"Any truly creative work should be a revelation to the beholder, an extension of his experiences of life, not a confirmation of what he already knows."

(Ronald Bloore, from an information panel at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa)

Ronald Bloore was born in 1925 in Brampton, Ontario. During the course of his education he studied art and art history in Canada, the United States and England, and received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts at Washington University.

Ronald Bloore accepted the position of director of the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina in 1958, reaching a major turning point in his life. He quickly emerged as one of Canada’s most dynamic art gallery directors, exhibiting contemporary Canadian art. In 1960, Bloore mounted an exhibition of works by four local artists and himself, all of whom created art that was non-representational and experimental. They were given the name The Regina Five, and drew nation-wide attention when the show was picked up by the National Gallery of Canada in 1961. They were: Ronald Bloore, Ted Godwin, Ken Lochhead, Art McKay and Douglas Morton.

As one of Canada’s foremost contemporary artists, Ronald Bloore has exhibited extensively including Winnipeg Show, the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1958, 1960, 1962), 87th Annual Exhibition: The Ontario Society of Artists Art Gallery of Ontario (1959), Four Canadians Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario) (1959), Five Painters From Regina National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1961), Sao Paulo Biennial Exhibition, Brazil (1961), Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1961), Here and Now Gallery (first solo exhibition 1962), Art of Spain and the Americas-Madrid Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1963), The 32nd Vancouver Art Gallery Annual (1963), Canadian Painting 1939-1963 The Tate Gallery, London, England (1964), Dorothy Cameron Gallery (1965), New Brunswick Museum, Saint John (1965) Canadian Prints and Drawings Exhibition Commonwealth Arts Festival, Cardiff, Wales (1965), Statements: 18 Canadian Artists Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina (1967), Painting In Canada Canadian Pavilion, Expo ‘67, Montreal (1967), Jerrold Morris Gallery Toronto (solo exhibitions 1968,1970,1972,1973,1976), Seventh Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1968), The Canada Council Collection Exhibition of Canadian Art National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1969), Saskatchewan: Art and Artists Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina (1971), Ronald Bloore: Some Paintings and Drawings from 1958-1972 Hart House Art Gallery, Toronto (1972) Recent Vanguard Acquisitions Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (1972), Present Company (In Pursuit of Recent Art) Art Galllery of Ontario, Toronto (1974), Ronald Bloore: Sixteen Years 1958-1974 Art Gallery of Windsor (traveling-1975), Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver (1976), R.L. Bloore New Byzantine Lights and Other Paintings 1960-76 MacDonald Gallery, Toronto (1976), R.L. Bloore 1977-78 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto (1978), Paintings and Works on Paper "Summer ‘79" Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto (1979), Paintings and Sculpture Quan and King Gallery (1981), Robertson Gallery, Ottawa (1982), Moore Gallery, Hamilton (1988, 1993, 1995), The Flat Side of The Landscape Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (1989), Ronald Bloore Retrospective Mackenzie Art Gallery (traveling-1992), Ronald Bloore: The Brushline Series Moore Gallery, Toronto (1998).

R.L. Bloore is a member of the Order of Canada, and received an Honorary Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) Degree from York University in Toronto. Ronald Bloore currently lives and works in Toronto.