Jim Mangan (b. 1973, La Grange, Illinois) is a Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker whose work critically engages with the subcultures and ecologies of the American West. Mangan takes an ecological and sociological approach to his work, observing his subjects and their interactions with their environment for extended periods of time. His work seeks to forge a sense of connectivity with the earth and of disparate communities. For nearly a quarter century, he lived in Colorado and Utah to study water rights and drought habitats, and his most recent series, The Crick took over six years to complete. Mangan has a forthcoming solo exhibition at the Nora Eccles Museum of Art, Logan, UT (February 2026) and a group exhibition at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (January 2026).

Recent and forthcoming solo and two person exhibitions include The Crick, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, ID (2026); The Dark Electric, Galerie Wouter Van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL (2026); The Crick, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT (2026); The Crick, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, IE (2025); The Crick, Sea View, Los Angeles, CA (2025); (2024) BLAST, The Little House Gallery at Dries Van Noten, Los Angeles, CA (2023); BLAST, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT (2015); Flash Flood, Muddguts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2014); BLAST, 205-A Gallery, New York, NY (2014). Recent group exhibitions include: Altered States in the Acid West, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (2026); Salon Amsterdam, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL (2026); SHOW LA, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2026); Decades, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025); A Room of One’s Own, Aspen Art Fair, Aspen, CO (2025); American West and the Scars We Leave, Little Big Man Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025); Felix Art Fair, Sea View, Los Angeles, CA (2025); Hard Copy, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025); Western Contemporary, Strata Editions, Livingston, MT (2024); Staring Into the Sun, Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Light Work 50th Anniversary, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (2023); Boys Don’t Cry / Blonde, pop-up curated by Frank Ocean, Los Angeles, CA; Land Escapes, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (2016); West Hollywood, AA LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2016); Black Mirror, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY (2015); TERRA INCOGNITA, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, DE. (2015). Mangan’s work is in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Artist Book Collection MoMA NY, NY; Catalogue Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Artist Book Collection Light Work, Syracuse, NY; and The New York Public Library, Photography Collection.