Joseph Dreher

Decatur, GA

Artist, Architect, Photographer and Poet
I am a social artist. My work is about celebrating people and community. I use a number of tools and media to create my work including photography, murals, street art, wheatpaste, painting, sculpture, architecture, and poetry to name a few. People are my primary interest and it is my appreciation for people that informs so much of my creative work. My work is always multi-dimensional because I see a world where people are not flat. They are not obstacles, or heroes, or rogues, or saints. They are people–dimensional and deep. There are no strangers in your world when you meet people fully prepared to accept who they are. My work does not seek to capture or take but to give and to elevate. No matter how my work may evolve, or into what media I may explore, you will always find that I center myself through my great affection for people.