Jacob Koestler www.jacobkoestler.com Born 1984 • Johnstown, [email protected] • 814-341-2540 Education MFA, Photography and Integrated Media, University, 2014 BS, Photography, The Art Institute of , 2011

Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions Copy of a Copy, The Print Center, , PA, 2018 Dream Baby, Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2017 Go Away Everywhere, FORUM Art Space, Cleveland, OH, 2016 Go Away Everywhere, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH, 2014 Sound Structures, Image Box, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009 Sound Structures, 709 Railroad Street, Johnstown, PA, 2008

Select Group Exhibitions Critical Feedback, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2018 Altered Landscapes, SGC International Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2018 Auction Preview Exhibition, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018 Faculty Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, The Cleveland Institute of Art, 2017 THEM, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH, 2017 Emergent 2017, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH, 2017 Technical Specialist Show, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2016 On the Shelf, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL, 2016 SCAL3, Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, OH, 2016 100 Years at Home, Sunroom, Cleveland, OH, 2016 Emerge: New Photography CLE, 2731 Prospect Gallery, Cleveland OH, 2016 Tall Tales, Canopy Collective, Cleveland OH, 2015 Orange River (Road to Nowhere), Ingenuity Fest, Cleveland, OH, 2015 Mimeo Revolution, Art Book and Zine Fair, MoCA Cleveland, 2015 FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI, 2014 Works on Paper, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH, 2014 Image OHIO, Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2014 Purr, BuckBuck Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2013 Three Documents, Nuit Blanche Festival, Athens, OH, 2013 The Photocopy Club, Beach Gallery, , , 2012 SPE Juried Exhibition, Art Academy’s Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2012 Small Prints, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA, 2012 Bookstore, Drift Station, Lincoln, NE, 2012 CMIAR, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2012 100 Portraits, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, , 2011 100 Portraits – 100 Photographers, FotoWeek, Washington DC, 2010 Wanderlust, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE, 2010 The Rules for Staying Young, NWAA, Wilmington, DE, 2010 Cluster, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 2010 Title Magazine's Anniversary Art Show, The ARTery, Costa Mesa, CA, 2010 Cluster, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010 Here and There, 709 Railroad Street, Johnstown, PA, 2009 Here and There, Snowflake/City Stock, St Louis, MO, 2008 U R HERE, Adaptation, Philadelphia, PA, 2008 Selections, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 2008

1 Jacob Koestler www.jacobkoestler.com Born 1984 • Johnstown, Pennsylvania [email protected] • 814-341-2540 Select Group Exhibitions (cont.) The Looking Glass, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007 PF/PCA Members Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007 Alumni Show, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007

Screenings UNDEREXPOSED (Producer), Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, UNDEREXPOSED (Producer), SPACES, FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 2018 Go Away Everywhere, Voice of the Valley Festival, Fairview, WV, 2018 UNDEREXPOSED, Cleveland Urban Film Festival, 2018 Music Video Selection, H Space Summer Screening, Cleveland, OH, 2017 UNDEREXPOSED, The Cleveland Foundation, 2017 UNDEREXPOSED, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 2017 UNDEREXPOSED, Peter B Lewis Theater, Cleveland, OH, 2017 Go Away Everywhere, Romeo Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015 Go Away Everywhere, Lean Industrial Consortium, Cleveland, OH, 2015 Go Away Everywhere, The Summit, Columbus, OH, 2015 Go Away Everywhere, Casa Cantina, Athens, OH, 2015 Go Away Everywhere, The House of One Accord, Harrisburg, PA, 2015 Go Away Everywhere, Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 Bad Weather, Young Camelot Film and Video Series, Chicago, IL, 2015 Go Away Everywhere, The Big Generator Film Coven, Akron, OH, 2015 Bad Weather, Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH, 2013 Red Magnet, Glidden Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2013 Static Room, Central Venue, 2013, Athens, OH

Select Performances (Rural Carrier) The Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, OH, 2017 Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 2016 Guide to Kulchur, Cleveland, OH, 2015 The Sunroom Gallery (with Jerry Birchfield), Cleveland, OH, 2015 SPACES, Cleveland, OH, 2015 Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 Venue of Merging Arts, Johnstown, PA, 2015 Listen Hear, Indianapolis, IN, 2015

Books Everybody Wants Somewhere, Self-Published, 2018 Even When I’m Here, I’m Gone, My Idea of Fun, 2017 Snake Hoggin’, My Idea of Fun, 2016 It Took a Week for a Length of Rope to Move a Foot, My Idea of Fun, 2016 Salt , My Idea of Fun, 2015 Skidmark Ingrain, My Idea of Fun, 2012/2015 Something in the Way, but Barely There, My Idea of Fun, 2011/2015 The Only Ones // The Other One, My Idea of Fun, 2013 Tagged, Reclaimed, My Idea of Fun, 2011 State Postcard Set, My Idea of Fun, 2009

