Joel Mesler

Born in 1974 in Los Angeles, CA, Mesler earned his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1999. His paintings shed light on universal themes by filtering them through autobiography, humor, self-deprecation, and surprising compositional juxtapositions. Additionally, Mesler has been a friend to A Hug From The Art World since its inception. This is even his handwriting.

Mesler has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY (2025); the Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel (2025); Chateau La Coste, Provence, France (2024); Cheim & Read, New York (2023); the Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai (2023); David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); Lévy Gorvy, Hong Kong (2021); Harper’s Books, East Hampton, New York (2020); A Hug From The Art World, New York (2019); and Simon Lee, London (2018). He lives and works in East Hampton, New York.