Recent News
2020
On the last day of 2020 I received my copy of E-Squared #5; there is a lovely 6 page spread
on my "Unexpected Geology" series
I won an Honorable Mention in 2020 edition of Chromatic Awards!"
https://chromaticawards.com/.../photomanipulation/hm/2905
I had a lovely 8 page spread in Zoom Magazine (an Italian Photography publication)
Thanks to Alasdair Foster for the wonderful interview with me in "Talking Pictures; Interviews
with Photographers Around the World"
Ellen Jantzen: The Quest for Deep Meaning"
https://talking-pictures.net.au/2020/07/25/ellen-jantzen-the-quest-for-deep-meaning/
Thanks to THE BILLBOARD CREATIVE for choosing my photo, "To Have and Have Not"
for the billboard at 905 N Fairfax Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90046
https://viewer.mapme.com/tbc2020showlocations/
The New Mexico State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
has chosen me as their Artist Spotlight for the month of February 2020.
Here is a link to the site: https://newmexicowomeninthearts.org/blog/artist-spotlight-ellen-jantzen?fbclid=IwAR1kSmTcoCruf_3eOOqm6qp0oYSwvb7XnxZWxzqyedAOn0gjZIbys6YAkYs
Awards
2020
2020 EDITION OF THE CHROMATIC AWARDS...I won an Honorable Mention
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, New Mexico State Committee chose me for their "Artist Spotlight" for the month of February
HONORABLE MENTION - LifeFramer's NIGHT LIFE, my piece "Finale" was chosen by conceptual photographer Todd Hido
2019
FIRST PLACE WINNER - 14th Pollux Award, Professional for my series "Mid+West"; Digital Manipulation category
CRITICAL MASS 2019 FINALIST - Top 200 chosen.
12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Honorable Mention in the Fine Arts category for my photo, Equilibrium and Nominee in the Fine Arts category for my photo, Unexpected Geology #19b
BRONZE AWARD in the Fine Arts Special Effects category at the Tokyo International Foto Awards for my series “Unexpected Geology”
2018
FINALIST in One Eyeland's "Top 10 Landscape Photographers 2018"
HONORABLE MENTION in the Digitally Enhanced category of the International Photo Awards for my series "Unexpected Geology"
BEST SERIES - L.A. Photo Curator “Serenity”
SECOND PLACE - L.A. Photo Curator “The Pictorialist Photo”
FINE ART WINNER - Rangefinders 2018 Photography Awards
FINALIST in One Eyeland's "Top 10 Landscape Photographers 2018"
HONORABLE MENTION in the Digitally Enhanced category of the International Photo Awards for my series "Unexpected Geology"
BEST SERIES - L.A. Photo Curator “Serenity”
SECOND PLACE - L.A. Photo Curator “The Pictorialist Photo”
FINE ART WINNER - Rangefinders 2018 Photography Awards
THE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS - has chosen my work to be featured in the 5th Biennale of Fine Art & Documentary Photography October 4-21, Barcelona Spain
GOLD WINNER in the ANNUAL TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS (Fine Art-Special Effects, Professional) for my series, more Coming Into Focus. My work was in the Winners Exhibition at ICA Gallery, Tokyo from May 12-16.
SECOND PLACE WINNER in the ANNUAL TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS (Fine Art, Professional) for my series, more Coming Into Focus
HONORABLE MENTION in the 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award honoring women in photography.
HONORABLE MENTION PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris for "Unexpected Geology #1"
RUNNER UP in the 11TH POLLUX AWARDS (Digital Manipulation & Collage) for my series Coming Into Focus
11th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Honorable Mention in the Abstract Category for my photo, Synchronized Color and Honorable Mention in the Fine Art Category for my photo, Amplification
SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - my photo, Barrier Relief was Commended in the Enhanced Category and will be published in the accompanying book.
2017
SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR in the International Photography Awards.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS - has chosen my work to be featured in the 5th Biennale of Fine Art & Documentary Photography October 4-21, Barcelona Spain
GOLD WINNER in the ANNUAL TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS (Fine Art-Special Effects, Professional) for my series, more Coming Into Focus. My work was in the Winners Exhibition at ICA Gallery, Tokyo from May 12-16.
