About Aaron Jack — Creative Director, Photographer & Filmmaker, Berlin

Aaron Jack

Creative Director · Photographer · Filmmaker

Berlin · New York · Pittsburgh

Aaron Jack is a creative director, photographer, filmmaker, and fine artist working across Berlin, New York, and Pittsburgh. His practice is defined by a single through-line: the belief that conceptualism, not medium, is the most honest way to describe what he does.

He trained under Lois Greenfield in New York — one of the world’s leading movement and dance photographers — and graduated Magna Cum Laude in Industrial Design from Rochester Institute of Technology, where he also built one of the first student design conferences in the country (Thought@Work, now in its thirteenth year). That background in human-centered design, systems thinking, and community building has shaped every project since.

His editorial photography has been published in more than 150 media outlets worldwide, including the New York Times, TIME, Vanity Fair, Forbes, CNN, BBC, NPR, Bloomberg, Vice, and Wired. His fine art practice spans Sumi ink on rice paper, acrylic, and mixed media — with work exhibited at Chateau Orquevaux in France, Gallery Art Nova Berlin (where he sold six of seven pieces in 2025), the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and in a solo exhibition of 52 works with live music in Berlin.

He has spent more than a decade as media coordinator and content strategist for jazz musician Richie Cole, producing photography, film, design, and platform strategy that charted at #3 on the jazz charts in 2018. He has interviewed 200+ visual artists and cultural figures in his Artist to Art series. He has led creative direction for live audiences of 1,500–3,000 people. He has produced enterprise creative projects for Autodesk, led community healing installations in the aftermath of national tragedies, and toured with musicians across Germany, Spain, Las Vegas, and Paris.

He is based in Berlin and available for creative direction, editorial photography, film, and long-term content strategy partnerships with musicians, artists, and cultural organizations.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology — BFA Industrial Design, Magna Cum Laude. Minor in Business Administration/Psychology. Dean’s list in 8 of 12 academic quarters.

Point Park University — GPA 3.9. Photography, Psychology, Business. Dean’s list in 8 of 8 semesters.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts — One of 10 photographers selected from throughout Pennsylvania. Fully sponsored by the Governor’s office.

Internships & early training

Lois Greenfield Studios, New York · Vladimir Kagan (furniture design) · Matt Karas · Michael Haritan

Solo exhibitions

2023 — 52-piece solo show with live music, Oak and Ice, Berlin 2021 — Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France (painting, sculpture, digital media) 2020 — SOAP Gallery, Youngstown, Ohio 2008–2023 — Point Park University / Dance Complex, 15-year exhibition 2010 — Co-directed “Was Just Was” with The Pillow Project

Selected group exhibitions

2025 — Gallery Art Nova, Berlin — sold 6 of 7 pieces 2021 — Christen Lien Collaboration, live digital fashion for concerts on Clubhouse (1,500–3,000 people per session) 2021 — Venice Art Crawl, Venice Beach — live painting with musicians projected on building 2021 — Manos Gallery, Tarentum, PA 2019 — Fashion Institute of Technology, New York — juried group exhibition, photographic work from Tree of Life 2008–2017 — The Pillow Project, Pittsburgh — 10 exhibitions alongside dance performances

Artist residencies

2021 — Chateau Orquevaux, France 2020 — The Haven Residency / Gabriola Arts Council (selected; held due to COVID)

Contact

For editorial assignments, creative direction, and content strategy partnerships: contact via aaronjackarts.com. Portrait and headshot sessions bookable directly from €395.

Berlin · New York · Pittsburgh · Available worldwide