Contact Information
Phone: (610) 420-1733
Artist's Biography
Rosalind Bloom is a founding member of Assemblage Artists Collective, the region’s oldest informal artist collective, and as such, was recently interviewed by both WHYY and WDDE. She has been exhibiting independently since graduating from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1985. Born and raised in NYC, she attended what was then the High School of Music and Art. After moving to the Philadelphia area in 1972 with an MA in Art History from Columbia University she taught that subject at Rosemont College and Villanova University, eventually giving up the classroom for the studio. She has been an artist in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. Her work is on the cover of Contemporary Poets, from Chelsea House Press and is included in Quotable Women, published by Running Press of Philadelphia. She is currently an active member of the Women’s Caucus for Art and the DaVinci Art Alliance.
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 or repel one another visually and emotionally across the spaces between them, reminding us of how we interact with one another, our fellow creatures, and the world at large. The settings in which these “conversations” occur reflect a response to, and a concern for, the natural environment. In addition to collage transfer print techniques play a major role in my work. Art is all about transformation and it’s the process that gets us there. Where, exactly, that turns out to be, is often a surprise.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2015
Reclamations, Da Vinci Art Allliance, 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
Group
2017
Assemblage Artists Collective, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Nasty Women Express Themselves, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
Art in the Age of Injustice, Women’s Caucus for Art, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Arising, Yoko Ono, Reykjavík Art Museum, Rykjavik, Iceland
Outside In, WCA, Scotts Mills, Philadelphia, PA
Color, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
The Grass is Greener, Carpenter St. Studios, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Common Ground; Singular Vision, Assemblage at Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
From Isolation to Collaboration, Assemblage at Penn State Great Valley, PA
Celebrating 30 Years, Assemblage at Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Women Do, WCA, postcard show, United Nations, New York, NY
Traveling Exhibition
Medium, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Tri State Artists Equity, Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
Something Cool, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2014
From Isolation to Collaboration, Assemblage Artists Collective, Henry Gallery, Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, PA
Artists Equity, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Connections, Women’s Caucus for Art, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Artists Equity, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA
Ritual, Single Sheet Book Show, 110 Church St. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Picturing Poetry & Prose, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Artists Equity, Goggle Works, Reading, PA
Envisioning Othello, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Paper Dolls, Women’s Caucus for the Arts
Traveling Exhibition
2012
Re/using our Re/sources, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
National Collage Society, Berman Museum, Ursinus University, Collegeville, PA
2011
Little Red Traveling Journal, Women’s Caucus for the Arts
Assemblage Stedman Gallery, Rutgers Univ., Camden, NJ
Envisioning Shakespeare, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Women & Water, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, International House, Philadelphia, PA
Artist's Bibliography
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
2003
Contemporary Poets, Chelsea House Books, Langhorne, PA, 2003
2000
Quotable Women, Running Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
Professional Experience
1997 - 1998
Workshop Instructor, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
1996
Two week residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1995
Workshop Instructor, NJ Summer Arts Institute at Rider College
1994
One month fully funded residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
1977 - 1984
Lecturer in Art History, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
1974 - 1984
Lecturer in Art History, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
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
Assemblage Artists Collective, Founding member
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