James Henkel

  • Teaches in the Art Department at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    • Selected Exhibitions

  • 2008 “Battlefield Drive: Photographs from Gettysburg”
  • Art Institute International, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2008 “Photographs of Things”
  • Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA

  • 2008 “Beauty” Photographic Biennial
  • Concordia University, St. Paul MN

  • 2008 “Self in the 21st Century”
  • Chambers Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2008 Instructor Exhibition
  • Penland School of Craft, Penland NC

  • 2008 “apples and oranges”
  • Gallery Co, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2007 “Photography Now”
  • Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

  • 2007 “New Work”
  • Yuma Center for the Arts, Yuma, AZ

  • 2007
  • Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

  • 2007 “Bamboo Festival of Photography”
  • Anji, China.

  • 2007 “Print Me Once, Print Me Twice”
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2006 “Print Me Once Print Me Twice”
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2005 “Stacks + Spills—New Photographs by James Henkel”
  • Gallery Co, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2004 “Light Bound—Photographers Regard the Book”
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2003 “Genetic Expressions”
  • Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY

  • 2003 “Photographs by James Henkel”
  • Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND

  • 2002 “Histories and Mysteries of Nature"
  • Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2001 Minnesota Print Biennial
  • Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2000 One-person exhibition
  • Bethel College, St. Paul, MN

  • 2000 One-person exhibition
  • Open Book, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1999 “Summer Reading”
  • Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1998 "Mississippi Neva: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Photographs,"
  • Stroganoff Palace of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

  • 1998 One-person exhibition
  • Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1997 “Modular Body,” group exhibition
  • College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN

  • 1996 “New Works,” one-person exhibition
  • Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1996 “Truth and Trials,” exhibition of works from the permanent collection
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1996 One-person exhibition
  • Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  • 1995 One-person exhibition
  • Steens Land Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

  • 1995 “The Photographic Condition,” group exhibition of recent acquisitions
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

  • 1994 "Contemporary American Still Life," group exhibition
  • North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

  • 1993 Two-person exhibition
  • Pace Macgill Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1993 "End of the Millennium," group exhibition
  • The Nautilus Foundation, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

  • 1992 One-person exhibition
  • Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1991 "Collective Past," three-person exhibition
  • University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI

  • 1990 One-person exhibition
  • Hastings Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1990 Film in the Cities, McKnight Fellowship Exhibition
  • St. Paul, MN

  • 1989 "Recaption: Recontext," group exhibition of photographs from The Cray Research, Film in the Cities collection
  • St. Paul, MN

  • 1989 Photographs from Twin Cities Collections
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1988 "Photographs with Books
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1987 "Photographs beget photographs," group exhibition
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN Exhibition traveled.

  • 1987 Cite International Des Arts
  • Paris, France

  • 1986 Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program 10th Anniversary Show, group exhibition
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  • 1985 Hallman & Henkel, two-person exhibition
  • Portland School of Art, Portland, OR

  • 1984 "Contemporary Uses of the Photographic Medium," group exhibition
  • Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX

  • 1983 "Arranged Image Photography," group exhibition
  • Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID

  • 1983 "American Set Up--A Survey of Contemporary American Still Life Photography," group exhibition
  • Stocker Art Center, Lorain Community College, Elyria, OH

  • 1983 One-person exhibition
  • Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL

  • 1982 "American Set Up--A Survey of Contemporary American Still Life Photography," group exhibition
  • Wright State University, Dayton, OH

  • 1982 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, "The Photographer's Hand"

  • 1982 "Divola, Henkel, Parker, Pfahl"
  • Visual Studies Workshop Traveling Exhibition

  • 1981 One-person exhibition
  • Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA

  • 1981 Tenth Anniversary Show, group exhibition
  • Light Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1980 One-person exhibition
  • Light Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1980 "Vis a Vis Art/Photography," group exhibition
  • Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

  • 1979 "Attitudes--Photography in the 70's," group exhibition
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

  • 1979 "The Photographer's Hand,"
  • International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

  • 1979 One-person exhibition
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

    • Collections

  • Bethel College
  • Princeton Art Museum
  • Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis MN
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Saint Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Cargill Corporation, MN
  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Cray Research, Minneapolis, MN
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
  • St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Australian National Gallery
  • UCLA Print Collection
  • International Museum of Photography/George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
  • General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
  • Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA

    • Awards, Honors and Grants

  • 1999 Minnesota State Arts Board, Photographers Fellowship
  • 1999 Minnesota State Arts Board, Percent for Art Commission
  • 1998 McKnight Foundation, commission
  • 1992 Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship
  • 1989 Minnesota State Arts Board, Individual Artist Fellowship
  • 1988 McKnight Foundation, Film-in-the-Cities Photographers Fellowship
  • 1986 One Year Residency, American Center Studio, Cite International Des Arts, Paris, France
  • 1983 Monoprint Workshop Grant, Forecast Gallery
  • 1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship