LEN JENSHEL | CURRICULUM VITAE
GRANTS:
2015 National Geographic Expeditions Council Grant
2014 National Geographic Expeditions Council Grant
2003 New York State Council on the Arts
2002 Design Trust for Public Space (Photo Urbanism Grant)
1988 Graham Foundation for the Advancement in the Fine Arts
1980 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1978 National Endowment for the Arts
1978 CAPS (Creative Arts Public Service), New York State Council on the Arts
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
National Geographic Society Museum, Washington, DC
Mar, 2013 Gardens By Night
Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Dec, 2009 On Ice
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Sep, 2009 The Edge of New York: NYC Waterfront
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Sep, 2008 On The Line: Border Walls
Miami Dade College Gallery, Miami, FL
Jan, 2006 On Ice
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Mar, 2004 Aquarium
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jan, 2004 Aquarium
Klotz/Sirmon Gallery, New York, NY
Nov, 2003 Aquarium
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Oct, 2001 Charmed places
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Oct, 2000 Full Tank: An In Depth Look at Aquariums
Aspen Gallery of Photography, Aspen, CO
Mar, 1999 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA
May, 1997 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
May, 1997 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dec, 1996 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Oct, 1996 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Oct, 1995 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Yokohama Museum, Yokohama, Japan
Jul, 1993 Travels in the American West
Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Aug, 1992 Travels in the American West
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Mar, 1991 Unlimited Mileage: Travels in the American West
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aug, 1989 Desert Photographs
Blue Sky Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR
Mar, 1989 Desert Photographs
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Dec, 1988 Charmed Places - Hudson River School Artists
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Apr, 1988 Charmed Places - Hudson River School Artists
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Nov, 1987 Desert Places
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Apr, 1987 True Stories
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Nov, 1986 Real Pictures from True Stories
Gibbes Art Museum, Charleston, SC
Apr, 1986 The Outer from the Inner
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Sep, 1984 The Outer from the Inner
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jan, 1984 Mansions: Era of Extravagance
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Mar, 1983 Era of Extravagance
ARCO Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Oct, 1982 Mansions in Public Trust
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
Jun, 1982 A Show of Wealth
Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, Germany
Jun, 1980 Len Jenshel - Photographs
Castelli Graphics, New York, NY
Apr, 1980 Coastline Photographs
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Jan, 2026 Where Are We Now
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
Feb, 2022 New York, New Publics
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Feb, 2020 Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Jan, 2019 Arboreal
Museon, The Hague, Netherlands
Jun, 2018 National Geographic / 50 Greatest Landscapes
Whatcom Museum, Seattle, WA (traveling exhibition)
Nov, 2013 Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Oct, 2013 The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years
Beetles & Huxley Gallery, London, England
Sep, 2013 National Geographic: Then and Now
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Aug, 2013 Ordinary World
National Geographic Society Museum, Washington, DC (traveling exhibition)
Oct, 2012 National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Jan, 2012 New York In Color
IMPGEH (George Eastman House), Rochester, NY
Oct, 2011 The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the WM Hunt Collection
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Oct, 2011 The Altered Landscapes: Photographs of a Changing Environment
Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
Jun, 2011 Mexico Through the Lens of National Geographic
