Photography + Video Faculty

Courses  Fundamentals of Studio Lighting | Photo Major 3.2: Visual Thinking in Contemporary Photography

Degree MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
BA, Theater Arts, Indiana University Northwest
BA, Photography, Indiana University Northwest

Barry’s work can be found in the collections of The Akron Art Museum (Akron, OH), The Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH), The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Rockefeller Family Art Collection (Petaluma, CA), among several others. Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, in New York, New York; Johansson Projects Gallery in Oakland, California; and 1Point618 Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio represent his work. His photographs have been presented at many venues including The Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio, Dorsky Gallery, New York, and The Suburban in Oak Park. Barry’s work has been reviewed in numerous publications and books including Land Art (France), the San Francisco Exploratorium’sThe Art of Tinkering, Color Magazine (CA), the London Times, Spectrum Magazine (England), Photo+ (Seoul), Picnic Magazine (Tel Aviv), and Vision Magazine (Beijing).

Jacob Koestler

Title Lecturer
Department Photography + Video
Phone 216.421.7329

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Courses  Advanced Video & Digital Cinema Projects (EP) | Photo Major 2.2: Sophomore Seminar | Video/Digital Cinema I: Screen Grammar

Degree MFA: Photography & Integrated Media, Ohio University

Jacob Koestler is an artist and musician from Johnstown, PA. He holds an MFA from the Photography and Integrated Media program at Ohio University. His practice includes photography, video and multimedia installation. 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 350 releases, including his own albums and photography books. Koestler’s artwork has been exhibited and published throughout the United States and internationally. He currently lives and works in Cleveland, OH, where he is a lecturer in the Photography and Video Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Degree BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art

Joseph Minek

Title Adjunct Faculty
Department Photography + Video
Phone 216.421.7358

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Courses  Photo Major 2.2: Digital Photo Imaging I

Degree MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University
BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art

Joseph received his Masters of Fine Arts degree in Photography & Film from Virginia Commonwealth University and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Joseph has exhibited his work nationally in spaces such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gallery 1of1, Denny Gallery, and Capital One Headquarters. Joseph is currently focusing on his studio practice dealing with the possibilities of photographic material.

Courses  Documentary Video

Degree MA, New York University
BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art