Jack Pierson's work tells a story of everyday life. His photographs, drawings, sign-lettering word pieces and installations combine to tell a tale of isolation and longing. The five works in this series are an extension of the artist's unique word pieces, and focus on the theme of isolation. They are evocative of street life, calling to mind the type of place frequented when alone, or just walking the streets of a big city in various states of melancholy. His work also explores the theme of the eroticism of desire; they are sensual in their appeal to each of the human senses. This series of neon sculptures has been exhibited at the capc Musee d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France; Edition Schellmann, NY, and The Barbican Museum, London.

Jack Pierson has exhibited widely since 1990. He has had solo exhibitions at the Kunstverien Heilbronn, Germany, Frankfurter Kunstverien, Germany, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, and a mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL. His work has been included in group exhibitions at The Barbican, London, The Menil Collection, Houston, Castello de Rivoli, Torina, Italy, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, the Groninger Museum, Netherlands, the University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, the Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, NY, the Guggenheim Museum, NY, the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, as well as three Whitney Biennials and many gallery exhibitions. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, CAPC, Bordeaux, the Guggenheim Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA, the Seattle Art Museum, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN and the Whitney Museum, NY. Jack Pierson is represented by Cheim & Read Gallery, New York.