Joel Mesler

Biography

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2026
  • Mountains and Flowers, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
2025
  • Paint the Lines, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
  • Brand X Editions: Innovation in Screenprinting, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
  • CHUTZPAH: Spirit, Recollection, Self, Jewish Museum of Australia, St Kilda, Australia
2024
  • Pictures at an Exhibition, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv Culture Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Engaging with History: Works from the Collection, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
  • OVERSERVED, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, USA
  • Crescent Heights, Harper’s Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
  • Friends of the Pod, Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
2023
  • Diaspora, Ezra Gallery of the Hamptons, Sag Harbor, USA
  • 20, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  • Pop Masters: Art From the Mugrabi Collection, Home of the Arts (HOTA), Surfers Paradise, Australia
  • Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, USA
2021
  • Via Cafe, Tif Sigfrids, Comer, USA
2019
  • Summer Rental, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, USA
  • Brand X: 40 Years, Pace Gallery, New York, USA
  • Malmö Sessions, Carl Kostyál, Malmö, Sweden
2008
  • Pop-Auge und die ewigen Quatschkommoden. Deutsche und Amerikanische Kunst seit 1999, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2025
  • Dear Rabbi, A Hug From The Art World, A Hug From The Art World, New York, USA
  • Finding Paradise, Paradise Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
  • The Light Within, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Miles of Smiles, Guild Hall, East Hampton, USA
2024
  • Me, You and the Sunset, Richard Rogers Gallery (Château La Coste), Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Pool Party, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA
  • Kitchens are good rooms to cry in, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York, USA
2023
  • Sunrise Sunset, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  • Spotlight: Joel Mesler, Flag Art Foundation, New York, USA
  • Spiritual Journey, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
  • The Rabbis, Cheim & Read, New York, USA
2022
  • Mental States, LGDR, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Pool Party, Lévy Gorvy, Palm Beach, USA
  • Pool Party, Lévy Gorvy, London, UK
2021
  • Surrender, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
  • In the Beginning, Lévy Gorvy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2020
  • Show Schmo, Harper’s Apartment, New York, USA
2018
  • The Alphabet of Creation (For Now), Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2017
  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
2016
  • American People, TORRI, Paris, France
2005
  • Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, USA