SECOND PLACE WINNER in the ANNUAL TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS (Fine Art, Professional) for my series, more Coming Into Focus
HONORABLE MENTION in the 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award honoring women in photography.
HONORABLE MENTION PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris for "Unexpected Geology #1"
RUNNER UP in the 11TH POLLUX AWARDS (Digital Manipulation & Collage) for my series Coming Into Focus
11th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Honorable Mention in the Abstract Category for my photo, Synchronized Color and Honorable Mention in the Fine Art Category for my photo, Amplification
SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - my photo, Barrier Relief was Commended in the Enhanced Category and will be published in the accompanying book.
1ST PLACE WINNER in the International Photography Awards, Digitally Enhanced Category
3rRD PLACE WINNER in the International Chromatic Awards, Professional Abstract Category
HONORABLE MENTIONS for two series (Alternative Process Category) 10th Annual Pollux Awards, juror Julio Hirsch-Hardy managing director of The Gala Awards
HONORABLE MENTION for one series (Fine Arts Category 10th Annual Pollux Awards, juror Julio Hirsch-Hardy managing director of The Gala Awards
RUNNER UP in the 10th Julia Margaret Cameron Award honoring women in photography.
SHORT LISTED Art Gemini PhotoX Award, exhibition in London, June
2nd PLACE NYC4PA Liquid 2017 Award, juror Debra Klomp Ching
NOMINEE (Fine Art Category) Fine Art Photography Awards
3rd PLACE Life-Framer open call, juror Brian Paul Clamp
NOMINEE (Abstract, Professional Category) 10th International Color Awards
FINALIST (Alternative Process Category) 9th Annual Pollux Awards, juror Julio Hirsch-Hardy managing director of The Gala Awards
2016
HONORABLE MENTION (Photomanipulation) for my piece “To Have and Have Not"
ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography Awards)
BRONZE AWARD WINNER (Fine Art, Special Effects Category) 1st Tokyo International Foto Awards
FIRST PLACE WINNER (Fine Art, Special Effects Category) Moscow International Foto Awards
LONGLISTED for the Aesthetica Art Prize (exhibited 04/14 - 05/29)
HONORABLE MENTION (Fine Art Category) for my piece “Committed to Memory, 2 - International Color Awards, 9th Annual
2015
WINNER of the 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Award honoring women in photography. Only 15 women were chosen world-wide by juror Laura Noble, UK.
WINNER-Alternative Process Category in the 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
HONORABLE MENTION (abstract category) at the 10th Annual Black and White Spider Awards
HONORABLE MENTION (Fine Art Category) for my series "Unity of Time and Place" in the London International Creative Contest
SILVER AWARD WINNER for my piece, "A Resonant Chill" in Art Forward Contest, #3
2ND PLACE, MERIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, International Color Awards, 8th Annual
Contemporary Imagemakers Program 2013”.
List of Earlier Awards provided upon request
Publications/Reviews
2020
E-SQUARED #5 featured my "Unexpected Geology " series in a 6 page spread.
ZOOM MAGAZINE (an Italian Photography publication) featured and 8 page spread on my "Unexpected Geology " series
FEATURE SHOOT SPOTLIGHT for my series Mid + West - February 11th
MID + WEST Featured in "The Big Photo E-Zine" issue 36, January. A publication from the Photographer Academy
UNEXPECTED GEOLOGY Featured in the new online magazine "ArtDoc" @artdocmagazine
2019
ON DEATH Book; Humble Arts Foundation
F-STOP MAGAZINE Portfolio 2019 issue; Featured Artist for my series Mid + West
ANNUAL BOOK of the MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD COMPETITION For my series "Unexpected Geology"
PHOTOWORLD, CHINA MAGAZINE June issue A ten page feature; Interview and Introduction by Alasdair Foster ‘The Quest For Deep Meaning”
MUS´EE MAGAZINE, Weekend Portfolio, featuring my series Mid+West, April 12-14
F-STOP MAGAZINE #93 "Portraits" featuring Lamentation
E-SQUARED MAGAZINE, an international, quarterly print magazine that draws from both art + science. I was one of their featured artists for Issue #4
2018
DONGA SCIENCE MAGAZINE (Korea) article and interview about my work.
PF MAGAZINE (Dutch Professional Photography Magazine), Interview featuring my "Unexpected Geology" series.
