As the three exhibition catalogs show, Vern Blosum was a rising artist in the 1960's, exhibiting his pop inspired paintings alongside the likes of Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Rucha and Roy Lichtenstein. Vern Blosum was in actuality an alias constructed by a young, abstract painter living in New York. Despite growing interest in his work--one of his paintings was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art--the absence of Blosum's biographical information seemingly put an end to the artist's ruse and he was almost lost to time. Last year, however, Vern Blossom surfaced again, with two widely reviewed exhibitions at galleries in New York and Los Angeles. A solo exhibition of Blosum's work will be presented later this year at Kunsthalle Bern in Switzerland. Wishing to remain anonymous, the identity of the artist behind Vern Blosum is still unknown.
- John Coplans. Pop Art USA: An Exhibition Presented by the Oakland Art Museum and the California College of Arts & Crafts, Organized by John Coplans, Shown September 7 to 29, 1963, at the Oakland Art Museum. Oakland, CA: Oakland Art Museum, 1963.
- Alan R. Solomon. ed. The Popular Image Exhibition: Washington Gallery of Art, April 18 Through June 2, 1963. Washington, D.C.: The Gallery, 1963.
- Mixed Media and Pop Art: November 19-December 15, 1963. Buffalo, N.Y: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy : Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1963.
- Anne Doran. "Vern Blosum: Essex Street," Art in America, November 2013, p. 171.