Caitlin Blomstrom
b. 1989, Virginia
Lives and works in Nashville, TN
EDUCATION
BFA, Painting + Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art Between the Avenues, Arcade Arts, Nashville, TN
Textural Tangents, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2023
Group Exhibition, CE Gallery, Nashville, TN
Domestic Detritus, Brea Gallery, Brea CA
2022
A Matter of Fact/A Fact of Matter?, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Made in VA, Juror Grace Deveney (U.S. Biennial (Prospect New Orleans)), Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA
The CANTemporaries Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Network (CAN), Newport News, VA
Nourish, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA
2019
New Waves 2019, Juror Carmen Hermo (Brooklyn Museum), Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA
Double Edged, BOJU Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
2018
Get Home Safe, Cure, Norfolk, VA
2017
Act II, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
Embracing Narrative, Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, VA
Trompe L’oeil, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
Minimal Effort, Cure, Norfolk, VA
ARTIST RESIDENCY AND AWARDS
2024 Studio Two Three, Summer Artist Residency, Richmond, VA
2023-24 COOP Gallery Artist Member, Nashville, TN
2023 Penland Winter Residency, Bakersville, NC
2022 Kunstraum LLC. Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Honorable Mention, Made in VA, Juror Grace Deveney (U.S. Biennial (Prospect New Orleans)), Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA
2021 CANTemporaries Artist Program, Contemporary Arts Network (CAN), Newport News, VA
2019 Best in Show, New Waves 2019, Juror Carmen Hermo (Brooklyn Museum), Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA
2018 Second Place (Collaborative), Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center, Virginia Glass Guild: 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Hampton, VA
2015-17 Studio Artist Residency Program, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA
PRESS
2023 Artist Registry, Locate Arts / Tri-Star Arts Tennessee
2023 Life & Work with Caitlin Blomstrom, Nashville Voyager
2022 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 49 + 50
2020 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 45
2018 New American Paintings, issue #136 South
CURATORIAL
2023 Art Jam Pop-Up Show, Fast Fluid Field, Nashville, TN
2021 Photographic Tendencies, Gallery 261, Norfolk, VA
2019 Night Shift: The Apartment Show, Apartment No.1, Norfolk, VA
2018 Get Home Safe, Cure, Norfolk, VA
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021
Systems of Limitation, Chrysler Museum of Art Perry Glass Studio (Vestibule 102), Norfolk, VA
Reframed/Reflected, Chrysler Museum of Art Perry Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
2018
Arbitrary Systems, Chrysler Museum of Art Perry Glass Studio (Vestibule 102), Norfolk, VA
Virginia Glass Guild: 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton, VA
VISITING ARTIST
2021
Old Dominion University, Department of Art, Norfolk, VA
The Hague School, IB Visual Arts, Norfolk, VA