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
May, 2010 Blow Up: Homage to Mount St Helens
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Dec, 2009 Beyond Place
Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY
Sep, 2009 Seeing the Hudson
Deutsche Bank Art Gallery, New York, NY
Sep, 2009 Back To The Garden
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Dec, 2005 Contemporary Desert Photography
IMPGEH (George Eastman House), Rochester, NY
Apr, 2004 Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions in Tourism
Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Apr, 2004 Altered Landscapes
Norsk Museum for Fotografi, Oslo, Norway
Nov, 2002 Altered Landscapes
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Nov, 2002 On the Waterfront
Deutsche Bank Art Gallery, New York, NY
May, 2001 The Mural as Muse
Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY
May, 1999 Down From Up: Views From On High
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
May, 1999 Under Construction
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Dec, 1998 Icebergs
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Jan, 1998 Fotografs of Flowers
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Sep, 1997 Under the Dark Cloth
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Sep, 1996 Crossing the Frontier: the Developing West
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Jun, 1996 Perpetual Mirage: Narratives of the Desert West
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, NM
Apr, 1996 Truths and Trials: Color Photography Since 1975
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Jul, 1995 H 2 O: Contemporary & Vintage Images of Water
National Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Oct, 1992 Between Home and Heaven
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
May, 1991 Pop Goes America
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Jan, 1990 Money Matters, History of Bank Architecture
National Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Mar, 1990 Money Matters, History of Bank Architecture
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Quebec
Jun, 1990 Money Matters, History of Bank Architecture
All Union Center of Photography, Moscow, USSR
Mar, 1989 American Photography in USSR
Lvov Museum of Ukrainian Art, Lvov, USSR
Jan, 1989 American Photography in USSR
Jinan Art Museum, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
Aug, 1988 Current Trends in American Photography
The Cultural Palace, Canton, China
Jul, 1988 Current Trends in American Photography
Fotografisk Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun, 1988 The New Color: Ten American Photographers
Museet Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Apr, 1988 The New Color: Ten American Photographers
Fotografi 87 Festival, Oslo, Norway
Jan, 1988 The New Color: Ten American Photographers
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Jan, 1988 Road & Roadside
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jun, 1987 Road & Roadside
Koln Messe Photokina, Cologne, Germany
Sep, 1986 Photokina
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Sep, 1985 Portraits & Architecture
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Sep, 1985 New Color/New Work
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Nov, 1983 High Light: The Mountain in Photography
Addison Gallery American Art, Andover, MA
Sep, 1982 Place: New England Perambulations
IMPGEH (George Eastman House), Rochester, NY
Jul, 1982 History of Color Photography
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Apr, 1982 History of Color Photography
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
Jun, 1982 The Column - Structure and Ornament
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Oct, 1981 The New Color Photography
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London, England
Sep, 1981 New American Color Photography
Castelli Graphics, New York, NY
Jul, 1981 Love is Blind
MONOGRAPHS:
Wise Trees
Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Abrams, New York, NY 2017
Aquarium
Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Aperture, New York, NY 2003
Art and Landscape in Charleston and the Low Country
Text by John Beardsley / Photographs by Len Jenshel
Spacemaker Press, Washington, DC & Cambridge, MA 1998
Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Bulfinch Press, Little Brown & Co., Boston, MA 1996
Travels in the American West / Photographers at Work
Photographs by Len Jenshel
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1992
