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Randy Bloom is an American painter whose work has been exhibited internationally for over four decades, spanning solo and group shows in New York, Tokyo, Paris, and beyond. Known for a vibrant use of color and an expressive abstract style, Bloom’s paintings bridge the tactile qualities of material with the emotional resonance of place. She has shown in respected venues including the Betty Parsons Gallery, Everson Museum Syracuse, Tribes Gallery, and numerous solo exhibitions at Sideshow Gallery. Her work has been featured in critical publications such as The New York Times, NY Arts Magazine, Vogue: Australia (“New York”) and Partisan Review, and is held in notable collections including The World Bank, The Johannesburg Art Foundation, Itoyama Collection:Tokyo; Lord & Taylor and the National Museum Monuments & Art Gallery in Gaborone, Botswana.

In addition to her studio practice, Bloom has contributed to the international arts community as a curator, educator, and workshop leader across Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. From her early participation in the Triangle Artists Workshop in New York to facilitating creative exchange at A gathering of the Tribes, NY, Thupelo and Thapong workshops in South Africa and Botswana, she has championed global artistic dialogue. Her career reflects a dedication not only to painting but to cultivating connections—turning both soil and canvas into places where creativity blooms. And every brushstroke tells a story.”

Bibliography

Halasz, Piri, “Bloom: Mini and/or color, NY Arts Magazine,Vol. 6  No. 5, 2001
Steve Cannon,  “Earsay” Randy Bloom” Night Magazine Number 47 June  2001
Celia McGee, “Now Entertainment, Smart Art” NY Daily News April 28, 2001
Michael Carter , “Disengo e Colore, Easton PA” Night Magazine,  No. 42, 1999
James Little , “The, Hells Kitchen Show” Night Magazine,  No. 42, 1999
Halasz, Piri, “Six Painters, Hells Kitchen Show, and John Marin, NY Arts Magazine,Vol. 4  No. 3,1999
Halasz, Piri,  “Art” & The Matinee Ladies: Night Magazine Number 39 June 1998
Halasz,Piri, From the Mayors Doorstep, Issues 6, 7, 8, 14 ,15 ,17, 19, 24, 30, 33, 35 1996-2001
Lee Klien, Salonika Quarterly Vol 1 Issue1, 1998
Lee Klien, NY Arts Magazine, #18 February-March 1998
Halasz,Piri,   “Ella’s Bloom at the Gershwin’ ,Lingo # 7  , 1997
Halasz,Piri,  New New Painting and Small Gems Night Magazine Number 33 Feb 1997
Sarah Bailey,  Art in New York,  British ELLE , Hip City Guide to New York Oct 1996
Rubin, Robert Henry, Randy Bloom, Night Magazine  Number 29, Spring 1996
Wilkin  Karen, At The Galleries, Partisan Review 1, Winter, 1994
Wilkin Karen, Two Plus Three,  catalogue to the exhibition, June 26- August 15, 1985
Tatransky, Valentin, Two Plus Three, Arts Magazine, October, 1985
Brenson Michael,  Two Plus Three, New York Times, August 16, 1985
Tatransky, Valentin, Cora K. Ward, catalogue to the exhibition, 1985
Cotton, Judy  “New York”  Vogue Australia,  November, 1985
Three New York Women Artists at Helander/ Rubinstein, Palm Beacher Magazine May 8, 1985
Tatransky, Valentin “Suzanne McClelland/Samia Halaby” Arts Magazine, January, 1984
Moffett, Kenworth  Moffetts’ Art Letter -Vol. I, No 2 April 1986, Vol I, nos.7/8 Sept /Oct 1986,
Vol II, no. 7 Sept, 1987, vol III, no.1 March 1988 “Special Supplement # 2 March 1986

 

Selected  Collections

World Bank Collection, Lord & Taylor, The National Museum Monuments & Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana, Triangle Collection, NY,
The Johannesburg Art Foundation, South Africa, The Shave Farm Collection, England, Thupelo Collection, Cape Town, South Africa,
Private Collectors in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa

 

Education and awards

BA Painting and Art History Franconia College 1976
Youth Achievement Award nominated by Karen Wilkin 1984

Workshops

Thupelo International Artists Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa 1995

Thapong International Artists Workshop, Kanamo Centre, Mahalope, Botswana 1993

Thupelo Arts Workshop, Community Arts Project, Capetown, South Africa, 1993

Shave Artist Workshop, Somerset, England 1992

Triangle Artists Workshop NY, 1983, 85, 86, 87

Professional Experience

2001 present

Lord & Taylor Stores Nationwide

Coordinator Triangle Artists Workshop NY, 1983, 85, 86, 87

Curator ” Paul Dignan & Derrick Guild, Two Scottish Painters“  Tribes Gallery  1997

Curator ” For the Young Collector aka Small Gems “  Tribes Gallery  1996

Organized and led paper making workshop; Johannesburg Art Foundation, South Africa, 1989

Organized and led paper making workshop, Hardingham Sculpture Workshop, England, 1988

Organized and led workshops at Johannesburg Art Foundation  and Alexandra Township RSA  1987

Directed and Produced Art Video, Questions of Taste – A  panel discussion, 1984

Taught Studio Workshop, New York, NY., 1978