Joe Rudko (b. 1990, Everett, WA) is an artist known for his intricate collages that reconfigure found photographs with experimental drawing, assemblage, and analog retouching techniques.
He received his BFA from Western Washington University in 2013. He has exhibited widely in the United States, including solo exhibitions at PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, OR, Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle, Von Lintel Gallery in LA, and Davidson Gallery in NYC.
Joe’s work can be found in the permanent collections of The Getty Museum, Portland Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and most recently, the Morgan Library & Museum in NYC. His work has been reviewed in Artforum, Art in America, The Seattle Times, Juxtapoz, Lenscratch, and Artillery Magazine. He has been in residence at the Wassaic Project, Iris Project, Photographic Center Northwest, and Vermont Studio Center and will attend Willapa Bay AIR in 2025.
Rudko has a studio in Seattle, where he continues to develop his practice through a hybrid approach to photography and abstraction.
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