Jennifer Colten is a photographer whose work examines the representation of landscape, embedded cultural geographies, and environmental implications of land use. Addressing issues of cultural erasures and visibility is central to her practice. Collaboration is an essential part of her process, facilitating an engagement with community, local histories and public space over time. Colten was recently awarded a 2020 Regional Arts Commission (RAC) Fellowship which acknowledges commitment to community and artistic excellence. Past and ongoing projects have received support from: the Mid-America Arts Alliance, a Ferguson Grant from Washington University in St. Louis, two individual Artist Support Grants from the Regional Arts Commission in St Louis and two Creative Activity Research Grants from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University. Her photographs can be found within a diverse set of institutions. Selected Local, Regional, National and International venues include: the Wood River Museum, Wood River, Illinois, The National Building Arts Center, Sauget, Illinois, the Denver Art Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois, the Museum für Fotographie, Braunschweig, Germany, the Museum Hundertwassser, Vienna, the Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Museo de Antioquia, and the Bellas Artes Instituto, in Medellin, Colombia.