08/29/2026
NEWS! Tulsa Artist Viola Bloom’s Solo Exhibition PORTAL Opens September 5 at Positive Space
PORTAL explores the theme of transmutation through three distinct but interconnected frameworks: the material structure of the work on display, the backstory of the work’s creation, and the exhibition as a transformative gateway. At the project’s core is a sculptural fashion collection embodying the title concept through surface design and silhouette. Photographs and ceramics provide a context for the garments, defining the mood and expanding the narrative behind the work. The exhibition represents a passage from one world, one sense of reality, to another. It charts a movement from loss to liberation, from destruction to inspiration, revealing a portal in the heart that can morph sorrow and tragedy into harmony, beauty, and abundance.
About the Artist: Viola Bloom is a designer and visual artist working primarily in the fields of fashion and photography. She is drawn to fashion as a mode of expression due to its interdisciplinary nature, as well as its ability to engage the senses, evoke an emotional response, and define and/or challenge roles and identities. Viola’s photographic work has typically centered on experimental techniques, while expanding into more interplay with her design work. She studied fine art and photography at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, and received her fashion education at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and at Polimoda in Florence, Italy. Viola currently lives and works in Tulsa, OK.
PORTAL
by Viola Bloom
OPENING 5-8pm, Saturday, Sept 5
THRU Saturday, Sept 26
+ Artist Talk, 3:30pm, Sunday, Sept 13
+ Closing Reception, 5-8pm, Friday, Sept 25
Gallery hours:
TH 6-8PM
FR 5-8PM
SA 12-5PM
+ BY APPT
Contact: Nicole Finley, Founder/Director/Curator - Positive Space, [email protected]