MUSEE MAGAZINE, "Paranoid or Paranormal; A Brief History of Spirit Photography", October 31st issue
VICE article by Jon Feinstein "31 Photographers Capture Ghosts, Witches and Other Other Occult Phenomena"
THE HAND MAGAZINE, Issue #22
CREATIVE QUARTERLY issue 53 Runner Up
WOBNEB MAGAZINE, my photo, "Equilibrium" was chosen for their first inaugural online exhibition titled "Sense of Place".
AINT-BAD MAGAZINE, September issue featuring an interview and selection from my series "Unexpected Geology"
RANGEFINDER MAGAZINE September print edition + online gallery; 2018 Fine Art Winners Gallery
RAGAZINE MAGAZINE Photographer Spotlight, featuring my "Unexpected Geology" series, July-August Issue, Volume 14, #4
F-STOP MAGAZINE #90 Land, Sea, Air Issue (August)
MUSEE MAGAZINE, Weekend portfolio, June 24
PF MAGAZINE (Dutch Professional Photography Magazine), Interview featuring my "Unexpected Geology" series.
MUSEE MAGAZINE, "Paranoid or Paranormal; A Brief History of Spirit Photography", October 31st issue
VICE article by Jon Feinstein "31 Photographers Capture Ghosts, Witches and Other Other Occult Phenomena"
THE HAND MAGAZINE, Issue #22
CREATIVE QUARTERLY issue 53 Runner Up
WOBNEB MAGAZINE, my photo, "Equilibrium" was chosen for their first inaugural online exhibition titled "Sense of Place".
AINT-BAD MAGAZINE, September issue featuring an interview and selection from my series "Unexpected Geology"
RANGEFINDER MAGAZINE September print edition + online gallery; 2018 Fine Art Winners Gallery
RAGAZINE MAGAZINE Photographer Spotlight, featuring my "Unexpected Geology" series, July-August Issue, Volume 14, #4
F-STOP MAGAZINE #90 Land, Sea, Air Issue (August)
MUSEE MAGAZINE, Weekend portfolio, June 24
F-STOP MAGAZINE #89 The Altered Image Issue (June)
EDGE OF HUMANITY MAGAZINE "Like A Ghost/The Forests' Roles, Depletion & The Impact on Humankind" (April)
AESTHETICA MAGAZINE feature on my "Unexpected Geology" series. (April)
UNUM MAGAZINE, Feature article about my work (April)
F-STOP MAGAZINE The Beautiful Issue
FAITH IS TORMENT MAGAZINE "Coming Into Focus: Photos by Ellen Jantzen" (January)
THE HAND MAGAZINE, Issue #19
2017
BETA Developments in Photography MAGAZINE, 24 page spread with my photo “To Have and Have Not” as the cover image
SANTA FE ARTS JOURNAL, November 17th issue "In The Studio with Ellen Jantzen"
MUSEE MAGAZINE, Weekend portfolio, November 10th
THE HAND MAGAZINE, Issue #17, July. Featuring work from Mudras Exhibition.
F-STOP MAGAZINE, Issue #83 dedicated to color photography. Interview by Cary Benbow
GUP MAGAZINE (Guide to Unique Photography) published a portfolio of my work from"Coming Into Focus" - March 28
YALE UNIVERSITY RADIO, Half hour interview about my work with Brainard Carey
online at:
UNDEREXPOSED MAGAZINE, Dedicated to women photographers. Interview, March 11th
THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL, 5, Manifest Gallery's award-winning juried publication of contemporary photography and photo-based works of art
2016
HEKTOEN INTERNATIONAL, Volume 8, Issue #4 Winter 2016. Reissue of my photo essay "Patricia, Vanishing Mother" for Alzheimer's Awareness Month
MUSÉE MAGAZINE, Issue #16 Chaos
FUBIZ, October; Featuring my series "Coming Into Focus"
NEW MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS, "Understanding Digitally-altered Photographs through Photographers' Views of Reality". A case study of Ellen Jantzen's Reality Projects.