2 Jacob Koestler www.jacobkoestler.com Born 1984 • Johnstown, Pennsylvania [email protected] • 814-341-2540 Books (cont.) Western Exterior, My Idea of Fun, 2009 The Daily Camera, My Idea of Fun, 2008-10 Lullaby, My Idea of Fun, 2008 Sound Structures, My Idea of Fun, 2008

Publications & Articles Perception vs Memory, Broad Street Review, Pamela J Forsythe, 2018 Paper Safe, Issue #7: The Wild, 2016 The Republican National Convention, Fogged Clarity (Online), 2016 Cruel Folklore, Keystone Chapbook Prize: Poems by Eric Schwerer, 2016 Detroit Rock City, Print Exchange, Mid America Print Conference, 2014 INPHA2, Manifest Gallery, 2014 Notes from the Foundry, Spaces Corners, 2013 Rubber Necking: RNpreMM, My Idea of Fun, 2011 Rubber Necking: Altered Island, My Idea of Fun, 2011 Roll Series (Editor), My Idea of Fun, 2009-2010 Identity Sucks, World Identity Lab, 2010 Waterfall Magazine, Summer Issue, 2009 Title Magazine, Issue 2, 2009 Johnstown Magazine, 2005-09 Neon Magazine, September Issue, 2008

Lectures & Panels Artist Talk: Everybody Wants Somewhere, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018 Artist Talk: Everybody Wants Somewhere, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018 Artist Talk: Everybody Wants Somewhere, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH, 2018 Artist Talk, Cleveland State University, 2018 Artists on Art Lecture Series, MoCA Cleveland, 2018 Artist Talk, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, 2016 Zines: Social Change on a Budget, Presentation & Workshop, MoCA Cleveland, 2016 Lunch on Fridays Lecture Series, The Cleveland Institute of Art, OH, 2016 Einstein’s Brain, Artists Panel, SPACES, Cleveland, OH 2016 Interview, Tome to the Weather Machine Podcast, 2015 Artist Talk, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2014 Artist Talk, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV, 2014 Go Away Everywhere presentation, ADP Workshop, Athens, OH, 2014 Black Bodies, Image OHIO Panel, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2014 Black Bodies presentation, Midwest SPE, Lincoln, NE, 2013 Site and Subjectivity Panel, NCECA, Houston, TX, 2013

Awards Best in Show, Image OHIO, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2014 Ohio University GSS Travel Grant, 2012/13 Best in Show, FOTOFOCUS, CCAC, Cincinnati, OH, 2012 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Project Grant, 2008

3 Jacob Koestler www.jacobkoestler.com Born 1984 • Johnstown, Pennsylvania [email protected] • 814-341-2540 Awards (cont.) Pittsburgh Filmmakers Emerging Photographer Award, 2006 Best in Show, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Portfolio Review, 2006

Residencies SPACES R&D, Cleveland, OH, 2018–19 Morgan Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 2018

Teaching Experience Lecturer, Photography + Video Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2018–present Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Sculpting in Time, 2017 Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Advanced Video Projects, 2017 Independent Study, Cleveland Institute of Art, Point of View & Gender in Cinema, 2016 Adjunct Faculty, Cuyahoga Community College, Photo History, Cleveland, OH, 2016 Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, + Video, 2016 Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Intro to Digital Cinema, 2016–18 Instructor of Record, Ohio University, Film Photography, 2014 Instructor of Record, Ohio University, Digital Photography, 2012–14

Select Experience Exhibitions Photographer, FRONT International, Cleveland, OH, 2018 Co-founder & Contributor, My Idea of Fun, Johnstown, PA, 2000–2018 Photo/Video Technical Specialist, The Cleveland Institute of Art, 2015–2017 Exhibitions Photographer, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, 2015–present Installation Assistant, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 2015 Installation Assistant, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH, 2015 Lab Assistant, DAPCEL Inc, Cleveland, OH, 2015 Associate Worker, Casa Nueva, Athens, OH, 2011–2014 Equipment Room & Darkroom Manager, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2012 Teacher's Assistant, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2011 Printer/Technician, Pittsburgh Custom Darkroom, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010–11 Co-founder/Curator, 709 Railroad Street, Johnstown, PA, 2008–2010 Contracted Photographer, AIP Online Division, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010 Staff Photographer, Johnstown Magazine, Johnstown, PA, 2005–09 Instructor, Digital Photography, CACCC, Johnstown, PA, 2007

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