Artist Statement
Movement, form, freedom and time are integral components of my work, and they all combine to expand and extend confined interior spaces. In my paintings, I replicate smooth, water-like surfaces and boundless, open skies to absorb viewers into quieter, more contemplative worlds that, while focusing them in the present go beyond limited time constraints. My elongated free-standing sculptures and tapered wall installations similarly create the illusion of greater openness by bringing viewers’ gazes upwards and outwards. The overall effect creates greater spatial awareness and a deeper appreciation of our immediate surroundings, ones that are ultimately as intimate as they are boundless.
About the Artist
Multi-media artist Justin Beller is known for work that represents both the physicality of space and the metaphysics of dreamlike states. In his paintings, wall installations and plinth-like towers, he uses vertical and horizontal lines, blocks of colors and repeating circles to distill the essence of earth, sky and water and to open closed interior surroundings.
Frequently commissioned by private collectors as well as corporate and small businesses, Justin maintains a one-man studio in Benson, one of Omaha’s fastest expanding arts districts.
Justin Beller – Studio B
2011
The New Blk Gallery, Omaha, NE -Positive Space, 2-Person Show
Dale Heise Gallery, Omaha, NE – Group Show
2010
Studio B, Omaha, NE – Justin Beller: New Works, Solo Show
2009
Om Center, Omaha, NE – Beller: Nine New Works, Solo Show
Muller Studio, Omaha, NE – Justin Beller: Paintings, Solo Show
2008
Agency Eighty-Nine, Omaha, NE – Fire-n-Ice, Group Show
2003
DC One Gallery, Lincoln, NE Group Show
2002
Fluxion Gallery, Omaha, NE – Group Show
Commissions and Private Collections
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Urban Country, Bethesda, MD
Respect, Omaha, NE
Stephen Center, Omaha, NE
Proxibid, Omaha, NE
Aristotle Group, Omaha NE
Randell Netley Interior Design
Rick Class Interior Design
Lisa Silver, New York, NY
Nick Canning, Omaha, NE
Mike and Missy McCullough, Lincoln, NE
Gordon Perry, Omaha, NE
Jill and Terry Peterson, Omaha, NE
Shane and Laura Krzycki, Omaha, NE
Jay and Holly Klein, Omaha, NE
Cheli Hull, Omaha, NE
Kathy Neary, Omaha, NE
Matt Miller, Omaha, NE
Chris Circo, Omaha, NE
Maryann Amick, Omaha, NE
Jason Levy, Omaha, NE
Gallery Representation
Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE