Joerg Dressler
Artist Bio Artist Work
Joerg was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschule fur Gestaltung in Offenbach, Germany, in 1994. Additionally, he studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, France. Joerg moved to the United States in 1996.
Joerg Dressler’s work is driven by nature and how we perceive it. “It is the unpredictability and mysteries of nature that intrigue me,”he says. He is presenting his experiences of reality ltered through his perception. As a result, disjointed experiences of the seen and unseen are reassembled, creating in the work a reality of its own. Joerg’s evocative, sensual paintings derive from a sincere dialogue between the representational and the abstract, the conceptual conscientiousness and pure spontaneity. While remaining uniquely his own visual communication, the vocabulary for his work is drawn from a cross-section of art history: Romanticism, Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, graphic design and photography. Recurring themes in his work include the passage of time, impermanence, frailty, and perception. “Joerg evokes sublime depictions of our confrontation with nature, especially the contrary effects of nature on the human psyche,” writes Christopher Busa in the current issue of Provincetown Arts. “He places tranquility side by side with violence, light clashing with the dark, fragility beside boldness—surprising forces seemingly summoned on a whim, with involuntary energy.” Dressler is a recipient of the Romanos Rizk Scholarship, and his work is included in the permanent collections of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York.
Joerg is represented by Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA, and Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY.
Education
1989-94 M.F.A, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, Germany (University of Art and Design, Offenbach)
1989 Guest semester at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Paris, France
1985-86 Fachhochschule Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Kevin Cyr
2023
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Ed Christie
2022
Rivalry Projects, Buffalo: Joerg Dressler + Billy Frolov
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Ed Christie
2021
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Ed Christie
2020
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
HISTORIC MEMORY: Joerg Dressler, Shawn Huckins, Curated by Lauren Nye,
July 31 – November 8, 2020
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Alice Denison
2018
Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College: “Nature Interrupted”,
curated by Nathalie Ferrier
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Kirk Jenkins
2017
Clark Gallery, Lincoln: Joerg Dressler: “Revisited”
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler, Mike Wright: New Work
Gold Gallery, Boston: Joerg Dressler and Ryoko Tajiri: Dialogue
2016
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler, Kevin Cyr: New Work
Gold Gallery, Boston: Joerg Dressler and Christie Scheele: Elements
2015
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler, Heather Toland: New Work
2014
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Ed Christie: New Work
2013
Gold Gallery, Boston: Joerg Dressler and Silke Schoener: Explicit + Implicit
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: Joerg Dressler and Mike Wright: New Work
2012
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Outlook”
Gold Gallery, Boston: “Outlook”
Carney Gallery—Regis College: “Outlook”
2011
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Elevations”
Renjeau Galleries, Natick: “Joerg Dressler & Peter Kuttner”
Holyoke Center—Harvard University: Curated by Amy Ford, Director of Sales and Rental, Cambridge Art Association
2010
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Panoramas”
2009
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “New Work”
Atelier M, Mashpee: “Water’s Edge”
2008
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Landstrasse”
Atelier M, Mashpee: “New Work”
2007
Tristan Gallery, Provincetown: “New Work”
2006
Tristan Gallery, Provincetown: “New Work”
2005
Gateway Terrace, Boston: “New Work”
Group Exhibitions
2024
PAAM, Juried exhibition, curated by Molly Demeulenaere
Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
VOIDS— A group show of triptychs on grief.
Outside Straight Lines: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Artists, The 204, Harwich, MA, curated by David Cravenho
2023
Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA: Reading the Earth, curated by Deborah Davidson
PAAM, Juried exhibition, curated by David Foley and Larry Collins
2022
PAAM, Juried exhibition, curated by Kristen Andersen and James Stanley
Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL: Sense of Place; Mother Earth Now, curated by Erin Parish
Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA: Together With
2021
FiveSparks – Harvard, MA: Mediated Landscapes, curated by Mathew Tucker, October 2021
Empty Set Gallery, Bronx, NY: THIRD NATURE: Joerg Dressler, Heidi Johnson, Amanda Konishi, Michelle O’Connell
Curated by Sarah Ellen Rowe
May 4 – 29, 2021
Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach, FL: THE STORY CONTINUES
Curated by Grela Orihuela
March 20 – July 31, 2021
2019
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Nature Interrupted”, Three person show with Ed Christie and Kevin Cyr
Laundromat Art Space, Miami: “The New Normal” curated by Erin Parish
2018
Laundromat Art Space, Miami: “Interspace” curated by Erin Parish
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown: “Nocturnes: Art of the night” curated by Larry Collins
2017
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown: “Twenty-One/An Invitational” curated by Midge Battelle
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Recent Gifts, Part II”, curated by Christine McCarthy.
2016
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY: “Cut Ups: Queer Collage Practices/Collecting Collage.”
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Meme”
Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY
Gold Gallery, Boston: “Paper Bound”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members’ Juried: Winter”
2015
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston: “The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2015”
Gold Gallery, Boston: “In With The New”
ArtCetera 2015
Miller White Fine Arts, Dennis. “Contemporary Cape Cod Artists on Abstraction”
ArtHamptons 2015
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Square”
2014
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Seven”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Couple/Duos”, curated by Midge Battelle and Pasquale Natale
Luhring Augustine, NYC: Postcards from the edge 2014
2013
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston: “The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2013”
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “11×14–Spring Group Show.” Curated by Joerg Dressler
Harbor Hotel Provincetown: “Provincetown Award Winners.” Features award winners from PAAM that live, work, and show in Provincetown.
