ALBERT JOHN BELMONT
American, b. 1977 (Connecticut)

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Artist's Statement

My art centers on deconstructing subjects to their critical elements — line and color —  to communicate form and emotion. Attempting to cut through the unnecessary in a painting or drawing allows me to relay the subject, and my experience, more precisely.  I begin painting this way experimentally in New Hampshire and Boston in the mid-90s, and more fully developed over the following decades.

Today I live and work in a quiet area of northern New England, where I continue to advance this approach through autobiographical themes — discovering the minimal and essential information in subjects and focusing on color decisions in portraying how I experience a moment, topic, or subject.

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Boston, 1997

CURRENT & UPCOMING
The Art Center, Dover, New Hampshire, Group Contemporary Exhibition, Nov. 11 - Dec. 31, 2024
Hopkinton Art Center, Winter Exhibition, Nov. 26 - Dec. 16, 2024
TAG, New England Arts Center, Transcending Perfection, Group Exhibition, Boston, Dec. 6-29, 2024​
Modern Renaissance Magazine, Interview, Fall 2024 Issue
​Phoebe Journal, Winter 2024-25, Issue 54.1
Litmosphere, Charlotte Lit, Spring, 2025

RECENT
TAG, New England Arts Center, Embracing Uncertainty, Group Exhibition, Boston, Oct. 4-28, 2024​
Newburyport Art Assocation, Abstracts & Abstracted Expressions, ​Group Exhibition, Oct. 3-20, 2024
TAG, New England Arts Center, TranS...FORMATION: the pursuit of reinvention, Group Exhibition, Boston, Sept. 6-29, 2024​
Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, The Seasons Group Exhibition, Sept. 13-22, 2024
Gallery Z, Abstract Collective (featured artist), Lowell, MA , August 29 - Sept. 27, 2024
MILK Press, The Poetry Society of New York, Summer 2024 Edition
Center for the Arts, Lake Sunapee Region, Naturally New England Juried Exhibition, July 12-21, 2024
Newburyport Art Association National Juried Exhibition, May 24 - June 30, 2024
Hopkinton Arts Center, Arts in Bloom, ​Apr. 23 - May 23, 2024
West Hartford Art League, CT+6, Apr. 14 - May 19, 2024
New Visionary Magazine, Spring 2024 Issue | Purchase Print Issue
Phoebe Journal, Spring 2024, Issue 53.2 | Nominated for "Best of the Web" 2025
Modern Renaissance Magazine, Winter 2024 Issue | Purchase Print Issue
VB Contemporary Virtual Exhibition, Mar. 15 - Apr. 15, 2024 | Interview with Vian Borchert | Gallery Talk
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, New England Collective 13th Annual Group Exhibition, Feb. 1-25, 2024
Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, Oasis of Color Group Exhibition, Nov. 17-26, 2023

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Bio

Albert John Belmont is a contemporary artist based in New Hampshire. Working since the mid-'90s, his art focuses on the deconstruction of subjects to convey form and feeling through simplicity.

​Since 2020, his drawings and oil paintings have delved into autobiographical explorations of spaces, sleep, quiet experiences, and key memories. Much of this work is included in a three-series visual memoir titled "Son of 77," exploring key moments through his life.

​He has exhibited in several states and cities over the course of his career, most recently in New York, Hartford, Boston, and throughout New England. 

"Me" 1997

"Self Portrait" 2012

"Self Portrait" 2022