PRESS

Online
  • More Than a T-Shirt: Philadelphia Museum of Art Showcases the Pinnacle of Fine Art Screenprinting
  • Paradise Resort Hosts Joel Mesler’s First Solo Exhibition in Korea to Enrich Art Experience
  • Artist Joel Mesler Brings Light and Love to South Korea’s Paradise City
  • Guild Hall: Water, Water Everywhere
  • Joel Mesler Brings His Poolside Palette to Vilebrequin
  • Here’s Everything You Need to See, Shop, and Eat in the Hamptons This Summer
  • Joel Mesler’s ‘The Light Within’ Illuminates Tel Aviv’s Art Scene
  • Vilebrequin Taps Joel Mesler for Pool-inspired Swim Capsule
  • Joel Mesler: ‘The Light Within’ Opens in Tel Aviv
  • American Jewish Artist on Contributing to Philharmonic Oct. 7 Tribute
  • Joel Mesler Wants You to Watch Out for the Coke Birds
  • Wet Paint in the Wild: Joel Mesler Throws a Pool Party at 30 Rock
  • With a Trio of International Shows, Artist-Dealer Joel Mesler Finally Knows What Love Is
  • Last Chance: Joel Mesler’s Pool Party at Rockefeller Center
  • Artist Joel Mesler Takes Over New York with Midtown Pool Party and an Upper East Side Gallery Show
  • The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week
  • A Giant ‘Pool’ Just Opened at the Rink at Rockefeller Center
  • Must-See Public Art Installations in NYC, July 2024
  • I Sat for a Portrait at Independent by Beloved Artist-Dealer Joel Mesler. Here’s What It Was Like
  • Steve Cohen’s New York Mets Are Giving Away Items by Rashid Johnson and Joel Mesler at Games This Season
  • Artists Rashid Johnson and Joel Mesler Created Promo Merch for Upcoming New York Mets Season
  • Artist Joel Mesler Never Guessed His Life’s Work Would Be Painting Rabbis
  • The ADAA Art Show Returns for a Milestone 35th Edition With A Slate of Special Programming to Celebrate
  • Artists Tackle Antisemitism, With Ambitious New Billboard Project
  • How a Multi-Faith, Multiracial Team of Artists is Waging a Nationwide Billboard Campaign to Fight Antisemitism
  • US Public Art Projects Seeks to Combat Rising Antisemitism
  • For Freedoms Announces the Highest Forms of Wisdom is Kindness, a New Campaign Aimed at Combating Antisemitism
  • Joel Mesler Joins Billboard Fight Against Antisemitism
  • This Week in Culture: Peep Shows and Pool Parties
  • Inside My Collection: Steelo Brim
  • Five Things to Do in New York’s Art Scene July 17-22
  • Joel Mesler, guest editor
  • 7 New Art Exhibits Making a Splash This Spring
  • Joel Mesler: What Lies Beneath The Eye Candy
  • Basquiat’s Painting Garners US$14.9 Million At Inaugural Christie’s Shanghai Sale
  • Impressionist Records and Incessant Ultra-Contemporary Frenzy
  • Today in The Culture, December 15, 2021: Rashid Johnson’s Chicago Story | Preserving “The Murder of Fred Hampton” | Alex Ross’ First Graphic Novel
  • From Outside In: Rashid Johnson Has Plied His Status as an Art Star to Effect the Kinds of Change He Wants to See
  • NFTs, Banksy and Asia’s Ascent: 2021, the Year the Art Market was Turned on its Head
  • Check Out David Kordansky's Art Basel Viewing Room
  • Yayoi Kusama Proves Star Power with Painting Sold at 5.45 billion won
  • Cultured Collections with Matthew Chevallard
  • 2021 Artist Plate Project Features a List of Legendary Work
  • Dallas' Most Glorious Gala and Art Auction Draws a Surreal $11 million
  • Move Over London—the Asian Auction Market is Exploding
  • L.A. Dealer David Kordansky to Open New York Space Next Year
  • 9 Artists Who Made Major Gallery Moves This Summer
  • Best of Summer
  • Western Artists Continue to Rise in Hong Kong, Driving Global Market Higher
  • ‘We’re in Uncharted Territory’: Artist Joel Mesler on How a Career as a Dealer Prepared Him Not at All to Become a Market Darling
  • What’s on
  • US Artist's Solo Exhibition in HK Unfolds Childhood Dreamscapes
  • The izzue X Joel Mesler Collaboration is Literally Wearable Art
  • The izzue X Joel Mesler Collection is Literally Wearable Art
  • Joel Mesler's First Asia Exhibition Officially Landed in Hong Kong
  • A Fantasy Jungle Full of Exotic Flavors!
  • Joel Mesler's First Solo Exhibition in Asia Will be Unveiled Next Month
  • Meet the New Generation of Young, Obscenely Wealthy, and Totally Obsessed Collectors Who Are Upending Asia’s Art Market
  • ARTnews in Brief: White Cube Plans Aspen Outpost—and More from May 17, 2021
  • Who Won New York’s Spring Auction Week? Here Are 9 Important Takeaways From the $1.3 Billion Resurgence of the Art Market
  • Basquiat’s In This Case Headlines Christie’s Inaugural 21st Century Evening Sale at $93,105,000
  • How to Give It: Five Spring Fundraisers for Art Lovers
  • Surging Demand for Young Artists Powered Sotheby’s $122.5 Million Contemporary Art Sale in Hong Kong
  • How New York’s Galleries Have Survived and Thrived During the Pandemic
  • More Inside the Beverly Hills Estate of House of Bijan’s Heir
  • ‘Surrender’ is Joel Mesler’s First Show at David Kordansky Gallery
  • Hot Lots: These 7 Artists Emerged as Market Sensations During This Year’s Star-Making Auction Day Sales
  • Eastward, Ho! Even Art Is Leaving for the Hamptons
  • The Art Scene: 02.27.20
  • From the Mark Hotel to Frieze, Joel Mesler’s Portraits Add Accessibility to the Art World
  • Exclusive: An Interview with Artist Joel Mesler
  • Frieze New York Diary: From Oliver Beer’s Pot Sounds to Art Dealer Joel Mesler’s Watercolour Portraits
  • Ferrying to Frieze? Artist and Dealer Joel Mesler Will Paint Your Portrait on the Way to the Art-Fair Island
  • ’This is Improv from the Heart’: Kenny Schachter, Joel Mesler Release Trailer for Show at Felix LA
  • How an Art Dealer Became an Up-and-Coming Painter
  • Yarrow Fans are Hungry for the Wolf and Mesler to Put People in the Picture
  • Dear Painter, Paint for Me: Artist and Dealer Joel Mesler Will Make Portraits at London Show
  • Talk About Vertical Integration! At NADA Miami, Joel Mesler Will Be the Dealer, the Artist, the Art Handler, and the PR Agent
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Eight: My $500,000 Mistake
  • In the Wake of a Wave of Closures, Galleries Are Adapting to Survive
  • Watch the Hilarious Video That Art Dealer Joel Mesler is Using to Debut His New East Hampton Gallery
  • Rental Gallery to Open East Hampton Space in May
  • Feuer/Mesler to Close for Good in February
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Seven: Go East, No Longer Young Man
  • Publicist Adam Abdalla Goes into Art Dealing with a Booth of Works by Joel Mesler at NADA
  • 5 Legendary Art Dealers Who Struggled Before They Made It Big
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Six: The Metaphor Delivered
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Five: Goodbye to All That
  • Untitled and Zach Feuer Galleries Will Merge on the Lower East Side
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Four: Up All Night in the Dream Factory
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Three: Downhill All the Way
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part Two: Forget It, Joel. It’s Chinatown
  • True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer, Part One: Safe and Warm in L.A.
  • Joel Mesler
  • The Jester

BOOKS

2024
  • For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?, Monacelli, New York, USA

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