Paul Joseph Vogeler
Paul Joseph Vogeler (b. 1982) is an artist living and working in New York and Berlin. He primarily works in painting, drawing, & printmaking. Paul studied architecture and design before completing his BFA at School of Visual Arts in 2009, and his MFA at Hunter College in 2021. He has shown internationally in New York, Berlin, Zȗrich, Karlsruhe, Budapest, and Detroit. He is the author of Die Sterne Über Mir, a tarot deck created from 78 linoleum block prints he carved himself.
2020 Oil on canvas 182.88 x 121.92 cm / 72 x 48 in
My practice is the constant materialization of reflecting upon the human experience and mortality. It is an ongoing search for the physical symbols that reveal an eternal spiritual realm and mirror the feeling of being human: whether it be the human body, bones and artifacts, landscapes and waterfowl, sexuality and Tarot, or meditations on isolation and death. I seek to express the trauma of our human actuality, both the fallen and the Divine.
2020 Oil on canvas 30.48 x 22.86 cm / 12 x 9 in
2021 Charcoal on paper 134.62 x 187.96 cm / 53 x 74 in
This spring, the Hunter College MFA Program in Studio Art will graduate 26 artists who completed their degree over the challenging months of the COVID-19 pandemic. These talented MFA Thesis Candidates are exhibiting their work in six group exhibitions at 205 Hudson, in addition to this online spotlight hosted by Hauser & Wirth. At time when the public audience for in-person exhibitions has been limited by the pandemic, we are excited to provide this digital platform to the emerging artists from Hunter College’s MFA Program in Studio Art.