Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees

Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees presents portraits of the four latest recipients of the National Portrait Gallery’s Portrait of a Nation Awards. Established in 2015, the awards recognize people whose achievements have had a transformative impact on the United States and its people.

The exhibition features business leader Jamie Dimon, distinguished professor and animal-science researcher and inventor Temple Grandin, Muscogee (Creek) poet and performer Joy Harjo, and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Their portraits were created by Jason Alden, David Lenz, Joel Daniel Phillips, and Kate Capshaw, respectively.

When: December 12, 2025–October 17, 2027

Venue: National Portrait Gallery

Location: First Floor, North Corridor

Honorees and artists: Jamie Dimon, portrayed by photographer Jason Alden; Temple Grandin, portrayed by artist David Lenz; Joy Harjo, portrayed by artist Joel Daniel Phillips; and Steven Spielberg, portrayed by artist Kate Capshaw

Works: Kate Capshaw’s portrait of Steven Spielberg, *The Picture Maker*, uses oil on linen with a single-channel video projection and was created in 2025. David Lenz’s *Brocken Spectre and Glory: Portrait of Temple Grandin* is an oil painting on canvas from 2022. Jason Alden’s portrait of Jamie Dimon is an inkjet print made in 2023 and printed in 2025. Joel Daniel Phillips’s portrait of Joy Harjo uses charcoal, graphite, and ink on paper and dates to 2022.

Curator: Rhea L. Combs, director of curatorial affairs

Tickets: Price not available

Note: The exhibition was made possible by the Portrait of a Nation Gala Endowment.