Jacob Koestler

Jacob Koestler is an artist and musician from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
who holds an MFA from Ohio University’s Photography and Integrated
Media program. With photography, video and multimedia installations,
he creates narratives that reevaluate archetypes in rural Appalachia, the
Rust Belt and other post-industrial settings. Koestler also composes
live scores for his videos under the name Rural Carrier and is a
co-founder of My Idea of Fun, an art and music archive that features
over 340 releases including a number of his albums and photography
books. He currently works in the Photography + Video Department at
The Cleveland Institute of Art, and his artwork has been exhibited and
published throughout the United States and internationally.

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