Patch of Grass

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, 2011

Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC


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

2026: abecedary: a classroom show, darling green, Brooklyn NY

2026: Signs of Life, Dalton Gallery, Rock hill SC

2026: No-Type Magazine: A Tender Distance, featured artist

2026: pieces of a place I’ve been, but never seen, Duo exhibition with Mark Anthony Brown Jr, Elsewhere, Atlanta, GA

2025: National Art Program, Fulton County Exhibition, Atlanta, GA

2025: Decade, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC

2025: The Wind Comes Later, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2025: RUBBERNECKIN’, Whitespec, Atanta, GA

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, Mary Lattimore, 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, contributing artist

2020: The Ether Rag, producer, Charlotte , NC

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

2015-2019: The Dwelling, domestic pop-up exhibition series, Producer, Charlotte, NC


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