ABOUT

Bernblum is a cross disciplinary, conceptually based artist with a deep interest in psychoanalysis, she explore ideas around human nature, power and vulnerability, focusing primarily on the way we frame our sense of self in regard to gender, sexuality, pleasure and desire. She has a strong investment in performative based work, more as a voyeur than actor. Bernblum always invites you to play a role.

Bernblum has shown at venues including: Aspect/Ratio Gallery, The Arts Club, Goldfinch Projects, Terrain Exhibitions, and Weinberg/Newton Gallery in Chicago, Illinois; The Brooklyn International Film Festival, September Gallery, Artist’s Space and The Elizabeth Foundation in New York, New York; The Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

She received her MFA from Columbia University in New York and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Currently represented by Goldfinch Projects.

Selected Exhibitions:

"Petit Mort" solo exhibition at Aspect/Ratio Gallery, Chicago, October 2020

"The Archive and the Repertoire" curated by Lekha Waitoller at Carthage College 2021

University Club Chicago, 2021 Date TBD

"Iris Bernblum and Ann Toebbe," The Arts Club, Chicago, February 2018

"Body Boundaries," Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, April/May 2018

"Inquiry 01," Spertus Institute, Chicago, May/June 2018

"I am the Horse," Goldfinch Projects, Chicago, June 2018

"Gold," Aspect/Ratio Gallery, Chicago, July 20 2018

"No Tomorrow" Iris Bernblum & Nelly Agassi Aspect/Ratio Gallery, Chicago, October 2018