Lance Blomgren

Lance Blomgren
Born1970 (age 55–56)
Cumberland, British Columbia
Education
Occupationwriter

Lance Blomgren (born 1970) is a Canadian writer who is known for his published fiction and essays.

He grew up in Courtenay, British Columbia and spent various years living and writing in Victoria, British Columbia, Montreal, Quebec, Las Cruces, New Mexico and Vancouver, British Columbia.

He completed a degree from the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia,[citation needed] and in 2000 a master's degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.

Apart from his books, Blomgren's writing has appeared frequently in Matrix magazine (Montreal), ascent magazine (Montreal), Geist, (Vancouver) and Visual Codec (Seattle).

In 1998, his publication, Liner won the Canadian bpNichol Award.[citation needed] In 2004, his collection Corner Pieces was nominated for the Canadian ReLit Award.

He is also noted as a curator and critic of contemporary visual art, having curated for the Rad'a gallery in Montreal,[citation needed] the Helen Pitt Gallery in Vancouver, and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon, and having published writing about art in various journals and publications internationally including, Art Asia Pacific (New York), Fillip (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Informal Architectures (London, United Kingdom, Black Dog Publishing).

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References

  1. ↑ "Class Acts". Concordia University Magazine. Vol. 25, no. 3. September 2002. p. 28. Retrieved July 5, 2026 – via Internet Archive. Lance Blomgren, MA 00
  2. ↑ "ReLit finalists announced". St. John's Telegram. 12 June 2005. p. B5. ProQuest 344405828.
  3. ↑ Burnham, Clint (5 October 2005). "Four galleries getting new curators". Vancouver Sun. p. C2. ProQuest 242223667.
  4. ↑ "Manual for Beginners". Broken Pencil. No. 5. Summer 1997. pp. 62–63. ProQuest 1432908508.
  5. ↑ "Zine of the Month: October". Broken Pencil. No. 6. Winter 1998. p. 10. ProQuest 1432701482.
  6. ↑ Gordon, Spencer (Winter 2010). "Walkups". Broken Pencil. No. 46. Toronto. p. 48. ProQuest 356933331.
  7. ↑ Pohl-Weary, Emily (Spring 2001). "Walkups". Broken Pencil. No. 15. Toronto. p. 68. ProQuest 1432024077.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Bruce (3 February 2001). "Montreal seen from 74 apartments: Poet has unique perspective on city". The Gazette. Montreal. p. J5. ProQuest 433693891. Retrieved 5 July 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ McAslan, Simon (Fall 2000 – Winter 2001). "Truth, Lies and Apartments". Montreal Review of Books. Vol. 4, no. 1. p. 14. ProQuest 195274508. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011.
  10. ↑ Kevin Connolly, "Living Apartments", Eye Weekly Toronto, 2001
  11. ↑ Niedzviecki, Hal (2002). "Oasis". Broken Pencil. No. 18. Toronto. p. 78. ProQuest 1704959293.
  12. ↑ "Explicit, chaotic, humane [Corner Pieces] [Mac Tin Tac]". Montreal Review of Books. Vol. 8, no. 2. Spring–Summer 2005. p. 11. ProQuest 195282461.