Guy W Bell

Contemporary Southern Artist / Gallery Owner



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Guy W. Bell (b. 1980) is a visual artist and painter living in Arkansas. Born in Pensacola, FL. Bell’s early childhood was spent looking skyward, watching a never- ending procession of fighter jets soar over airbases on which he grew up. When his family relocated to Arkansas in 1987, the habit of looking toward the great beyond did not wane.

Though receiving no formal art training, Bell’s leisure time was consumed by learning the practices of painting, drawing and sculpting. After graduating college with a business-focused B.A. in Liberal Arts, he painted and wrote about art in his spare time. Finding success in selling work, Bell chose to pursue a full-time career as an oil painter. Bell’s first year as an artist was spent in the studio, above the Thea Foundation in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District. It was there he set to creating a body of work united by the theme of understanding light and it’s effect on surfaces and in atmosphere. As he continued his practice, his work gained acclaim both in the region and around the world as a master of depicting colorful skyscapes as well as evocative contemporary compositions.

In 2013, Bell’s piece “C...

Self-Taught,

Graduated 2005 University of Arkansas System, BFA Liberal Studies

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 – The Great Egress – DRAWL Southern Contemporary Art gallery, Little Rock, AR.

2015 – Fourteen Minutes & Fifty-Nine Seconds Thea Foundation, North Little Rock, AR.

2015 - Private Exhibition: Home of Collector, Dallas, TX.

2014 – Private Event: Little Rock, AR.

2013 – Selected Works of Guy W. Bell, Arkansas State Department of Treasury, State
Capitol Building, Little Rock, AR.

2009 – An Uncommon Thread, Cheers in the Heights, Little Rock, AR.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Sensory Iconoclasts: Crystal Bridges Museum Of American Art / Art Center Of The Ozarks

2016 Art Of The South Exhibition, DRAWL Gallery, Little Rock, AR

2015 Annesdale Park Gallery Fall Exhibition, Memphis, TN

2015 Fayetteville Underground Group Show

2014-2015 Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Display.

2014 Fall Show, Boswell Mourot Gallery, Little Rock, AR.

2014 State Of The Art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.

2014 Acansa Art Festival, Greg Thompson Fine Art, North Little Rock, AR.

2013 Best Of The South Exhibition, Greg Thompson Fine Art, North Little Rock, AR.

2013 Southern Artist Showcase Red Door Gallery, North Little Rock, AR

2012 Arkansas Governor’s Ma...