Mike von Joel is a publisher, editor and writer.
He has worked in publishing for over 40 years and is currently editor-in-chief at State Media and StateF22 magazine. Founded in January 2011, StateF22 is a not-for-profit free bi-monthly glossy magazine about art and photography, distributed throughout the UK via art galleries and arts venues.
Von Joel is also Creative Director of Art Bermondsey Project Space, a not-for-profit contemporary art gallery in Bermondsey, London. [1]
Both these roles are pro bono.
Von Joel was born and raised in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He is a graduate of Winchester College of Art. His former wife is Chrissie Shrimpton with whom he has four children. [2]
Since 2014 he has been married to former fashion editor and interior designer, Mary Weaver.
Von Joel's former publications include The New Style which ran from 1976 to 1980; [3] Art Line, founded in 1982 which ran for 15 years; Artissues, founded in 1990; artBooknews, also founded in 1990; as well as State of Art, a free newspaper published in partnership with Matthew Flowers from 2005 to 2007; and as editor of Norway based Photoicon which focussed on international photography. [4]
New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011.
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Bermondsey Project Space is a not-for-profit art gallery in Bermondsey, South East London. It was founded in 2015 as Art Bermondsey Project Space and sponsored by Olympus in association with State/F22 magazine. Located in a 3,000 sq ft converted Georgian townhouse adjacent to the White Cube Bermondsey, the gallery hosts three exhibition rooms over three floors of this former paperworks. The gallery presents a programme of exhibitions, events and out-reach educational projects, producing a publication to accompany each show in support of the gallery programme. The Gallery Director is Andrew Etherington. The Artistic Director is Mike von Joel.
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