Meuser was born in 1947 in Essen and currently lives and works in Karlsruhe. Between 1968 and 1976, he studied with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich at Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. 1992 – 2015 he was a professor at Kunstakademie Karlsruhe. Meuser has had numerous solo exhibitions, including Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (2023), Skulpturenpark, Heidelberg (2020), Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe (2011), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2008), Oldenburger Kunstverein (2003), Staatliche Kunstakademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe (1996), and Kunsthalle Zürich (1991).

In 1992 he participated in documenta IX in Kassel. Group exhibitions include Marta, Herford (2018), Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2016), Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen, Museo de Arte Contemporanéo, A Coruña (all 2015), Kunsthalle Darmstadt (2012), Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (2010), Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2007), ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe (2006, 2002), Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (2001). His works can be found in notable public and private collections such as Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Museum Ludwig, Köln; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg; Sammlung Haubrock, Berlin; The Margulies Collection, Miami; Frankel Collection for the Arts, Bloomfield Hills; Sammlung Grässlin, St. Georgen; and Sammlung Viehof, Mönchengladbach.