visual artist
based in San Francisco
@djmeisner
djmeisner37@gmail.com
CV
BURNING HOUSES AND HOW TO PAINT THEM
LARPING AS A COMPASSIONATE BOULDER
THE CONSPIRACY WAS A RESUME
BANG! by Colleen Bornt
SECOND BODY STATE
SELECTED DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
DJ Meisner
b. 1997, San Francisco, California
Lives and works in San Francisco, California
EDUCATION
BA in Studio Art from San Francisco State University, 2020
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Bass & Reiner, ”Second Body State”, San Francisco, CA
2024
Hedendal Gallery, ”New Age Simulacra-Maxxing Evolution/Acc”, San Francisco, CA
2019
Martin Wong Gallery, “Bright Ideas”, San Francisco, CA.
Storage Gallery, “Microhabitat”, Curated by Natasha Loewy in collaboration w/ Shirin Khalatbari, San Francisco, CA
2018
Feldenheimer Gallery, ”Not/Present”, Reed Arts Week, Curated by Juliana Cable, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
120710, ”Non/Phenomenalities”, Curated by Bretty Amory and Shane Denson, Berkeley, CA
Your Mood Projects, “Head to the Hills”, Curated by Selby Sohn, San Francisco, CA
2023
Frankfurter Kunstverein, ”Fake Views”. Curated by Eva and Franco Mattes, Frankfurt, Germany
Bass and Reiner, ”Pyramid Scheme”. San Francisco, CA
2022
Istanbul 74, ”Random Forest”. Organized by Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe, Istanbul, Turkey,
Lower Cavity, “Do Not Research”, Curated by Joshua Citarella, Holyoke, MA.
2019
Martin Wong Gallery, “Salt and the Silver Sunbeam”, Curated by Sean McFarland, San Francisco, CA.
Southern Exposure, “ $1.25: A Ticket for the Next Generation”, Curated by the Youth Advisory Board, San Francisco, CA.
2018
SSU Library Gallery, “Millennial Minds: Topics for the 21st Century”, Curated by Michael Schwager, Sonoma, CA.
Martin Wong Gallery, ”Community Art Club Art Show”, San Francisco, CA
SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, 31st Annual Stillwell Student Exhibition, Curated by Susan Bliss, San Francisco, CA
Little Raven Gallery, “At Home”, Curated by Kaspar Lee, San Francisco, CA
2016
Pulse. Curated by Dayna Melton, 1015 Folsom, San Francisco, CA
2015
Rising Stars. Youth In Arts Gallery, San Rafael, CA
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2019
Jules H. Strauss Memorial Scholarship in Photography. Awarded by SFSU Art Department Scholarship Committee and outside juror Zoe Taleporos
Marcus Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Awarded by SFSU C.U.R.E. Committee
PUBLICATIONS
2024
2023
2022
“Do Not Research 2021-2022”
PRESS
2025
Travis Diehl, The New York Times, “Is this Artist the Joe Rogan of the Art World”