Rosalind Bloom
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Phone: (610) 420-1733
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Artist's Biography
Born and raised in NYC, Rosalind Bloom attended what was then the High School of Music and Art, graduated with honors from the City College of NY and then received an MA in Art History from Columbia University. After relocating to the Philadelphia area, Bloom taught art history at Rosemont College and Villanova University and earned her four-year certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She eventually gave up the classroom for full time in the studio, and currently creates mixed media work that features collage and transfer print techniques.
In addition to being an artist member of InLiquid, she is active with the Women’s Caucus for Art, DVAA, and was a founding member of Assemblage Artists Collective. Her work is in both public and private collections, and appears in various publications.
Artist's Statement
Collaged elements, many cut out of older abstract paintings, mutate or evolve into fictional beings; vaguely animal, bird, insect, or human. These creatures play, converse, attract/repel one another visually and emotionally across the spaces between them. They remind us of how we interact with one another, our fellow creatures, and the world at large. The settings in which these “conversations” occur reflect my response to and concern for the natural environment. In addition to collage, transfer print and found images play an important role.
Art is all about transformation and it’s the process that gets us there. Where that turns out to be is often a surprise.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2019
Small Works, Industrious Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Reborn/Reconfigured, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Faces and Figures, Smile Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Generation to Generation, Main Line Unitarian Church, Wayne, PA
2005
Moment to Moment, Atlantic Cape Community College Gallery, NJ
2004
Paintings and Work on Paper, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
2002
New Work, Gallery at the Ritz, Oaklyn, NJ
1998
Mostly Small Creatures, Art Alliance Satellite Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Paintings, Conant Gallery, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
1995
Lineal Connections, Paintings and Work on Paper, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993
New Paintings and Drawings, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Paintings and Drawings, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986
Paintings, Lawrence Hall Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
Small Works on Paper, Villanova University Art Gallery, Villanova, PA
Two & Four Person Exhibitions
2020
Ebb and Flow, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
With Sarah R. Bloom
Nature/Nurture, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
With Sarah R. Bloom, Eleanor Schimmel, Daniel Schimmel
2018
Look at Us, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
With Sarah R. Bloom, Colleen Gahrmann, Charlotte Schatz
2015
Reclamations, Da Vinci Art Allliance, Philadelphia, PA and The New Leaf Club, Rosemont, PA
With Sarah R. Bloom
Group
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
State Museum at Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Berman Museum at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
International House at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Penn State Great Valley, Devault, PA
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
Mercer County Community College, West Windsor Township, NJ
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Widener University, Chester, PA
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Fox Art Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Norristown Art Building, Norristown, PA
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Center for the Arts of Southern NJ, Marlton, NJ
Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Hopkins House, Camden, NJ
Riverfront Renaissance Center, Millville, NJ
Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
110 Church St. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ryan John Art Salon, Fairfield, CT
Smile Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
Assemblage, Thos.Moser, Philadelphia, PA
Artists Equity at MGOPA, PA
Carpenter St. Studios, Philadelphia, PA
InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
Gallery 50, Bridgeton, NJ,
3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia PA,
High 5 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
International House, Philadelphia, PA
Arising in Rykjavik, Iceland
Artist's Bibliography
2019
Beech, Aja, Broad Street Review
2018
"Look at Us Exhibition Opens July 6", City Suburban News
2017
Thornton, John, "Assemblage at the Delaware Art Museum"
"Assemblage A REgional Collective of Women Artists" WDDE
Crimmins, Peter, "Delaware exhibit shines spotlight on region's oldest informal artist collective," Newsworks, May 12, 2017
2015
Friedman, Sally, "At Perkins, arts collective marks 30 years," Courier-Post, June 25, 2015
2014
Brewer, Don, "Hot" DonArtNews
2012
Schwartz, Chip, "ASSEMBLAGE WOMEN'S ARTIST COLLECTIVE" Knight Foundation
2010
Miller PhD., Debra, Da Vinci Art Alliance Warholized: The Silver Show"
Brewer, Don, "Rosalind Bloom & Sharri Jerue,Faces and Figures, Curated by Dr. Debra Miller" DonArtNews
2007
Fowler, Marie, Main Line Times
2004
Donohoe, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer
1996
Watkins, Eileen, Trenton Star Ledger
1995
Sozanski, Edward, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rice, Robin, Eyelevel, Philadelphia, PA
Donohoe, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer
1993
Donohoe, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer
Hoffman, Randi, Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA
1988
Rice, Robin, City Paper, Philadelphia, PA
1986
Donohoe, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer
1986
Maulfair, Jane, Allentown Morning Call
Publications
2020
Philadelphia Stories, Summer 2020 issue, Philadelphia, PA
Cover image
2018
Philadelphia Stories, Winter 2018 issue, Philadelphia, PA
Cover image
2003
Contemporary Poets, Chelsea House Books, Langhorne, PA
2000
Quotable Women, Running Press, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Experience
1997 - 1998
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Transfer Printing Workshop Instructor
1995
NJ Summer Arts Institute at Rider College
Transfer Printing Workshop Instructor
1977 - 1984
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
Lecturer in Art History
1974 - 1984
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Lecturer in Art History
Fellowships
1996
Two Week Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1994
One month fully funded residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
Awards and Honors
2014
First Prize, Some Like It Hot, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Pat Burns Memorial Award, Envisioning Romeo & Juliet, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Painting Prize, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Painting Prize, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Directors Award, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Painting Prize, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Painting Prize, Mayfair, Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
1986
Purchase Award, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Rutgers, Camden, NJ
Painting Award, Juried Show, AIP Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
1985
Plastic Club Prize, Philadelphia, PA
1984
Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1983
Thouron Prize in Composition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Affiliations
InLiquid
Da Vinci Art Alliance
Women's Caucus for Art
Education
1985
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Four year certificate
1966
Columbia University, New York, NY
MA, Art History
1963
The City College of New York,
BA, History, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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Derive @ Da Vinci Art Alliance
PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION: June 9th, 2021 at 7pm on Zoom All art comes from somewhere, a place, a reference, a … See Full Post
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Subjective Perspective
Coming out of 2020, there probably isn’t a long list of things we as a society could all agree on. … See Full Post
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Ebb & Flow
Nature reclaims what is hers. Whether by destructive or creative measures, nature repurposes. In the two-woman exhibition, Ebb & Flow, … See Full Post
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Light
A DVAA MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION IN GALLERY 1 @ DVAA PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, December 2, 7-8pm | Register here 2020 … See Full Post
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Members Shed “Light” at DVAA
Alan Lankin, Annie Stone, Barbara Dirnbach, Bill Brookover, Brenda Howell, Brooke Lanier, Cheryl Levin, Diane Lachman, Ellen Abraham, Florence Weisz, Frank M. Gaydos, Gary Grissom, Jenn Hallgren, Linda Dubin Garfield, Louis Gribaudo, Mary Powers Holt, Michael Marks, Orlando Saverino-Loeb, Pamela Tudor, Phyllis Anderson, Rebecca Schultz, Rosalind Bloom, Sally K. Eisenberg, Sam Koren, Sandi Neiman Lovitz, and Terri Fridkin are all in Da Vinci Art Alliance’s members exhibition, Light. The show, which runs December 2 – December 20, 2020, will have a virtual opening reception Wednesday, December 2 at 7 pm.
Feature image: Harborview, Golden Hour, Brooke Lanier
