The New York City Street Tree Tarot

For over 20 years artist Matthew López-Jensen (b. 1980) has created works about human-tree relationships. He is a Citizen Pruner, NYC Parks Super Steward, and community gardener. López-Jensen lives and works in the Bronx and teaches environmental art at Fordham University and Parsons School of Design. He is a Guggenheim Fellow in photography, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others. He received his MFA from the University of Connecticut, and BA from Rice University. He was the first Erie Canal artist-in-residence and has participated in residency programs at MacDowell, the New York City Urban Field Station, Guild Hall, the Queens Museum, Wave Hill, and LMCC. He is the author and artist of Park Wonder (Paper Crown Press, 2017) and The Work and the Water: Labor and Landscapes Along the Erie Canal (Inventory Press, 2025). Both books combine photography, mapping, and contributions from people deeply connected to the featured landscapes.