Biography
“My interdisciplinary work encompasses multiple media and is inspired by both the natural world and movement. The fluidity of drawing lends itself to an accurate recording of the movement of bodies in performance. This vital examination of a transient moment is an intimate carnal dialogue, urgent and demanding.
Whilst I repeatedly gravitate to the genre of portraiture in my drawings, my large-scale paintings fuse the figurative and the abstract and are usually the result of long-term research and complex material processes. Using a mix of acrylic paints, metals and various natural materials, my paintings are a direct physical and emotional response to the world that surrounds me.”
Georg Meyer-Wiel, Artist statement
Since graduating from the Royal College of Art Georg Meyer-Wiel has worked as an artist. His knowledge of Taxidermy and a passion for zoology combine to inform many of his creations.
Major exhibitions have taken place at the Ballery Berlin, Hockney Gallery London, Henry Moore Gallery London, Michael Commerford Gallery Sydney and the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.
Simultaneously he works as designer of costume and stage for contemporary dance, ballet, film and opera. Amongst his clients are Rambert Dance Company, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ballet national de l’Opéra du Rhin and the Australian Dance Theatre.
He teaches at Kingston University and Regent's University London and conducts workshops at the British Museum, for which he has been awarded the honorary Trailblazer Award by the Campaign for Drawing.
Georg lives and works in London.