Charmed Places: Hudson River School Artists & Their Homes
Text by Sandra Phillips / Photographs by Len Jenshel
Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY 1988
True Stories
Photographs by Len Jenshel, David Byrne, William Eggleston
Viking Penguin, New York, NY 1986
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Centro Cultura Arte Contemporanio, Mexico City, Mexico
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, SC
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
IMPGEH (International Museum Photography George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Israeli Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
MOSS ARTS CENTER, VIRGINIA TECH, BLACKSBURG, VA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
National Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Fe Art Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
COMMISSIONS:
Spoleto USA, Charleston, SC (John Beardsley)
Human / Nature 1997
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (Anne Tucker)
History of Bank Architecture 1986-87
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (Sandra S. Phillips)
Hudson River School Artists 1984-87
David Byrne 1986
True Stories (book and feature movie)
EDUCATION:
The Cooper Union, New York, NY BFA 1975
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
(Items in BOLD refer to books)
Re-envisioning Histories of American Art
Jami Powell and Michael Hartman, University of Washington Press, 2025
Invisible Wonders: Photographs of the Hidden World
Anand Varma, National Geographic, 2023, pgs 144,145
Wild Visions: Wilderness As Image and Idea
Ben A. Minter, Mark Klett, Stephen J. Pyne, Yale University Press 2022, pg 101
Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios
Valerie A. Balint, Princeton Architectural Press, 2020, pg 97
New York Times / Lens Mar 15, 2018
“Revealing the Garden’s Secrets,” by Jordan G. Teicher
BuchMarkt Jan 11,2018
Tree Book, “Das Wissen der Bäume” by Christin Nase
Mein Fernweh Jan 2, 2018
“Das Wissen der Bäume,” Anbetungswürdig Riesen
Daily Mail.com, UK Dec 12, 2017 “Amazing Images of the
Most Extraordinary Trees in the World” by Jennifer Newton
Smithsonian Dec 1, 2017
“Ten Best Travel Books of 2017” by Anna Diamond
Ruhr Nachrichten Nov 25, 2017
“Das Wissen der Bäume” by Elke Terweg
Ouest, France Nov 15, 2017 “Huit arbres incroyables qui
ont traversé l’Histoire” by Celine Deluzarche
BBC World Service / “Outlook” Nov 13, 2017
“Taking pictures of trees with stories to tell”
Hamburger Morgenpost Nov 12, 2017
“Ein Freund, der Baum”
Bild Am Sonntag, Berlin Oct 12, 2017
“Diese Baume blattern in der Geschichte”
The Photographer in the Garden Jamie Allen & Sarah McNear
Aperture / George Eastman Museum, 2018
L.A. Times Oct 19, 2017 “Book WISE TREES Showcases
Ancient Trees Around the World” by Agatha French
Oklahoma Review Oct 15, 2017
“Photography Book Evokes Poetr” by Ed Godfrey
Outdoor Photography, UK Oct 1, 2017
“Out There” by David Plummer
Night Vision: Magical Photographs of Life After Dark
Susan Tyler Hitchcock / Foreword by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel,
National Geographic, Washington, DC 2017, Pgs. 16,19,118-119,223,388-389
Picturing America’s National Parks
Jamie M. Allen Aperture / George Eastman Museum, 2016
National Geographic Online Photo Gallery, Apr 22, 2016
“Ten Remarkable Trees” by Cathy Newman
Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012
Barbara Matilsky, Whatcom Museum, 2013
Dawn to Dark Photographs: The Magic of Light
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC 2013
National Public Radio / The Picture Show Feb 28, 2013
“Midnight in the Garden of Long Exposures” by Claire O’Neill
New York In Color
Bob Shamis, Harry N. Abrams, 2012
National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West
James C. McNutt, National Geographic, 2012
Conde Nast Traveler: Photographs, 25th Anniversary Intro by Luc Sante
Assouline Publishing, New York, NY 2012, pgs. 50-51, 152-153
Photography: Eighth Edition by Barbara London
Pearson/Prentice Hall 2012 pg. 3
Digital Photo Pro Nov 16, 2011
“Diane Cook and Len Jenshel: Master of Doubling Up” by Russel Hart
The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment
Ann Wolfe, Lucy Lippard, Geoff Manaugh, W.J.T. Mitchell, Skira Rizzoli, 2011
On Earth Magazine Spring, 2010
“Water’s Edge” by Robert Sullivan
The San Diego Union Tribune Jan 14, 2010
“Photography: Stone-cold Beauty” by Robert L. Pincus
Photo District News Jan, 2010
“On Ice / Our Picks of the Month”
New York Times / Lens Oct 27, 2009