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York: Postcards from the Edge 2013
2012
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston: “The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2012”
Gold Gallery, Boston: “Gilded: A Holiday Group Show”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: Members’ Juried: Miniatures. Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director/Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography
Cheim & Read, New York: 14th Annual Postcards From the Edge
2011
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston: “The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition”
Kingston Gallery, Boston: “X” 2011 Associate Members’ Exhibition
BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY: “Wide open 2”. An Art Show juried by Nathan Trotman, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, NYC, NY
Kingston Gallery, Boston: “DIALOGUES: A conversation between Kingston Gallery members and their invited artists”
CRG Gallery, New York City: “Postcards From the Edge—A Benefit for Visual AIDS”
2010
Cambridge Art Association: “BLUE”—juried by Amy Ford, Director of Sales of Rental for the Cambridge Art Association and Susan Vrotsos, Emeritus Director of Sales and Rental for Cambridge Art Association
Gallery Benoit, Boston: “August Group Show”
Foster Collective, Chicago: “Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members Juried Exhibition: Sculpture”.—juried by Stacy Latt Savage Professor of Fine Arts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Cambridge Art Association:“The third dimension”—juried by Wyona Lynch-McWhite, Executive Director, Fuller Craft Museum
ZieherSmith, New York City: “Postcards From the Edge—A Benefit for Visual AIDS”
2009
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members’ Juried Exhibition” —juried by Adrian Tio, Printmaker, Dean of the College of Visual Arts, UMASS Dartmouth
Cambridge Art Association: “BLUE”—juried by Jen Mergel, Assistant Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Studio Visit Magazine, “National: Artist Catalog; Spring 2009”—juried by Michael Klein, Independent Curator and Private Dealer
Alpers Fine Art, Andover: “Ebbs and Flows”
2008
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “12×12 artists panel, an Exhibition and Silent Auction”
Concord Art Association: “Members Juried I” juried by Peter Alpers
2007
Alden Gallery, Provincetown: “Opening celebration”
Concord Art Association: “8th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members Juried Exhibition—Fall” juried by Nora Donelly
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members Juried Exhibition—Spring” juried by Cindy Nickerson
2006
Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
J & W Gallery, New Hope, PA: “The Art of Provincetown”
The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown: “Annual Juried Competition 2006” juried by Paul Stopforth
2005
Tristan Gallery, Provincetown: “Group Show”
The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown: “Annual Juried Competition” juried by Keith Maddy & Marian Roth
The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown: “Drawing Show”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “12×12 artists panel, an Exhibition and Silent Auction”
2004
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members Juried Exhibition 2004” juried by Michael Carroll
One night only, Boston: one-night-group-exhibition with Kevin Cyr and Marty Epp
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “12×12 artists panel, an Exhibition and Silent Auction”
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Emerging Artists 2004”curated by Mike Wright and David Foley
The Silas-Kenyon Gallery, Provincetown: Spring Arts Competition 2004, juried by Marty Epp and Mark Adams
2003
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members Juried Exhibition 2003” juried by William Stover
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “12×12 artists panel, an Exhibition and Silent Auction”
The Silas-Kenyon Gallery, Provincetown: “Spring Arts Competition 2003” juried by Christine McCarthy and M.P. Landis
2002
Provincetown Art Association and Museum: “Members Juried Exhibition 2002”
1993
Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, Germany: “Group Exhibition”
1989
Ecole Nationale Superieur des Arts Decoratif, Paris, France: “Group Exhibition”
Bibliography
2022
Artsinsquare, Issue #3
Buffalo Spree: “Lay of the Land” by Gerald Mead
2021
Provincetown Arts 2021/22: “Provincetown Contemporary” by Megan Hinton
2019
Provincetown Banner: “Joerg Dressler: Mother Nature’s Son”, by Susan Rand Brown
The Jealous Curator: Joerg Dressler
Miami Art Zine: “New Normal” Explores Miami’s Bleak Future, by Monica Torres
2017
Boston Globe: “The Ticket: What’s happening in the arts; Joerg Dressler: Revisited”, by Cate McQuaid
2016
Provincetown Arts: “Joerg Dressler—A Still Point in the Maelstrom”, by Christopher Busa
2015
Cape Cod Times: ‘Smart Art: Life change inspires artist’s new work’ by Deborah Forman
Boston Globe: ‘New galleries blossom at 460 Harrison Ave.’ by Cate McQuaid
Provincetown Banner: “Joerg Dressler’s interplays realism and abstraction in Provincetown”, by Susan Rand Brown
Speaking of Art with Joerg Dressler by By M.Sebastian Araujo (www.visit-provincetown.com)
Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: On Abstraction by Deborah Forman
2013
Boston Globe: “It takes two: Joerg Dressler and Mike Wright”, by Milva Didomizio, July 30, 2013
2011
Boston Globe: “Blossoming of abstract artist Blanche Lazzell (Abstract horizons: Joerg Dressler, Elevations)”, by Cate McQuaid, August 27, 2009
One New England—Online: “The Scoop on Provincetown Galleries, Part 1 – Art in America’s First Art Colony” by Steve Lyons; March, 2011
2010
Artscope Magazine: “Wide-Angle Painting, Joerg Dressler in Provincetown” by Judith Tolnick Champa; August 2010
One New England—Online: “Painter’s Showcase: Joerg Dressler” by Steve Lyons; July, 2010
2009
Provincetown Arts: “Joerg Dressler’s New World” by Howard Karren; August 2009
Boston Globe: “Surveying the landscape”, by Cate McQuaid, August 27, 2009
Boston Globe: “Two to go; today and tomorrow” by Hannah Martin; September 2009
2007
Cape Cod Live: “Three Emerging Artists”; October 2007
2006
Boston Spirit Magazine: “Ten gifts you want”; October/November 2006
The Cape Cod Voice: “After the parade there is still art”; September 2006
2004
Provincetown Banner: “Known & Emerging Artists at PAAM”; September 2004