Born in Riverside, California 1968. Education 1991 University of California,Santa Barbara. B.F.A., emphasis in painting.

Angela Beloian received her BFA (1991) from the University of California,Santa Barbara. She has shown her work nationally in museums, art centers, andgalleries including Karin Sanders Fine Art, NY (2007 & 06); Lawndale ArtCenter, Houston, TX (2006 & 04); Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL (2005); VineStreet Studios, Houston, TX (2005); Excel Fine Art, NY, NY (2004); Canyon RoadContemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (2004, 03 & 02); Dairy Center for Arts,Boulder, CO (2003); and Longmont Museum, Longmont, CO (2001). She has givenartist talks at the Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado (2003);Contemporary Art Museum, Slide Jam, Houston, TX (2004); University of Houston,Downtown, Houston, TX (2006); and Creative Capital Artist Retreat, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas (2006).

In 2001, she was interviewed by "The WB" Morning News TV station in Denver,Colorado about teaching art to children and in 2006, Allison Young from HoustonPublic Radios, The Front Row, interviewed her about her exhibit, GorgeousGrotesque at the Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Texas.

I attempt to live with the nature of the world around me instead of trying toconquer it. I approach the materials in my work in the same way and amcaptivated by the natural flow of ink or paint. As in meditation, when the mindbecomes quiet yet distinctly aware of the body's surroundings through aheightened awareness, I strive to achieve in my work a balance of stillness andstimulation. The solid areas of color in the work stabilize and quiet thepainting. They hold the figure in place, defining it while internally the figurestrives to break free.