Dahlia Bloomstone

Dahlia (Colón; matronymic maiden name) Bloomstone (b. 1995) is a Puerto Rican/American artist and Hunter College MFA (NY, 2022) graduate with a BFA from Bard College (NY, 2018). Bloomstone has presented with Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), CultureHub (NY), Hauser & Wirth (NY), Blade Study (NY), Galerie Timonier (NY), Beverly’s (NY), Theater Mitu (NY), The Tomorrow Archive (NY), LMCC (NY), InterAccess (CAD), Westbeth Gallery (NY) for the Independent Study Program (ISP) exhibition, Essex Flowers (NY), 205 Hudson Gallery (NY), Rhizome (NY), Millennium Film Workshop (NY), CICA Museum (ROK), and Hyacinth Gallery (NY), among others.  She has been invited to present at institutions including Bard College (NY), Queens College (NY), the University of Texas–Austin (TX), Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), Recess Art (NY), and the New York Arts Program (NY). Dahlia’s work is also affiliated with the White Columns Gallery (NY) artist registry. She is the recipient of the SPCUNY Actionist grant from the Mellon Foundation, the Master’s Thesis grant from Hunter College, the Ox-Bow CIP scholarship, and a New York Community Trust Van Lier grant. She has participated in programs including the Triple Canopy Publication Intensive, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), Theater Mitu, School of Visual Arts, and Ox-Bow, and received a full fellowship to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2023. She is also a co-founder of New Uncanny Gallery in West Harlem, NY. From 2020 to 2022, she served as a Teaching Assistant at Hunter College; in 2023, she was a Visiting Artist/Professor at UT Austin, and also teaches 3D animation and games at Ramapo College in New Jersey. She will serve as the Teaching Artist in Residence at the State University of New York–Oswego in Fall 2025. Dahlia was an Elaine G. Weitzen 2024-2025 studio participant in the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program (ISP). She lives and works in New York.