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
- “Queen West Art Crawl” – Toronto
- “Collective 20” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “Compression – New work by Mikael Sandblom” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
- “Fleck Fine Art Winter 2017 Catalogue Exhibition” – Elaine Fleck Gallery – Toronto
2016
- “Holiday Show” – Studio 21 – Halifax
- “City of Art II” – Gallery 1313 – Toronto
2002
- “Mikael Sandblom” – Studio 21 – Halifax
1999
- “At the Great Harbour” – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia – Halifax
- The work was published in the exhibition catalogue and AGNS subsequently purchased the work.
1998
- “Mikael Sandblom & Drew Klassen” – Studio 21 – Halifax
1997
- “Mikael Sandblom & Ian Hobson” – Studio 21 – Halifax
- “Determining Silence” – Dead Industry- Toronto
1996
- “LIST” – Wynick-Tuck Gallery- Toronto
1995
- “D.I.7” – Dead Industry – Toronto
- “Mikael Sandblom: Paintings” – Studio 21 – Halifax
- “Collage to Construction” – Dead Industry – Toronto
- “Between Hand & Eye” – Dead Industry – Toronto
1994
- “Making, Mapping; Marking” Dead Industry – Toronto
Public Art
2026 “The Attentive Horizon”, Window Murals at Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre, Oakville, Ontario. Commissioned after a public competition.
2022 “Waves” and “Clouds”, Jacquard Tapestries installed at ‘Evolv’ apartments, 25 Nicholas Ave, Toronto. Commissioned after a public competition.
2020 “Eastern Gap” Wall relief mural / sculpture installed at ‘DuEast’ condominium, 225 Sumach St, Toronto. Commissioned by Daniels Development Corp after a public competition.
Art Reviews
2024
October, 2024 “Mikael Sandblom at Gallery 1313” , Artoronto.ca by Hugh Alcock
2020
- 29 August, 2020 “In an unfamiliar world, Mikael Sandblom seeks ‘The Way Back Home’ in art” The Toronto Star by Deborah Dundas
- May, 2020 “COVID 19 Portraits – Online Exhibitions at Gallery 1313” ArToronto.ca by Emese Krunák-Hajagos
2019
- September, 2019 “Sandblom and Tseng at Elaine Fleck” ArToronto.ca by Hugh Alcock
2018
- October, 2018 “Mikael Sandblom and the Art of Perception” ArToronto.ca by Hugh Alcock
1997
- 19 June, 1997 “At the Galleries” Chronicle-Herald (Halifax) by Elissa Barnard
- Winter 1997 “Mikael Sandblom & Ian Hobson” ARTS Atlantic by Gil McElroy
1996
- Spring/Summer 1996 “Through an Architectural Eye, Some Art by Mikael Sandblom” ARTS Atlantic by R. Kircher
1995
- Nov. 5, 1995 “Young Painters Prove You Can’t Pin Good Art Down” The Globe and Mail by John Bently Mays
- Spring, 1995 “Dead Industry” Canadian Art by Betty Anne Jordan
- November, 1995 “The Big Picture” Eye Magazine by Oliver Girling
1994
- May, 1994 “Young Turks Mess With Your Head” Eye Magazine by Oliver Girling
Selected Collections
- TD Bank Art Collection
- Daniels Corporation
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Writing
Exhibition reviews written by Mikael Sandblom:
- October, 2025, Hugh Alcock at Yorkminster Park Gallery
- October, 2024, “Caroline Larsen at General Hardware”
- February, 2024, “Hugh Alcock: Listen! at Gallery 1313”
- February, 2024, “Brian Boigon at Christie Contemporary”
- November, 2023, “Up Close at Art Toronto”
- September, 2023 “Kate Wilson at General Hardware”
- June, 2023 “Kal Mansur at Myta Sayo Gallery”
- November, 2022 “NetherMind ‘Elegy’”
- October, 2022 “Making Magic at Art Toronto”
- February, 2022 “Lyla Rye at General Hardware Contemporary”
- October, 2021 “Christian Eckart at General Hardware”
- August, 2021 “Photography is Hard at Daniel Faria Gallery”
- May, 2021 “Urban life and the pandemic @ CONTACT”
- February, 2021 “The Time Being at Angell Gallery”
- November, 2020 “Stefan Berg: Counterpoint at United Contemporary”
- November, 2020 “Art Toronto 2020 Pop-Up at Stephen Bulger Gallery”
- September, 2020 “Graham Gillmore At General Hardware Contemporary”
- March, 2020 “Eli Langer at Clint Roenisch”
- January, 2020 “Fossil Record at General Hardware Contemporary”
- December, 2019 “Hugh Alcock: In the Dusk of the Woods / Gallery 1313”
- September, 2019 “Matthew Giffin at Helio Gallery”
- July, 2019 “Joe Fleming at General Hardware Contemporary”
- May, 2019 “Nadia Belerique at Castle Frank”
- March, 2019 “Paul Collins: Marginalia at General Hardware Contemporary”
- January, 2019 “Nicole Jenny at Gallery 1313”
- November, 2018 “John Hartman at Nicholas Metivier Gallery”