“At The City’s Edg” by Niko Koppel
National Public Radio / The Picture Show Sep 17, 2009
“New York’s Forgotten Shoreline” by Claire O’Neill
Harper’s Magazine Apr, 2009
“Graveyard of Ships: Photographs of Staten Island”
Visions of Paradise By Bronwen Latimer
National Geographic Society, 2008
National Geographic Magazine May, 2007
“Our Wall” by Charles Bowden pgs 116-138
The New York Times Apr 16, 2006
“On the Waterfront” by Ben Gibberd
French GEO Magazine Aug, 2005
“La Mer en Cinemascope: Aquariums” by Ute Eberle
Photography Speaks, 150 Photographers on their Art
Brooks Johnson, Aperture, 2004, pgs 288,289
Contemporary Photography and the Garden – Deceits and Fantasies
Thomas Paden, Harry N. Abrams, 2004
The Washington Post Mar 25, 2004
“Life Through A Fisheye Lens” by Jessica Dawson pg C5
Photo District News Mar, 2004 EXPOSURES
“Underwater Travels in Hyperreality” by Edgar Beem pg 120
AG Magazine Jan, 2004
“Aquarium: Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel”
The New Yorker Magazine 11/24/2003
“Goings on About Town / Photography” pg 25
National Geographic Adventure Magazine Oct, 2003
“Totally Tanked” pg 46
Audubon Magazine Sep, 2003
“The Age of Aquarium” pg 68
Pasatiempo Aug 1-7, 2003
“The Cultural Landscape” by Teri Thomson Randall pg 16
Landscape Architecture Magazine Feb, 2003
“Sharp Focus, Blurred Boundaries” by Kim Sorvig pg 76
The Seattle Times Nov 10, 2000
“Through the Looking Glass” by Caitlin Cleary
Life Magazine Oct, 1999
“Great Pictures of the Century”
The Altered Landscape by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Dave Hickey,
& Thomas W. Southall, Nevada Museum of Art, 1999
Art & Antiques Magazine Sep, 1998
“Landscapes in Flux” by Andrew Long pg 74
American Photo Jan/Feb, 1997
“Best Books of 1996” by Carol Squiers pgs 84, 85
Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West
Sandra S. Phillips, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1996
DoubleTake / Fall 1996
“Hot Spots: Americas Volcanic Landscape”
New York Magazine 11/4/1996
“Art” by Carol Diehl Pg 105
The Los Angeles Times 12/1/1996
“Finding a Vent for their Creativity” by Christine McKenna Pg 63
The New Yorker Magazine 11/27/1995
“Goings on About Town”
The New York Times 9/10/1995
“The New Season” by Vicki Goldberg
Tradition and the Unpredictable by Ann W. Tucker, Charles Traub,
Vince Aletti, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1994
Between Home and Heaven by Merry A. Forresta
National Museum, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC 1992
Newsweek Magazine 6/1/1992
“The Far side of Eden” by Peter Plagens pg 66
Photograph Quarterly Sep, 1991
“Len Jenshel, Yancey Richardson Gallery” pg 138
The Village Voice 4/23/1991
“Voice Choices” by Vince Aletti
American Photo Sep/Oct, 1990
“The New View of Nature” by Carol Squiers pg 54
Aperture / Beyond Wilderness
“Out of the Garden” 1990
Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture by Anne Tucker
& Brendan Gill, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1990
ARTnews Apr, 1988
“Len Jenshel at Laurence Miller Gallery” by Richard Woodward pg 152
American Independents by Sally Eauclaire
Abbeville Press, New York, NY, 1987
ARTnews Sep, 1987
“Getting Close to Gotham” by Marvin Heiferman & Carol Kismaric pg 107
True Stories by David Byrne
Viking Penguin, New York, NY 1986
San Francisco Observed by Ruth Silverman
Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1986 pg 111
United Magazine Feb, 1986
“Steichen In the Year 2000” by Dorianne Beyer pg 55
New Color - New Work by Sally Eauclaire
Abbeville Press, New York, NY 1984
Aperture
“Natural Formalism” 1984
The New York Times 3/13/1983
“In the Arts: Critics Choice” by Andy Grundberg
Camera Arts Mar/Apr, 1982
“A Show of Wealth” by Richard Snow pg 74
The New Color Photography by Sally Eauclaire
Abbeville Press, New York, NY 1981
Colliers Encyclopedia “Masterpieces of Color Photography”
by Gail Buckland pg 760
Art in America Jan, 1982
“Photography Raising a Hue: The New Color” by Pepe Karmel pg 27
ARTnews Jan, 1981
“A Decisive Moment” by Stephen Frankel pg 94
Art in America Oct, 1980
“Len Jenshel at Castelli Graphics” by Pepe Karmel pg 133
Soho News 9/17-23/1980
“Len Jenshel” by Andy Grundberg pg 42
Modern Photography Magazine Jun, 1980
“Currents: American Photography Today” by Andy Grundberg pg 84
PrintLetter No, 25 Jan/Feb 1980
New York Market Trends pg 4
Newsweek Magazine 3/19/1979
“The Young Romantics” by Douglas Davis pg 100
The Village Voice 12/18/1978
“Voice Vanguard” by Ben Lifson pg 54
The Village Voice 7/31/1978
“Still Life With Subsidy” by Ben Lifson pg 54