Artist Educator Caryn A Blum

Caryn A Blum

Certified Pk-12th grade Visual Art Teacher since 2007

Master’s of Education, 2009

Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (B.F.A) 2007

Connect with the artist at: carynablum@gmail.com

Artist Bio

I am artist educator, Caryn A. Blum. I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from Pius XI High School of Milwaukee, earned my B.F.A. in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and my MA. in Education from Seton Hall University. I have exhibited my Fine Art mixed media paintings, Illustration, 3D sculptural mixed media art, stop-motion animation, collages and clay works nationwide from 2000 to 2026. I first exhibited my paintings at the Milwaukee Art Museum from 2000-2003 as a Scholastic Pentad award college scholarship and Gold Key award winner. My art has been exhibited in galleries such as Mass MOCA, Blue Ridge Mountain Gallery of Chelsea, NYC, PJ’s Gallery of Wauwatosa, WI, Virginia Arts Center of Richmond, The Woods Gerry Gallery of RISD in Providence, RI, Kohler Art Center, Kohler, WI, Anderson Arts Center of Indiana. Pont Aven School of Art and Gallery of Pont Aven, France, Baton Rouge Arts Center, and the Miller Art Museum of Sturgeon Bay, WI. I was most recently awarded a finalist in the Door County, WI, Art in the Door, 2025 artist competition.

In addition to showing my art, have worked from 2007 to 2026 as a Visual Art educator, and substitute teacher with a master’s degree in education and dual certification in NJ and WI for PK-12th Art. I teach in regular PK-12 schools, as well as in galleries, and alternative venues as a tutor and arts instructor. I have published children’s books and education based content for families in art education since 2008, and I continue to seek means of developing art curriculum, and works of art that celebrate nature, real fine arts, and a love of positive and family friendly conceptual work in Visual Arts communities.

Artist Gallery and Commission C.V.

2026 64th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, D.C.,WI

2025 Art in the Door, Finalist, Destination Door County's Juried Art of parks Competition, D.C, WI

2024 Art By the Foot, Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Center for Visual Art, Wausau, WI

2024 49th Juried Annual Exhibition, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, D.C., WI

2023 Artist Educator Faculty Art Exhibition, Spectrum Art Gallery, Racine WI

2022 Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Illustrator in Residence, Art Education, Richmond, VA

2021 AENJ Members Art Exhibition, Art Educators of NJ, Central NJ

2020 2020 Small Works Juried Group Show, Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ

2020 Unstoppable, Fall Juried show at Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

2020 Phillustration 12: Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Tree Teachers, Children's Book Sales and Representation, Novel Bay Booksellers, Sturgeon Bay, D.C., WI

2019 Artful Women, Wisconsin Women’s Network, Juried visual art exhibition, UW Madison, WI

2018 Ranney School Art Faculty Art Department Exhibition, Tinton Falls, NJ

2015 Group Visual Art Exhibition, Fox Gallery, UPenn, Philadelphia PA

2015 The Cutting Edge, Fine Arts Painting Alumni Exhibition, Joseph & Harriet Kern & Carron Family Galleries, Pius XI High School, Milwaukee WI

2014-15 National Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Baton Rouge Center Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA

2014-15 National Juried Group Drawing and Painting Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea NY, NY

2014 National Group Visual Art Exhibition, Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Moca, Novato, CA

2014 A Lot Juried Mural Illustration Exhibition, Bayview, Milwaukee, WI

2014 Figures of Speech, Illustration Exhibition, The Anderson Center for the Arts, Anderson IN

2014 Illustrated Logo, website and promotional Design for thingNY, music ensemble, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Juried Wisconsin Artist Exhibition, Kohler Art Center, Kohler, WI

2013 Artful Women Show, Visual Art Exhibition, Wisconsin Women’s Network, Madison, WI

2013 Commission for Painting, UW Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, WI

2013 Group Visual Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Trenton, Trenton, NJ

2012 Faculty and Staff Art Exhibit, Anne Reid ‘72 Gallery, Princeton, NJ

2011 Art Department Faculty Visual Art Show, Anne Reid ‘72 Gallery, Princeton, NJ

2011 Group Drawing and Painting Exhibition, One Mark to the Next, The Drift Space, Lincoln, NE

2010 Group Visual Art Exhibition, The Heldrich/Brodsky Center Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

2009 Group Drawing Exhibition, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

2008 Curator, Group Visual Art Exhibition, Labyrinth Phantasmal, Kitchen Café, Jersey City, NJ

2008 Group Drawing Exhibition, PRANA Life Force, Kitchen Café, Jersey City, NJ

2008 Set Design, The Tank Theater inc. NYC, NY

2007 Group Visual Art Exhibition, Painting Thesis Show, Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI

2007 Group Painting Exhibition, RISD Library, Providence, RI

2006 Curation and Group Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Risd|Brown Gallery, Providence, RI

2006 Group Fine Art Exhibition, RISD| Brown Gallery, Providence, RI

2006 Group Fine Art Exhibition, Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France

2004 RISD and Brown Visual Art Exhibition, RISD| Brown Gallery, Providence, RI

2003 Scholastic Gold Key and Pentad Scholarship | Fine Arts Exhibition, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington D.C.

2000 Scholastic Fine Arts Gold Key Award Winners Exhibition, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI

2000 A.P. Fine Arts Invitational Juried Artist Exhibition, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI

2001-02 Scholastic Fine Arts Key Winners Exhibition, P.J.'s Art and Framing Gallery, Wauwatosa, WI

Awards

AWARDS

2025 Finalist for Art in the Door, Finalist in Destination Door County's juried Art inspired by parks Competition, Door County, WI

2020 Honorable Mention, Small Works Exhibition, Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ

2019 Honorable Mention, Wisconsin Women’s Network, Artful Women Juried Competition, Madison, WI

2014 Third Best in Show, Anderson Center for the Arts, Anderson IN

2010 Leon Golub Merit Scholarship Award, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2007 Florence Leif Award for Women B.F.A. Painting Major Artists, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2003-2007 Four Year Merit Scholarship for Painting and Drawing Portfolio, B.F.A, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2000-2002 Pentad Scholarship for Painting, and multiple Gold Key Merit Awards for Scholastic Fine Arts

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