Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, 2011
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Professional Experience
2013 - Present: Founder and Creative Director, Basic Cable Digital Storytelling
Solo Exhibitions
2023: "Unyielding Gaze," The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
2022: "Saltern," Jeane Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Dallas, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions and Residencies
2024: Toricho Art Festival, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa, Japan
2023: Gibbes Museum of Art, Visiting Artist Residency, Charleston, SC
2022: "On View," Hodges Taylor Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021: "Nutrient Rich," Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
2021: "Vessel," Video Installation, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021: "Red Delta," Duo exhibition with Matthew Steele, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2021: Goodyear Arts: Residency & Showcase, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
2019: The Abstraction Issue, F-Stop Magazine, Online publication
2019: "Shift," Ross Art Galleries, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2017: "Apple Pie: An American Art Show," Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
Collaborations & Projects
2024: New South: Reciprocities, Atlanta Center for Photography, group photobook, contributing artist
2018: "A Tale of Two Cities," Artist Collaborator, McColl Center + ArtPlace America, Charlotte, NC
2017: Davidson College Baik Art Residency, Artist Collaborator, Van Every Smith Galleries + Baik Art, Davidson, NC
2016: "Rootbound," Narrative short film, Official selection at Indie Grits Film Festival: Waterlines, Columbia, SC
Curatorial
Bathed In Light, solo show by Hale Horstman, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston SC, 2024
Grants and Awards
2022: Arts & Science Council SEED Grant for "Slack Tide," Photobook Project Charlotte, NC + Los Angeles, CA
2024: Artadia Award Finalist, Atlanta GA
Public Speaking / Teaching Workshops
2025: ExLucis Photo Club - Contemporary Artist Talk - Georgia State University
2024: Basic Cable - Entrepreneurial Art Lecture, University of Georgia Athens, Athens, GA
2023: Basic Cable - Collaborative Practice, University of Georgia Athens, Athens, GA
2020: Red Delta Artist Lecture - Reuben Bloom & Matt Steele in conversation, Rock Hill, SC
2018: Micro Film Making - Charlotte Film School workshop - Public Library, Charlotte, NC
2017: Basic Cable - Creative Entrepreneurship, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2019: Art of Directing," 48hr Film Festival, Charlotte, NC
Reuben Avery Bloom
Based in Atlanta, GA
Seeking opportunities to exhibit and collaborate