Brian Lesteberg is a recipient of the Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, 2007, and a Minnesota State Arts Board/National Endowment for the Arts grant, 2006.

His photographs are in the collections of the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, IL.

Selections from his series Raised to Hunt were published in 25 Under 25: UP and Coming American Photographers published in 2008 by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Powerhouse Books.

In 2007 Brian was named a finalist for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography and was selected for the PDN 30 award for the 30 Best Emerging Photographers by Photo District News magazine.

He has photographed for The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, and Time. He attended the Minneapolis College of Art in Design, receiving a Bachelor of Arts, Photography and currently resides in Minneapolis.

Grants / Awards

MCAD / Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, 2007

Finalist for The Santa Fe Prize for Photography, 2007
Minnesota State Arts Board/NEA Artist Initiative Grant, 2006

Publications
25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers
Photo District News: PDN 30, March Issue
Water-Stone Review Literary Annual, Cover photograph

Solo Exhibitions

Ecce Art, Fargo, ND

Rostel Photography Gallery, Dunsmuir, CA

Cliché, Minneapolis, MN

Group Exhibitions

North Dakota Museum of Art
Minnesota Museum of American Art

Rosier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN

Spot Art, Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN

The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Collections
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago
Milwaukee Art Museum

Editorial Photography
The New York Times Magazine
Fortune Magazine
Time Magazine

Education
BFA, Photography, The Minneapolis College of Art and Design