Justin Bean
- Michigan
- Painting
In my paintings I seek to integrate multiple modes of abstraction and create a visual language that speaks to coded networks of information and the relationship of the individual to the wider technological present. Using patterns, grids, geometry, and a variety of paint application techniques,...Read More
ABOUT THE ARTIST
STATEMENT
In my paintings I seek to integrate multiple modes of abstraction and create a visual language that speaks to coded networks of information and the relationship of the individual to the wider technological present. Using patterns, grids, geometry, and a variety of paint application techniques, my paintings act as mirrors that reflect the point at which thought intersects with form and material intersects with meaning.
BIO
Justin Kingsley Bean (b. 1985, Detroit, MI) lives and works in Oak Park, Michigan. Justin received his MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Michigan. Justin’s paintings are in private collections across the United States and have been exhibited at galleries and venues in Philadelphia and Detroit, such as the Esther M. Klein Gallery, Automat Gallery, Urban Outfitters’ corporate headquarters, Whitdel Arts, and the Detroit Artists Market.
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS
2021
Holiday Art Market, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Hatchback 15, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI.
Featured artist. Oak Park City Hall, Oak Park, MI.
2019
Art Now: Painting, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
Members' Exhibition, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI.
2018
The Heat is On, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI.
Cones and Rods, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI.
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI.
2017
Geometrics, Woods Gallery, Huntington Woods, MI. Solo exhibition.
Holiday Art Market, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Featured artist. Always Brewing, Detroit, MI
Soft Angles, Articipate, Berkley, MI. Two person exhibition.
2016
+1: Pieces and Process, The Speer Gallery at Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
Infinite Reserve, Jefferson Hospital Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, PA
Featured artist. Le Meridien Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 543, Urban Outfitters Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA. Three person exhibition.
Fire and Ice, Blink Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Grid Flow, Jed Williams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Two person exhibition.
2015
MathThematic, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
It’s the humidity that’ll kill you, Automat Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Daybreak, WP Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Featured artist. Courtyard Marriott, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Patterns and Permutations, solo exhibit, JAG Modern, Philadelphia, PA
Ballet X Benefit, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013
215/610, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Winter Juried Exhibition, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
2012
PAFA at the Philadelphia Insurance Company, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2011
B&W: Sixth Annual Community Juried Show, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Drawn From PAFA, The Barbara Crawford Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Winter Doldrums Part 4, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham MI.
Hatchback 4, Detroit, MI.
2009
Forth From Its Hinges, Ann Arbor, MI
EDUCATION
2013 MFA in painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 BA with Highest Honors, Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
TAGS
abstract painting, abstraction, abstract expressionism, geometric, geometry, design, contemporary painting