• Joe Leavenworth
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Joe Leavenworth
Ayngel
Native Son
Late Night Boys
Tulsa
(31821)
Divola
Portraits
Info
Joe Leavenworth is a photographer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has exhibited widely in the US and abroad, including the recent group exhibition Even Distance at Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2025). His work is held in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art. Joe is recipient of numerous awards and honors including the L.A. Art Workers Grant (2020), The Print Center’s 95th Annual Award (finalist, 2020), Film Photo Award's New Project Award (finalist, 2019), Rema Hort Mann Foundation's Emerging Artist Grant (nominee, 2018), and he is twice recipient of the Gluck Teaching Fellowship (2017 & 2016). His commissioned photography has been published in The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, W Magazine, Apartamento, Observer New Review, and Novembre, among others. Joe has taught photography at the Cooper Union, International Center of Photography, and UC Riverside. He holds a BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Visual Art from UC Riverside. Joe's first book, Native Son, was published by VUU in 2014. He is currently at work on his second book, Ayngel, to be published by Trespasser in 2026. 


Contact: joe.leavenworth@gmail.com


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Education

2018 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, University of California, Riverside

2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Maryland Institute College of Art

2006 Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France


Books

2026 Ayngel, Trespasser, (forthcoming)

2016 Angel (xeroxero), artist book

2015 Native Son, second edition, VUU

2014 Native Son, first edition, VUU

2013 Late Night Boys, artist book

2010 Pictures from Home, artist book


Solo Exhibitions

2017 Ayngel, Stevie, Custer, Muldoon, Phyllis Gill Gallery, Riverside, CA

2015 Native Son, Mast Books, New York, NY

2014 Native Son, Aviary, Jamaica Plain, MA

2014 Native Son, VUU Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2012 Autumn Blue, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI


Group Exhibitions

2026 Arcanite, Light Work, Syracuse, NY (forthcoming)

2025 Even Distance, Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX

2024 Trespasser, Kominek Gallery, Berlin, DE

2023 Postcards for Palestine, Claire de Rouen Books, London, UK

2023 Postcards for Palestine, Berlinskej Model Gallery, Prague, CZ

2021 When in Athens, The Humid, Athens, GA 

2021 Finalists, The Print Center 95th Annual International Award, Philadelphia, PA

2020 ACP Open, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA

2018 Benefit Auction Preview, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

2018 Citrus, Grand, Cherry, MFA Thesis, Culver Center of the Arts, Riverside, CA

2017 Polylogue, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2017 SoCal MFA, juried by Amanda Ross-Ho, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA

2017 Feral Gamut, FAR Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA

2016 Liquid Suspension, Phyllis Gill Gallery, Riverside, CA

2016 There Was a Pool Here, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2015 Can You Move It All Up One Inch, Art Helix, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Staff Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2014 The American South, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

2014 The American South, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA

2014 In One Place or Another, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2014 Across the Gutter, Oranbeg Press, 110 Meserole, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Hindsight, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2013 Empty Stretch, Petworth Citizen & Reading Room, Washington DC

2013 Blog/Re-Blog, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013 Working Professionals, 92Y Tribeca, New York, NY

2012 Slow Exposures, R.F. Strickland, Concord, GA

2012 3200K, Sarah Pollman Gallery, Allston, MA

2012 All Visual Slideshow Boston, Spectacle, Jamaica Plain, MA

2010 Food, Garfield Art Works, Pittsburgh, PA

2010 Food, 709 Railroad St., Johnstown, PA

2010 Work Progress Collective, LMCC Swing Space, New York, NY

2009 Dreamboats Collective, Umbrage Gallery, New York, NY


Collections

Brooklyn Museum Library

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Balch Art Research Library

Whitney Museum of American Art, Bulwark Special Collections Library


Awards, Nominations & Honors

2020 The Print Center 95th Annual International Award, selected by David Campany and Larissa Goldston, Finalist

2020 L.A. Art Workers Relief Fund Emergency Grant, Recipient

2019 Film Photo Award, Kodak, New Project Award, Fall 2019, Finalist

2018 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Los Angeles, Nominee

2017-18 Gluck VIP Teaching Fellowship, UC Riverside, Recipient

2016-17 Gluck Teaching Fellowship, UC Riverside, Recipient

2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship, UC Riverside, Recipient

2015 PDN 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Nominee

2012 Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

2012 Kodak Film Grant, Recipient


Other Publications

2023 Apartamento #32, portfolio: John Divola

2021 A New Nothing: No. 1, Sleeper Studio

2019 American Chordata, Issue 8

2014 The United States 2003-2013, Mossless

2014 The American South, Ain’t Bad

2012 Volume no. 2, The Things We've Seen, VUU

  

Teaching Experience

2023 Lecturer, University of California, Riverside

Course: Introduction to Photo Processes 


2022-2023 Visual Art Instructor, Emerson Elementary, Public Montessori School, Tulsa, OK

Foundations of Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Collage, and Sculpture


2018-2019 Lecturer, University of California, Riverside

Course: Introduction to Photo Processes

 

2016-2018 Graduate Instructor, University of California, Riverside

Courses: Introduction to Image Manipulation; Alternative Materials and Photographic Processes 

 

2016-2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Riverside

Courses: Intermediate Photography; Introduction to Photo Processes; Visual Art & Theory After 1945

 

2016-2018 Drawing Instructor, Gluck Fellowship, University of California, Riverside

Course: Drawing in Perspective

 

2013 Teaching Assistant to Irina Rozovsky, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Course: Photography I: Digital

 

2010 Teaching Assistant to Corinne May Botz, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY

Course: Street Photography


2006 Teaching Assistant to Camille Gustus, Maryland Institute College of Art

Course: Darkroom Photography

 

Artist Visits & Lectures

Rhode Island School of Design

International Center of Photography

Maine College of Art

Ox-Bow School of Art

The Cooper Union School of Art

University of California, Riverside

Maryland Institute College of Art



Joe Leavenworth is a photographer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has exhibited widely in the US and abroad, including the recent group exhibition Even Distance at Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2025). His work is held in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art. Joe is recipient of numerous awards and honors including the L.A. Art Workers Grant (2020), The Print Center’s 95th Annual Award (finalist, 2020), Film Photo Award's New Project Award (finalist, 2019), Rema Hort Mann Foundation's Emerging Artist Grant (nominee, 2018), and he is twice recipient of the Gluck Teaching Fellowship (2017 & 2016). His commissioned photography has been published in The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, W Magazine, Apartamento, Observer New Review, and Novembre, among others. Joe has taught photography at the Cooper Union, International Center of Photography, and UC Riverside. He holds a BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Visual Art from UC Riverside. Joe's first book, Native Son, was published by VUU in 2014. He is currently at work on his second book, Ayngel, to be published by Trespasser in 2026. 


Contact: joe.leavenworth@gmail.com


***

Education

2018 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, University of California, Riverside

2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Maryland Institute College of Art

2006 Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France


Books

2026 Ayngel, Trespasser, (forthcoming)

2016 Angel (xeroxero), artist book

2015 Native Son, second edition, VUU

2014 Native Son, first edition, VUU

2013 Late Night Boys, artist book

2010 Pictures from Home, artist book


Solo Exhibitions

2017 Ayngel, Stevie, Custer, Muldoon, Phyllis Gill Gallery, Riverside, CA

2015 Native Son, Mast Books, New York, NY

2014 Native Son, Aviary, Jamaica Plain, MA

2014 Native Son, VUU Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2012 Autumn Blue, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI


Group Exhibitions

2026 Arcanite, Light Work, Syracuse, NY (forthcoming)

2025 Even Distance, Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX

2024 Trespasser, Kominek Gallery, Berlin, DE

2023 Postcards for Palestine, Claire de Rouen Books, London, UK

2023 Postcards for Palestine, Berlinskej Model Gallery, Prague, CZ

2021 When in Athens, The Humid, Athens, GA 

2021 Finalists, The Print Center 95th Annual International Award, Philadelphia, PA

2020 ACP Open, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA

2018 Benefit Auction Preview, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

2018 Citrus, Grand, Cherry, MFA Thesis, Culver Center of the Arts, Riverside, CA

2017 Polylogue, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2017 SoCal MFA, juried by Amanda Ross-Ho, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA

2017 Feral Gamut, FAR Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA

2016 Liquid Suspension, Phyllis Gill Gallery, Riverside, CA

2016 There Was a Pool Here, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2015 Can You Move It All Up One Inch, Art Helix, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Staff Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2014 The American South, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

2014 The American South, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA

2014 In One Place or Another, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2014 Across the Gutter, Oranbeg Press, 110 Meserole, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Hindsight, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2013 Empty Stretch, Petworth Citizen & Reading Room, Washington DC

2013 Blog/Re-Blog, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013 Working Professionals, 92Y Tribeca, New York, NY

2012 Slow Exposures, R.F. Strickland, Concord, GA

2012 3200K, Sarah Pollman Gallery, Allston, MA

2012 All Visual Slideshow Boston, Spectacle, Jamaica Plain, MA

2010 Food, Garfield Art Works, Pittsburgh, PA

2010 Food, 709 Railroad St., Johnstown, PA

2010 Work Progress Collective, LMCC Swing Space, New York, NY

2009 Dreamboats Collective, Umbrage Gallery, New York, NY


Collections

Brooklyn Museum Library

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Balch Art Research Library

Whitney Museum of American Art, Bulwark Special Collections Library


Awards, Nominations & Honors

2020 The Print Center 95th Annual International Award, selected by David Campany and Larissa Goldston, Finalist

2020 L.A. Art Workers Relief Fund Emergency Grant, Recipient

2019 Film Photo Award, Kodak, New Project Award, Fall 2019, Finalist

2018 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Los Angeles, Nominee

2017-18 Gluck VIP Teaching Fellowship, UC Riverside, Recipient

2016-17 Gluck Teaching Fellowship, UC Riverside, Recipient

2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship, UC Riverside, Recipient

2015 PDN 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Nominee

2012 Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

2012 Kodak Film Grant, Recipient


Other Publications

2023 Apartamento #32, portfolio: John Divola

2021 A New Nothing: No. 1, Sleeper Studio

2019 American Chordata, Issue 8

2014 The United States 2003-2013, Mossless

2014 The American South, Ain’t Bad

2012 Volume no. 2, The Things We've Seen, VUU

  

Teaching Experience

2023 Lecturer, University of California, Riverside

Course: Introduction to Photo Processes 


2022-2023 Visual Art Instructor, Emerson Elementary, Public Montessori School, Tulsa, OK

Foundations of Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Collage, and Sculpture


2018-2019 Lecturer, University of California, Riverside

Course: Introduction to Photo Processes

 

2016-2018 Graduate Instructor, University of California, Riverside

Courses: Introduction to Image Manipulation; Alternative Materials and Photographic Processes 

 

2016-2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Riverside

Courses: Intermediate Photography; Introduction to Photo Processes; Visual Art & Theory After 1945

 

2016-2018 Drawing Instructor, Gluck Fellowship, University of California, Riverside

Course: Drawing in Perspective

 

2013 Teaching Assistant to Irina Rozovsky, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Course: Photography I: Digital

 

2010 Teaching Assistant to Corinne May Botz, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY

Course: Street Photography


2006 Teaching Assistant to Camille Gustus, Maryland Institute College of Art

Course: Darkroom Photography

 

Artist Visits & Lectures

Rhode Island School of Design

International Center of Photography

Maine College of Art

Ox-Bow School of Art

The Cooper Union School of Art

University of California, Riverside

Maryland Institute College of Art