Joe Leavenworth is an American artist and educator based in Los Angeles, CA.
Photography is at the heart of Joe's practice, which includes book-making, drawing, painting, and video. His work examines the shaping of personal identity in relation to themes of family, memory, place, and time. Joe is a recipient of the L.A. Art Workers Grant (2020), finalist for The Print Center’s 95th Annual Award selected by David Campany and Larissa Goldston (2020), finalist for the Kodak Film Photo Award - New Project Award (2019), nominee for Rema Hort Mann Foundation's Emerging Artist Grant (2018), and he is twice recipient of the Gluck Teaching Fellowship (2016 & 2017). His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and his photographs have been featured in The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, Apartamento, W Magazine, The Fader, FT Weekend, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Novembre, among others. Joe has taught photography at the Cooper Union, International Center of Photography, and UC Riverside. His first monograph, Native Son, was published by VUU in 2014 and his second monograph, Ayngel, will be published by Trespasser in 2024. His books are held in the permanent collection libraries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art. Joe received his MFA from UC Riverside and holds a BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
He is available for photography commissions, collaborations, and print sales.
joe.leavenworth@gmail.com
@jleavjleav