diff --git a/aicsimageio/readers/bioformats_reader.py b/aicsimageio/readers/bioformats_reader.py
index 04104697c..d0f72f863 100644
--- a/aicsimageio/readers/bioformats_reader.py
+++ b/aicsimageio/readers/bioformats_reader.py
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ def to_dask(self, series: Optional[int] = None) -> DaskArrayProxy:
         return DaskArrayProxy(arr, self)
 
     @property
-    def is_open(self) -> bool:
+    def closed(self) -> bool:
         """Whether the underlying file is currently open"""
-        return bool(self._r.getCurrentFile())
+        return not bool(self._r.getCurrentFile())
 
     @property
     def filename(self) -> str:
@@ -437,8 +437,7 @@ def ome_metadata(self) -> OME:
         return OME.from_xml(xml)
 
     def __enter__(self) -> BioFile:
-        if not self.is_open:
-            self.open()
+        self.open()
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, *args: Any) -> None:
@@ -476,7 +475,7 @@ def _get_plane(
             array of requested bytes.
         """
         with self._lock:
-            was_open = self.is_open
+            was_open = not self.closed
             if not was_open:
                 self.open()
 
diff --git a/aicsimageio/tests/readers/test_bioformats_reader.py b/aicsimageio/tests/readers/test_bioformats_reader.py
index 804544301..5a4a07ef0 100644
--- a/aicsimageio/tests/readers/test_bioformats_reader.py
+++ b/aicsimageio/tests/readers/test_bioformats_reader.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from ome_types import OME
 
 from aicsimageio import dimensions, exceptions
-from aicsimageio.readers.bioformats_reader import BioformatsReader
+from aicsimageio.readers.bioformats_reader import BioFile, BioformatsReader
 from aicsimageio.tests.image_container_test_utils import (
     run_image_file_checks,
     run_multi_scene_image_read_checks,
@@ -406,12 +406,17 @@ def test_multi_scene_bioformats_reader(
     )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "filename, ",
-    [
-        ("CMU-1-Small-Region.svs"),
-    ],
-)
+def test_biofile_scene_change() -> None:
+    """Make sure that DaskArrayProxy doesn't close an opened file."""
+    uri = get_resource_full_path("ND2_dims_p4z5t3c2y32x32.nd2", LOCAL)
+    f = BioFile(uri)
+    assert isinstance(f.to_dask().compute(), np.ndarray)
+    f.set_series(1)
+    assert isinstance(f.to_dask().compute(), np.ndarray)
+    f.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename, ", [("CMU-1-Small-Region.svs")])
 def test_bioformats_dask_tiling_shapes(filename: str) -> None:
     # Construct full filepath
     uri = get_resource_full_path(filename, LOCAL)
diff --git a/aicsimageio/tests/utils/test_dask_proxy.py b/aicsimageio/tests/utils/test_dask_proxy.py
index df3686938..22fc7d7bc 100644
--- a/aicsimageio/tests/utils/test_dask_proxy.py
+++ b/aicsimageio/tests/utils/test_dask_proxy.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ class FileContext:
     FILE_OPEN = False
     OPEN_COUNT = 0
 
+    @property
+    def closed(self) -> bool:
+        return not self.FILE_OPEN
+
     def __enter__(self) -> "FileContext":
         if not self.FILE_OPEN:
             self.OPEN_COUNT += 1
diff --git a/aicsimageio/utils/dask_proxy.py b/aicsimageio/utils/dask_proxy.py
index e42b7d4b8..0b7bb65ba 100644
--- a/aicsimageio/utils/dask_proxy.py
+++ b/aicsimageio/utils/dask_proxy.py
@@ -3,12 +3,24 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, Callable, ContextManager
+from contextlib import nullcontext
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
 
 import dask.array as da
 import numpy as np
 from wrapt import ObjectProxy
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing_extensions import Protocol
+
+    # fmt: off
+    class CheckableContext(Protocol):
+        @property
+        def closed(self) -> bool: ...  # noqa: E704
+        def __enter__(self) -> CheckableContext: ...  # noqa: E704
+        def __exit__(self, *a: Any) -> None: ...  # noqa: E704
+    # fmt: on
+
 
 class DaskArrayProxy(ObjectProxy):
     """Dask array wrapper that provides a 'file open' context when computing.
@@ -34,28 +46,26 @@ class DaskArrayProxy(ObjectProxy):
 
     __wrapped__: da.Array
 
-    def __init__(self, wrapped: da.Array, file_ctx: ContextManager) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, wrapped: da.Array, file_ctx: CheckableContext) -> None:
         super().__init__(wrapped)
-        self.__wrapped__._ctx_ = file_ctx
+        self._file_ctx = file_ctx
 
     def __getitem__(self, key: Any) -> DaskArrayProxy:
-        return DaskArrayProxy(self.__wrapped__.__getitem__(key), self.__wrapped__._ctx_)
+        return DaskArrayProxy(self.__wrapped__.__getitem__(key), self._file_ctx)
 
     def __getattr__(self, key: Any) -> Any:
         attr = getattr(self.__wrapped__, key)
-        return (
-            _ArrayMethodProxy(attr, self.__wrapped__._ctx_) if callable(attr) else attr
-        )
+        return _ArrayMethodProxy(attr, self._file_ctx) if callable(attr) else attr
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return repr(self.__wrapped__)
 
     def compute(self, **kwargs: Any) -> np.ndarray:
-        with self.__wrapped__._ctx_:
+        with self._file_ctx if self._file_ctx.closed else nullcontext():  # type: ignore
             return self.__wrapped__.compute(**kwargs)
 
     def __array__(self, dtype: str = None, **kwargs: Any) -> np.ndarray:
-        with self.__wrapped__._ctx_:
+        with self._file_ctx if self._file_ctx.closed else nullcontext():  # type: ignore
             return self.__wrapped__.__array__(dtype, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -63,17 +73,17 @@ class _ArrayMethodProxy:
     """Wraps method on a dask array and returns a DaskArrayProxy if the result of the
     method is a dask array.  see details in DaskArrayProxy docstring."""
 
-    def __init__(self, method: Callable, file_ctx: ContextManager) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, method: Callable, file_ctx: CheckableContext) -> None:
         self.method = method
-        self.file_ctx = file_ctx
+        self._file_ctx = file_ctx
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return repr(self.method)
 
     def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwds: Any) -> Any:
-        with self.file_ctx:
+        with self._file_ctx if self._file_ctx.closed else nullcontext():  # type: ignore
             result = self.method(*args, **kwds)
 
         if isinstance(result, da.Array):
-            return DaskArrayProxy(result, self.file_ctx)
+            return DaskArrayProxy(result, self._file_ctx)
         return result