Ariel Beal is a visual artist from the Chicago area, currently living and working in Boston. With a B.F.A. from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2024, Beal was trained in Design, minoring in Sculpture practices.

Her work involves engaging surface, interactive, and graphic design, with fine art practices to create temporal dialogues and serve as representation. Beal utilizes these practices to involve accessible, community-driven art as a fine artist and educator.

She has exhibited in the US at the Contemporary Art Center, Wave Pool Gallery, Pearlman Gallery in Cincinnati, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, The Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, and The Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago.