Georg Meyer-Wiel‘s paintings and drawings are a direct physical and emotional response to the world that surrounds him.

Whilst he repeatedly gravitates to the genre of portraiture in his drawings, his large-scale paintings fuse the figurative and the abstract and are usually the result of long-term research and complex material processes.

Through his photography, he draws from a lifetime of travels and human encounters to reveal poetic beauty alongside the world’s more unsettling and dystopian realities.

Georg Meyer-Wiel X Alexander Abramov
Five Layers of Flash

For this collaboration, Georg partners with Russian artist and writer Alexander Abramov to create a limited-edition set of fine art prints, released in dialogue with Abramov’s anthology Uncovered Part II: Body.
The book unfolds through five character archetypes, each reflecting a distinct emotional state and moment of transformation. Inspired by these archetypes,
Georg has created five exclusive artworks that echo themes of exposure, vulnerability, and strength, brought together as a cohesive limited-edition set.

For Five Layers of Flash, I chose to combine references from each chapter of the book in a sequence that, side by side, traces the stages of unveiling the body. This approach allowed each motif to express both strength and vulnerability, echoing the delicate balance between exposure and self-protection. Transformation is the thread that runs through the entire work, and I connect with it deeply. In different moments of my life, I have stepped into these roles in my relationships and in my inner world, crossing boundaries, chasing passions, and confronting my own shadows.          Georg Meyer-Wiel

To explore the project and view available print editions, visit the Uncovered Collaboration gallery.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

THE DISCO AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

GPS Gallery / Soho, London
21 October - 02 November 2025 

In The Disco at the End of the Universe, the 2025 group exhibition by Artist Collective AndroTechne, Georg Meyer-Wiel presented a new body of work that reflected on the state of humanity at this point. The show featured his largest single canvas to date, showcasing a 2.6m high reinterpretation of the Fall of the Rebel Angels.

Amid climate collapse, rising authoritarianism and the slow crumble of liberal certainties the exhibition dared to offer art as passion, celebration and rebellion in response to a world that feels out of control: a show that was part love letter, part battle cry, part mirrorball.

Find more information on the exhibition HERE

THE NIGHT GARDEN

Interior Gallery RB12 / London Victoria
05 June – 31 August 2025
Extended until 02/2026

The Night Garden at Interior Design Gallery RB12 in London is Georg’s largest exhibition of abstract landscape paintings to date.
On show is a collection of over 20 paintings that pay homage to the beauty of the natural world.

Curated over two floors, the exhibition combines aerial views of landscapes with views outwards into space.
Whilst the artworks invite to a stroll through deep canyons and cosmic meadows, these peregrinations allow to delve into the artist's mind.

For more information on the gallery please visit RB12.

HAPPY CRUISING

Galerie Newman Berlin
17 April – 18 May 2025

Happy Cruising was Georg Meyer-Wiel’s second solo exhibition at Galerie Newman, in which he showed new figurative paintings and drawings on toned paper.

Following several characters on their journeys through the night, the subject of Cruising has been caught with powerful brushstrokes.
Having lived in London over the past 25 years, Georg has continuously documented the club scene and chill-out culture.
This body of work is a story about personal encounters, in which he depicts images of raw yet fragile and often intimate beauty.

For more information please visit Galerie Newman.

DRESS:CODE

Galerie Newman Berlin
13 September – 31 October 2024

DRESS:CODE was Georg Meyer-Wiel’s first solo exhibition at Galerie Newman, in which he has shown drawings on historical documents, that reference today’s dress-codes and body culture. With the Private Views being hosted during the annual Folsom Europe event, the focus of the show was on fetish and the multitude of related dress codes found throughout the gay community. 

‘’As a gay man I often wonder what life must have been like over the past centuries, without the rights that large parts of today’s world enjoy and take for granted. When working with life models and portraying them on historical documents, I transport my protagonists into the distant past, where they could not have had the life they live today. Many of my drawings also reference today’s dress-codes and body culture and I especially like to use documents from countries that until now do not accept and punish homosexuality, as this creates a strong juxtaposition when they are used as context for homoerotic drawings.’’ Georg Meyer-Wiel

For more information please visit Galerie Newman.

UNBOUND

The Knast Berlin
13 - 21 September 2024

UNBOUND: Just a question of lust — the annual autumn group show of PrideART Berlin. Exhibiting in the former prison The Knast, numerous international artists shared their views and interpretations of fetish.

For this exhibition, Georg created a series of new paintings in mixed media, amongst them the immersive work ‘Snax’, which depicts over 90 individual characters, inspired by the legendary Snax Club at Berghain Berlin.

For directions and more information on the show please visit PrideART Berlin.

BOYS IN THE SAND

E. Lesh Gallery Provincetown 
30 August - 7 September 2024

In his 2024 Provincetown solo exhibition Boys in the Sand, Georg presented works on paper that depict men in pools and on beaches. Inspired by Wakefield Poole‘s landmark film ‘Boys In The Sand’ (1971) and Tom Bianchi’s ‘Fire Island Pines: Polaroids, 1975-1983’ he recreated with life models a number of iconic images, in the classic polaroid format.

ONLY THIS MOMENT

Fitzrovia Gallery London 
11 - 16 June 2024

In his solo exhibition ONLY THIS MOMENT, Georg Meyer-Wiel showcased paintings on canvas.
In this deeply personal record of his own experiences and encounters, he depicts moments of pulsating nightlife that he has experienced over the past decades.

With powerful brushstrokes he captures the essence of the night: the fleeting, intimate encounters, the steam and the trance during which the rest of the world, the exuberant party, recedes into the distance.

Whether on the dance floor or in the middle of a chill-out scene – what matters is the intensity of only this one moment.

Click HERE to enter the gallery ONLY THIS MOMENT and to view exhibition catalogue.

Watch the exhibition trailer HERE.

THE AIRMALES

The Gallery at The Crown and Anchor Provincetown MA
07/21/23 – 08/20/23

In the solo exhibition The Airmales in Provincetown / MA, Georg presented a new body of works on paper, exploring the male figure. Starting with a series of portraits on historical airmail letters, the exhibition explored multiple facets of masculinity through a rich variety of media.

Having studied graphic design, Georg developed a habit of collecting ephemera, and many of his figurative drawings are executed on original antique envelopes and other historical documents, some of which date back 300 years.

The subject of travelling creates unique narratives by placing the figures in times and places that actually once existed, in a world now long lost. These artworks invite us to travel the world and map out long forgotten journeys and relations.

EDEN

Espacio Gallery London 
07 - 12 November 2023

In his 2023 solo exhibition EDEN at Espacio Gallery, London-based artist Georg Meyer-Wiel portrayed humanity through his photography. Georg has spent 30 years documenting his travels and encounters, recording stages of his life with his camera. The exhibition consisted of photographs taken over the past two decades, shot in over twenty countries.

Shifting between epic and bizarre… and always engaging, Georg’s photographs celebrate the fleeting moments of beauty in an ever-changing world.                       
Sabine Laessig, Curator

Click HERE to enter the Photography Galleries.

Watch the exhibition trailer HERE.

RIVERMAN

Fitzrovia Gallery London 
16 - 21 May 2023

In his 2023 solo exhibition RIVERMAN at Fitzrovia Gallery London, Georg Meyer-Wiel showed a body of works on paper and canvas, depicting the male figure along waterways.
The paintings reveal man as a small part of a much larger ‘picture‘, referencing his elemental connectedness to water and the natural world.

My travels along many rivers, from the Amazon to the Zambezi, and my observations and experiences of man’s relationship with watercourses have had a lasting influence on my life and work. I am particularly fascinated and inspired by the transformative nature of water as refractive and reflective processes create endlessly shifting abstract images from original forms.        Georg Meyer-Wiel

Click HERE to enter the RIVERMAN gallery.

Watch the exhibition trailer HERE.

Gardens of Earthly Delights

Espacio Gallery London
9th - 14th November 2021

In the group exhibition Gardens of Earthly Delights by artist collective Androtechne at Espacio Gallery London, Georg has shown for the first time sculptural work and one of his largest works on canvas to date.

Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’, Georg responded to the 15th Century masterpiece by exploring a detail found in the centre of Bosch’s painting, a group of nude bathers standing in a shallow, like in a fountain of youth. In Georg’s interpretation, his all male cast is surrounded by a siege of herons and flocks of other water birds such as kingfishers, which are representing the men’s desires and symbolize the renewal of life.

The composition, which comprises of almost 50 men and about 80 birds, brings together studies of numerous life models. A series of original drawings created in preparation, as well as the painting itself, can be found in the gallery ‘Earthly Delights’,

Click HERE to enter the EARTHLY DELIGHTS gallery.

The Drawing Galleries

The Airmales / Works on historical documents

As a gay man I often wonder what life must have been like over the past centuries, without the rights that large parts of today’s world enjoy and take for granted.

When working with life models and portraying them on historical documents, I transport my protagonists into the distant past, where they could not have had the life they live today.

Many of my drawings also reference today’s dress-codes and body culture and I especially like to use documents from countries that until now do not accept and punish homosexuality, as this creates a strong juxtaposition when they are used as context for homoerotic drawings.                    Georg Meyer-Wiel

Works on White

This gallery shows drawings of the male figure on white paper. Many of these works depict the act of Undressing and the rich variety of dress codes. They explore how garments and materials cover the body and create identity. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Master Degree in Fashion Design, and working also as a Costume designer, explains Georg’s interest in fabric and garments.

Georg’s paintings are usually the result of complex material processes, using paints, corroded metals, and polished graphite. Combined with figurative drawings, they fuse the immediacy of a drawing with rich background textures.

MONOGRAPH

Georg Meyer-Wiel's monograph The Life Studies is published by Bruno Gmünder in the series Portfolio1000. The limited edition book focuses on Georg's male drawings.
Forewords by Neil Bartlett and Cary Sawhney.

Books purchased through this website are signed by the artist. See and purchase the book HERE.

If you would like to purchase original artwork with a signed copy of the book please contact Georg Meyer-Wiel HERE.