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Mixed Media Works on Paper
1. Falling, 2008, mixed media on paper, 7” x 11”
2. Tumble, 2008, mixed media on paper, 7” x 11”
3. Studio view, 2008, mixed media on paper, 6” x 4”
4. Ladder, 2008, mixed media on paper, 6” x 8”
5. Classic, 2009, water color, colored pencil, graphite, transfer collage,
    5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
6. Froggy Night, 2008, linoleum print, 6” x 4”
7. Pilgrim, 2008, linoleum print, 6” x 4”
8. Pere Ubu, 2008, mixed media collage on paper, 4” x 6”

Mixed Media Paintings
9. Wasteland, 2007, mixed media collage, 32” x 40”
10. Do It Yourself, 2007, mixed media collage, 32” x 40”
11. Boxes, 2008, mixed media collage, 24” x 28”
12. Rain, 2008, mixed media, 32” x 40”
13. Talking Head #1, 2010, oil and sand on canvas, 40” x 30”
14. Talking Head #2, 2010, oil and sand on canvas, 40” x 30”
15. Talking Head #3, 2010, oil and sand on canvas, 40” x 30”

Earlier Series
16. A Bad Day, 2001, mixed media collage, 15-1/2” x 15-1/2”
17. Lost in the Dark, 2004, mixed media collage, 10” x 8”
18. Enigma, 2005, mixed media, 8” x 10”
19. Go Now, 2005, mixed media collage, 8” x 10”

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1. Uphill, 2006, mixed media collage, 32” x 40”
2. Peak, 2006, mixed media collage, 32” x 40”
3. Flag, 2007, mixed media collage, 32” x 40”
4. Island, 2007, mixed media collage, 40” x 32”
5. Tide, 2008, mixed media collage, 24” x 28”
6. Studio Visit, 2008, mixed media on paper, 10” x 16”

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Contact Information
e-mail: rozartist@verizon.net
web site: www.rosalindbloom.net
Facebook page
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
New work is focused on process, whether on canvas or on paper, but the land and the spirit are concerns that don’t go away.

Education
1985
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certification

1966
Columbia University, New York, NY
MA, Art History

1963
The City College of New York, New York, NY
BA, History, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Residencies
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
1999
Directors Award, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, 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, Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1984
Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award, Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1983
Thouron Prize in Composition,  Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Professional Experience
1997-1998
Instructor, Workshops in transfer printing techniques, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

1995
Instructor, Two day workshop, NJ Summer Arts Institute at Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ

1977-1984
Lecturer in Art History, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

1974-1984
Lecturer in Art History, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Affiliations
Da Vinci Art Alliance

Founding member, Assemblage, A Group of Artists

1986 - 1990
Board member, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1989-1996
Zone One Artists' Cooperative, Philadelphia, PA
Founding member, Treasurer, Steering Committee

Publications
2003
Contemporary Poets, Chelsea House Books, Langhorne, PA

2000
Quotable Women, Running Press, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography
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

1993
Hoffman, Randi, Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA

1988 
Rice, Robin, City Paper, Philadelphia, PA

1986 
Donohoe, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer

Maulfair, Jane, Allentown Morning Call

Collections
Many public and private collections,  including  Wachovia Bank,  the University  of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ,  Magee Rehabilitation Hospital,  and Villanova University.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

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, The 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

1986
Small Works on Paper, Villanova University Art Gallery,
Villanova, PA

Group

2009
Family Ties: The First Wave, Fox Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sizzler, 2nd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Irreverence!, Carano Gallery at Sherman Mills, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Faculty Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Assemblage, Widener University, Chester, PA

2006
Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Portrait/Self-Portrait, Mercer County Community College, Princeton Junction, NJ

Assemblage, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2003
Assemblage, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

2002
Zone One Re-Union, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA

2000
Green, Pagus Gallery, Norristown Art Building, Norristown, PA

Alumni Exhibition, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA

1999
In Her Voice, Berman Museum at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

National Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

1998
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

Zone One Gallery, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

Assemblage at Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ

1997
The Unbroken Line,  Museum of American Art, Phila. PA

The Continuing Line, Rosemont College Art Gallery,
Rosemont, PA

1996
Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

Zone One, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

1995
A Little Art Music, Borowsky Gallery, Gershman Y,
Philadelphia, PA

State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Zone One at Leslie Eadeh Gallery, Wayne, PA

Silence and other Defined Spaces, Tribute to John Cage, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

Pavilion Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ

1994
Zone One At the Center for the Arts of Southern New Jersey, Haddon Twnshp., NJ

Assemblage at Hopkins House, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Haddon,NJ

Reassembled, Leslie Eadeh Gallery, Devon, PA

Assemblage at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

Preassembled, Leslie Eadeh Gallery, Devon, PA

Zone One Plus One, 2nd St. Art Building,  Philadelphia, PA

1993
Seven Deadly Sins, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

Center for the  Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Juror: Dan Concholar 

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
Jurors: Larry Becker, Heidi Nivling, and Lanny Bergner

Leslie Eadeh Gallery, Devon, PA

1992
Influences, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

2D or Not 2D, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Juror: Edward Fry

Creative Spirits of the 2nd St. Art Building, Centre Square, Philadelphia, PA

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
Juror: Judith Tannenbaum

2nd St. Art Building at Borders Book Store, Philadelphia, PA

1991
Endangered Landscapes, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Curator: Pat Stewart

Transformations, 2nd St. Art Building, Philadelphia, PA

Zone One At Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Dream Collector, Collaborative Installation,  Assemblage Artists Group, Cheltenham, PA

1990
Art at the Armory, 103rd Engineers Armory, Philadelphia, PA

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
Jurors: Peter Blume and Virginia Steele

Spring Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juror: Rachel Maxwell

1989
Fellowship, PAFA, at American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Juror: Frank Hyder

Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham  Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Juror: Terrie Sultan

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
Juror: Richard Torchia

1988
Triennial Exhibition: Philadelphia Artists Equity, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Lynn Gumpert

Center  for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Juror: Judith Tannenbaum

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
Juror: Jessica Berwind

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Carol Wald and Walter Erlebacher

1987
Women's Expressive Lives, Muse Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Judith Tannenbaum

1986
Contemporary Women Artists of Philadelphia, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Invitational

New Visions of Family, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Juror: Miriam Schapiro

Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Jurors: A. Fabbri, Moe Brooker, and Peter Kinney

Painting Show, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Juror: Dore Ashton