Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom

Born 1951 in Los Angeles
Barbara Bloom lives and works in New York

Barbara Bloom had institutional solo exhibitions at Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin 2018, Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington 2017, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2015, Project Art Centre, Dublin 2014, The Jewish Museum, New York 2013, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe 2011, Dia Art Foundation, New York, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin and International Center of Photography, New York, all 2008, among others.
In 1988 she received the Venice Biennale Duemila Prize for Best Young Artist and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Fine Arts.
Her work is part of institutional collections such as the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Miami Art Museum, MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin
Sad Grey Story: Marilyn (from the series Stand-Ins), 2020
Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin
Under a sky of flawless blue. (Gide) (from the series The Weather), 2015
The wind has its reasons. (Murakami) (from the series The Weather), 2015
Semblance of a House: Dining Table (from the series Semblance of a House), 2013/2015
Semblance of a House: Vanity Table (from the series Semblance of a House), 2013/2015
Safe, 1999
The Tip of the Iceberg, 1991