COOPH, April Issue, featuring my series “Transplanting Reality; Transcending Nature” MUSÉE MAGAZINE, Issue #14 Science
CREATIVE QUARTERLY/42, Spring
THE HAND, Issue #12, April
Earlier Publications/Reviews provided upon request
Invitational Exhibitions
2019
OVERVIEW_2019, group exhibition at the Bruno David Gallery, July 17 - September 6
LIFE IN FLUX, To Challenge Apathy in the 21st Century, 4 person exhibition at Molecule Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico
WINNERS EXHIBITION - TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS at Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Tokyo, February 20-24th
IN THE SUNSHINE OF NEGLECT; defining photographs and radical experiments in Inland Southern California, 1950 to the present. January 18-April 28 at two venues: UCR ARTS, California Museum of Photography and RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM.
2018
SMALL WORLDS, group exhibition at the Bruno David Gallery, Opening November 30.
CONJURED FUTURES ARTIST TALK at Photo-Eye Gallery, June 14. Part of Santa Fe's PhotoSummer celebrations.
CONJURED FUTURES PROJECTION - Contemporary Photography in New Mexico in conjunction with the InterPlanetary Festival. Projecting images from three of my series on a rotating basis (June 7 & 8) Santa Fe Railyard.
WPGA 5TH BIENNALE Barcelona
OVERVIEW - 2018 at the Bruno David Gallery, Clayton Missouri (June 8 - July 27)
WINNERS EXHIBITION - TIFA at ICA Gallery, Tokyo May 12 - 16
MOPLA (Month Of Photography LA), Instagram Jam exhibition at The Line Hotel, Opening April 12th.
2018
CONJURED FUTURES ARTIST TALK at Photo-Eye Gallery, June 14. Part of Santa Fe's PhotoSummer celebrations.
CONJURED FUTURES PROJECTION - Contemporary Photography in New Mexico in conjunction with the InterPlanetary Festival. Projecting images from three of my series on a rotating basis (June 7 & 8) Santa Fe Railyard.
WPGA 5TH BIENNALE Barcelona
OVERVIEW - 2018 at the Bruno David Gallery, Clayton Missouri (June 8 - July 27)
WINNERS EXHIBITION - TIFA at ICA Gallery, Tokyo May 12 - 16
MOPLA (Month Of Photography LA), Instagram Jam exhibition at The Line Hotel, Opening April 12th.
2017
THE HAND MAGAZINE's EXHIBITION, "Mudras", opening July 7th at Leedy Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, MO. The show will run through August.
OVERVIEW_2017, Group exhibition at the Bruno David Gallery, Clayton Missouri. June 24 - August 12
FOTOGRAFICA BOGOTA, 7th International Biennial of Photography; Theme "Territories" at FOTOMUSEO, May. I am the featured artist.
GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Critic's Pick!! My Disturbing The Spirits series will be featured from March 18 – May 28, 2017.
2016
BERLIN FOTO BIENNALE, at Plazazzo Italia, Berlin - October 6-30 during the European Month of Photography
INVITATIONAL MOSCOW, at Na Kashirke Art Gallery, Moscow July 20-August 7th
2015
DEPTH OF FIELD, curated by RfotoFolio at Art Intersection Gallery in Gilbert, AZ September 8 - October 24
SUMMER SHOW, At Qlick Editions, Amsterdam. July 27-August 29 "and / or" A Group Exhibition, at Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis Missouri, May 1-June 27th
INCOGNITO, fund raising exhibition at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA. 05/02
POINT & SHOOT, solo exhibition at Qlick Editions, Amsterdam, opening March 6
A list of earlier invitational exhibitions provided upon request
Juried Exhibitions
2020
2020 LOS ANGELES BILLBOARD SHOW, From an international call for entries, The Billboard Creative chose my photo "To Have and Have Not" for their billboard at 905 N. Fairfax Ave, West Hollywood.
2019
PHOTOVILLE, September 12-22 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York (A Feature Shoot exhibition)
HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION, Group exhibition of works exploring “Loss”
HAPPY LITTLE CLOUDS, Group exhibition exploring the New Mexico skies at the Santa Fe Convention Center, June 14 - September 12
2018
THE CENTER FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY, 1st Annual Members Exhibition with juror Brian Paul Clamp. (May 4-30)
THE PRINT SWAP at MOPLA (Month Of Photography LA), Group exhibition at ROW, DTLA. Opening April 14th.
