Jack Pierson was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1960. He is a photographer. He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Pierson has made a name for himself with a body of work that includes photographs, collages, word sculptures, installations, drawings and artists books. His "Self-Portrait" series was shown in the 2004 Whitney Biennial and his works are collected by major museums worldwide. Jack Pierson currently divides his time between his home and studio in the Southern California desert near Joshua Tree National Park and New York. He has photographed many well-known celebrities and models, including:

Michael Bergin
Naomi Campbell
Snoop Dogg
Massimiliano Neri
Brad Pitt
Antonio Sabato Jr.

Selected Public Collections
Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD
CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
FRAC, Korsika
Graphische Sammlung der ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Norsk Museum of Fotografi, Preus Fotomuseum, Horten
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Seattle Art Museum
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolic, MN
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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