Bio

Joey Goergen is an artist from Buffalo, New York. He is currently a visiting professor at the Cleveland Institute of art. Goergen attended the University At Buffalo for his MFA in studio art graduating in 2024. He had his Masters thesis Anything Can Happen Here at Hunt Art Gallery. This show featured abstract paintings that examine grief and finding joy through sampling personal narratives, punk as a subculture, and fiction. Joey went to the Cleveland Institute of art and graduated with a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking in 2018. Goergen has worked as an illustrator for bands like Excide and Sign Language doing their album art and merchandise. Joey has also shown work at places like Transformer Station Cleveland as well as continually showing with the Cozy Up! Collective in Ohio. His works often manifest in works on paper and has also reached into installation and performative works that engage the viewer through phone calls and street signs.