Iris Bernblum

Multidisciplinary Artist

2025 Make a Wave

Visual Arts

Iris Bernblum (she/her) is a cross disciplinary, conceptually based artist with a deep interest in the way Capitalism commodifies and mirrors the way we consume and guides our desires. She explores ideas around human nature, power, and vulnerability, focusing primarily on the way we frame our sense of self around gender, pleasure, and the natural world. She has a strong investment in performative-based work, although more as a voyeur than actor.

The work begins with writing: dialogues, poetry, intimate stories from her life. It then branches out into photography, video, painting, installation, and sculpture, often using text as a frame. Bernblum always invites you to play a role.

Iris Bernblum's Website

Featured Artworks

Photo of a sculpture in a white wall gallery. The sculpture is of a girl but has no features. The skin is white and it has brown hair, a gold necklace and is holding flowers.

12yrs (Self Portrait), 2023 Foam, Apoxy, Plaster, spray paint, wig, bamboo, gold necklace and bracelet

Photo of a sculpture in a white wall gallery space. The sculpture is of a human with no features, it has white skin and dark hair. It is laying with its back on a gold table with a glass top. The hands are holding the feet.

Happy Baby, 2023 Foam, Apoxy, Plaster, spray paint, wig, nail polish, gold necklace and bracelet, bronze and glass table

Waterfall, 2023 Paraffin wax, pigment, custom scent, and bronze pipe

This image is of a watercolor drawing of a woman with a short bob. Her mouth is open and a hand is inside the mouth. The image is black and white except for the outfit which is gold.

Swallow, 2022 Watercolor and acrylic on paper

An image of a watercolor of two figures holding one another.

Hold, 2023 Watercolor and acrylic on paper

Artist in Bath (part of Submissions project), 2020 Watercolor on paper