EDUCATION
2011 Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2007 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Ceramics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 - 2024 Adjunct Professor, Dallas College, Farmers Branch, TX
2021 - 2024 Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2019 - 2020 Adjunct Professor, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
Instructor, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2017 - 2019 Adjunct Faculty, Mendocino College, Lakeport, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
Instructor, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, CA
2014 - 2016 Instructor, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2011 - 2013 Adjunct Professor, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
Adjunct Professor, Colorado Mountain College, Rifle, CO
Instructor, The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2010 - 2011 Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 - 2020 Archivist/Preparator, Soon3 Theatre/Finneran Collection, Calistoga, CA
2017 - 2019 Studio Assistant, Bean Finneran, Calistoga, CA
2017 - 2019 Studio & Web Gallery Manager, Cobb Mountain Arts & Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
2014 - 2016 Studio Director, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2013 - 2014 Preparator, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2011 - 2013 Studio Manager & Preparator, The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Studio Technician, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen & Rifle, CO
Preparator, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Preparator, Artstream Mobile Gallery, Carbondale, CO
RESIDENCIES
2016 - 2019 Cobb Mountain Arts & Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
2013 - 2014 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2011 - 2013 The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
2024 Workshop Instructor, Touchstone Center for Craft, Farmington, PA
Demonstrating Guest Artist, LG Pinkston High School, Dallas, TX
Demonstrating Guest Artist, Navo Middle School, Aubrey, TX
2023 Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Workshop Instructor, Tryon School of Arts & Crafts, Tryon, NC
Demonstrating Guest Artist, LG Pinkston High School, Dallas, TX
2021 Guest Lecturer, Northwest Independent School District, Coppell, TX
Demonstrating Artist, Soul Arts Renewal, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2020 Guest Artists, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Visiting Artist & Demonstrator, Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY
Demonstrating Artist, NCECA: FabLab, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Workshop Instructor, (Summer) Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Workshop Instructor, (Winter) Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA
2017 Visiting Artist, Panelist, & Demonstrator, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, CA
Visiting Artist & Demonstrator, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, CA
Visiting Artist & Demonstrator, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
2016 Visiting Artist & Demonstrator, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
2015 Visiting Artist & Demonstrator, Collin County College, Plano, TX
2014 Visiting Artist & Guest Lecturer, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Visiting Artist & Demonstrator, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2014 Visiting Artist & Guest Lecturer, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2013 Guest Speaker, Surface Design Workshop for Pottery Master Class, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2011 Visiting Artist, Lecturer & Demonstrator, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
COLLECTIONS
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Benton & Gradow Collection, Aspen, CO
The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
Colorado Mountain College teaching Collection, Aspen, CO
Dan Anderson Collection, Edwardsville, IL
Doug Casebeer Collection, Carbondale, CO
Garth Clark & Mark Delvecchio Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Leonard & Alison Schurz Collection, UK
Ron Gallas Cup Library, St. Olaf’s College, Northfield, MN
The Rosenfield Collection, Dallas, TX
University of North Texas Teaching Collection, Denton, TX
Vicki & David Snyder Collection, Santa Fe, NM
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Proximal Verdure, The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2018 Serotinee, Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
2017 Vessels, Willits Center for the Arts, Willits, CA
2013 2nd Year Resident Exhibition, The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2012 1st Year Resident Exhibition, The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2011 New Traditionalism, (MFA Exhibition) Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2007 32 Wood Fired Pieces, (BFA Exhibition), Art Six, Denton, TX
2002 Untitled Show, The Brick House, Denton, TX
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Crafting A Collection: Collections of Artist Collectors, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2024 Faculty Exhibition, Dallas College Brookhaven, Farmers Branch, TX
2023 New Texas Talent 30 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2023 Gifted, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2022 2nd Annual 406 Cup Show, Wildfire Studios, Missoula, MT
2022 Percolate, Rain City Clay, Seattle, WA
2021 Form & Function,(invitational) Denton County Courthouse Museum, Denton, TX
2021 Above Board, (Digital Exhibition), National Council for the Education of the Ceramic Arts.
2020 Northern California Woodfire Invitational, Ruby’s Clay Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2019 The Cup Show (invitational), Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Gallery, Duluth, GA
2018 Wichita National (invitational), Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
2018 Ceram-a-rama, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2017 Yunomi Invitational (invitational), AKAR, Iowa City, IA
2017 Reminisce: 50 Years of Art at Colorado Mountain College, CMC Aspen, CO
2016 ClayScope, KG&VO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Ceramic Selections from 25 Years of the Arrowmont A.I.R. Program (invitational), NCECA, Kansas City, MO
2015 Bloomer/Dominguez/Goodman, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Santa Fe Clay Presents: La Mesa (invitational), NCECA Providence, RI
2014 Five Lines: 2013-14 A.I.R. Show, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2014 On The Horizon, (invitational) St. Petersburg Clay Co, St. Petersburg, FL
2013 America's Clayfest, Juror: Richard Shaw, The Art League of Lincoln, Roseville, CA
2013 100 Teapots, Juror: Jeff Oestreich, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2012 LBIF Annual Summer Exhibition, (invitational) LBIF, Loveladies, NJ
2012 C.C.A.H. Valley Visual, Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities, Carbondale, CO
2011 From the Ground Up XV, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
2011 Beyond the Brickyard, Juror: Paul Mathieu, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2010 Un-Wedged, Juror: Andy Nasisse,Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2010 9 Bodies at 18 Hands, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Texas Heat: University of North Texas Graduate Ceramics, St. Petersburg Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
2008 Crossroads: Ceramics Exchange, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2008 Beyond the Vessel: A South Texas Ceramic Showdown, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
PUBLICATIONS/ INTERVIEWS
2024 Ceramics Monthly, April, Exhibitions: Exposure
2021 Ceramics Monthly, January, Exhibitions: Exposure
2020 Bloomer H., Interviewee, Tales of A Red Clay Rambler, Jan. 20, 2020
2019 CMAEP Gallery, A La Française (Exhibition Statement), H. Bloomer
2018 CSUS, Library Gallery, Concurrent/Conventions:A Spectrum of Contemporary Ceramics, (Exhibition Statement), H.Bloomer
2015 Studio Potter, Summer/Fall vol, “Surface,” H. Bloomer IV
2015 Santa Fe Clay, 6 Under 36, (Exhibition Statement), H. Bloomer & N. Ribeiro
2014 iPotter: The Art of contemporary American Pottery, K. Hluch (eBook)
2014 Ceramics Monthly, April, Exhibitions: Exposure
2013 500 Teapots Vol. 2, Lark Crafts
2013 Ceramics Monthly, May, Exhibitions: Exposure
2011 Ceramics Monthly, February, Exhibitions: Exposure
2010 18 Hands Gallery, 9 Bodies 18 Hands (Exhibition Statement), H. Bloomer
AWARDS
2019 LEF Foundation Travel & Research Grant
2010 Texas Arts & Crafts Scholarship
2008 Toulouse Graduate School Masters & Doctoral Fellowship
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Juror/Curator, Thrown & Altered, Robson Ranch, Denton, TX
2018 Curator, A La Française, Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
2016 Co-Curator, The Figure in Clay, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Assistant Curator, Cups: Hundreds of Cups!, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Assistant Curator, Cobb/Jaszczak/Peltzman, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Co-Curator, 6 Under 36, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Assistant Curator, Get Set!, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Assistant Curator, Greetings from North Carolina, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Assistant-Curator, Decal-icious, The Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO