Patch of Grass

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