National Portrait Gallery
Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees
December 12, 2025 – November 15, 2026
Established in 2015, the Portrait of a Nation Awards honor extraordinary individuals who have made transformative contributions to the United States and its people. This exhibition highlights the most recent recipients: Jamie Dimon, business leader, by photographer Jason Alden; Temple Grandin, distinguished professor, inventor and groundbreaking researcher of animal science, by artist David Lenz; Joy Harjo, internationally renowned poet, performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and 23rd U.S. poet laureate, by artist Joel Daniel Phillips; and Steven Spielberg, Academy Award-winning director, producer and writer, by artist Kate Capshaw.
Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees is curated by Rhea L. Combs, director of curatorial affairs, and has been made possible through the Portrait of a Nation Gala Endowment.
Brocken Spectre and Glory: Portrait of Temple Grandin by David Lenz, oil on canvas, 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired by the Marc Pachter Commissioning Fund and an anonymous donor.
