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, September 5, 2026

THRU Saturday, September 26

+ Artist Talk, 3:30pm, Sunday, September 13

+ Closing Reception, 5-8pm, Friday, September 25

More info: linktr.ee/positivespacetulsa

Gallery hours during the exhibit: TH 6-8pm + FR 5-8pm + SA 12-5pm + BY APPT

Contact: Nicole Finley, Founder/Director/Curator - Positive Space Tulsa
nicole@positivespacetulsa.org

Positive Space Tulsa is located at 1324 East 3rd Street in the Pearl District. Positive Space Tulsa was founded by local artist Nicole Finley (she/her). An art space dedicated to Womxn artists, Positive Space Tulsa believes: The letter “x” in Womxn recognizes all women, including gender expansive identities. Positive Space Tulsa is for women, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, and agender artists (excluding those who identify as male/men). Womxn is pronounced the same as woman or women.

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This Event/Opportunity is provided by Positive Space Tulsa and is not in direct affiliation with Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC).
The address for this event is: 1324 East 3rd Street, Tulsa, OK 74120

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