Valerie Beller was born in Texas and has been active in Chicago as an artist and professor since 1988. Her primary interest is in studying how intentional actions combine with purely random activities. Therefore, her paintings consist of layering, staining, and pouring paints in a way that is often out of her control. With that, however, she adds numerous smaller forms that are deliberately similar and organized.
Valerie Beller
American (Midwestern Artist)
born 1965
Artery, 2006
oil on canvas
Sioux City Art Center Permanent Collection; 2012.38
Legacy Collection purchase with private funds from the Blockbuster II Partners, the Margaret Heffernan Permanent Collection Fund, the M.A. Martin Everist Foundation, and the Gilchrist Foundation.