Chuck Bloom

As a queer neurodivergent artist I have struggled to find my footing in a world that my brain is not made for. I feel as if I inhabit the space in-between the mundane and my fantastical domain, a ghost caught between the physical and the ethereal. The art I create is not simply something I do because I want to and enjoy it. It is something I have to do, and it is often the antithesis of enjoyable. It is how I learned to survive growing up and living in a world my brain was not equipped for. I have been on a decades long journey in which I have been diagnosed with everything from Borderline Personality Disorder, to most recently, ADHD, Complex-PTSD, and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Looking back; my childhood was a series of atrocious situations, often perpetrated by those a child should trust most. It is no wonder I created these eldritch worlds devoid of people, but rich with symbology in fantastical landscapes, ready to host a new story. A better story than the one I was living.

My art is available at the Portland Art Musuem Rental/Sales Gallery in Portland, Gallery 408 in Camas, WA and at Sinister Coffee in downtown Portland

Contact email: chuckebloom@gmail.com