2017
SMALL WORKS, The Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO. November 17 - Dec.16th
AMBIENT LANDSCAPES, Black Eye Gallery, Sidney Australia - October 30 - Nov 13
DECEPTION, Juried by Brian Paul Clamp, Filter Space at Filter Photo, Chicago Ill. September 15 - October 21
we like small things, (all images 10 x 10 or less) Filter Space at Filter Photo, Chicago Ill. Sept. 15 - October 21
THE PRINT SWAP at PHOTOVILLE, Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, Dumbo New York, NY. Opens September 13
ANALOG v. DIGITAL, Foley Gallery, New York, NY. August 16 - August 26
DISAPPEARING WORLD, Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe. July 28 - Sept. 8
ART AND OPPRESSION, CENTER Santa Fe, through September 15th
SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES, South X Southeast Photo Exhibition at Brickworks Gallery, Atlanta GA, Opening reception, March 11th
ROOTS, Second Place for my image, "Heritage"; La Photo Curator's on-line exhibition
2016
THE BILLBOARD CREATIVE, one of 45 billboards throughout the Los Angeles area, Dec. 12-January 8, 2017
TRANSITIONS, at Edition One, Santa Fe NM; hosted by the America Society of Media Photographers. Opens October 11th.
TRANSIENCE, La Photo Curator's on-line exhibition
THE FENCE, an outdoor photography series, my work featured on the New Mexico Photographer Showcase, opening July 9th
THE FRONTIER, at The New Mexico History Museum. Work selected by CENTER of Santa Fe. Opening June 10 - 30th
TRANSITIONAL LANDSCAPES at The Center For Fine Art Photography, May 6 - June 10, 2016, Curated by Natasha Egan
WINTER PICTURES, online at Humble Arts Foundation
2015
ILLUMINATE at The Center For Fine Art Photography, December 4 - January 23, 2016, Curated by Elizabeth Avedon
MEMORIES, STORIES, HISTORIES with juror Amy Galpin at the Center For Fine Art Photography, November 6-28
SoHo PHOTO NATIONAL COMPETITION Curated by Elizabeth Avedon at the SohoPhoto Gallery, New York, NY, July 8 - 27th
A list of earlier juried exhibitions provided upon request
Collectors
James and Ellen Hubbell
Claire D'Arcy
In the Art Collection of the Eaton Corporation
Daniel F. Jarosz, PHD
James Galvin
Cris McCall
Kristin L. Ware
Tariq Jalil
Patrick Dooley
Jeff Lax
Missy Smith
David Lazarus
Melissa De La Cruz
Wallace Diskin
Agnes Punsalano
Benjamin McKenzie (Schenkkan)
Jan Allen
Deno Antonini
Bob Cohen
Shirley Glass
Neil Patrick Harris
Jorge Limon
David E. Martin
Bev McLean
Edwin Robinson
Roxxie Rosen
Lily E. Smernou
MULTIPLE PIECES, in the collection of the Finley Design Group
MULTIPLE PIECES, in the collection of Carole Cole and John Ernsdorf
TEA FOR TWO FABLES, teapot in the collection of Sonny and Gloria Kamm
OVOID OF THE SILVERED TWIGS, Cal State Fullerton
MULTIPLE PIECES, in the collection of Veronica Chiang and Scott Fitzgerald
Commissions/Public Art
In the Art Collection of Kirkland and Ellis Law Offices, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Billboard Creative, on Fairfax Ave. West Hollywood
In the Art Collection of The University of Iowa Hospital
In the Art Collection of the New Mexico History Museum
In New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places 2015/16:
13th Judicial Court in Los Lunas
Explora in Albuquerque
Inez Elementary in Albuquerque
In the Art Collection of Stanford University, School of Medicine In the Art Collection of the Microsoft Corporation
Condo project in Toronto Canada, various hotels including the Southfield Weston and the Ithica Marriot
Eight large pieces for the New Dubai Opera House, installation August, 2016
Large Billboard-sized Outdoor piece installed at Allied PhotoColor (St. Louis), 2013
Multiple pieces installed at Olmsted Restaurant, Atlanta Georgia by the Alan Avery Art Company - Sept. 2012
MULTIPLE PIECES commissioned for the M-House, as seen in the magazines; WORLD OF INTERIORS, ESCALA, ARCHI- TECT, ERA21, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, COLORFULNESS, IDENTITY, THE ROBB REPO
