Joe Rudko
joerudko@gmail.com
Education
2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Collections
The Getty Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Portland Art Museum
Seattle Portable Works Collection
Tacoma Art Museum
Pardon Collection
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2025
Mural Commission, Forrest For The Trees, Seattle, WA
Artist Residency, Willapa Bay, Oysterville, WA
2023
Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2021
Iris Project Residency, Iris Project, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Young Photographers Endowment, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Individual Artist Grant, MadArt, Seattle, WA
Mural Commission, Knotel, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Mural Commission, Facebook Artist-in-Residence Program, Seattle, WA
Riff’s Residency Program, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2018
Clowes Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016
Future List Award, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA
2015
Kintsugi Album Cover, Death Cab for Cutie, Atlantic Records
Artist Residency, Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA, Meditations in an Emergency
2024
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, Scrapbook
2023
Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Afterimage
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Double Take
2022
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Lightwaves
2021
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR Support System
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Untitled Colors
2020
Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Processing
2019
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, Same as it ever was
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Tiny Mirrors
2018
Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, Advanced Techniques of Photography
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, Intermediate Techniques of Photography
2017
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, Basic Techniques of Photography
2016
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, Album
2015
Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA Broken Image
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, Picturesque
Select Group Exhibitions
2026
Cannery Village Gallery, Newport, CA, Fragmented Circuits
ZONAMACO FOTO, PDX Contemporary Art, Mexico City
2025
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, So It Goes
Europa, Seattle, WA, Good Morning
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, The More You Look, The More You See
2024
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, Seen Together
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Feeling Blue
2023
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Throughlines
Photofairs NY, New York, NY, Eight Radically Different Approaches to Photography
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, You belong among the wildflowers
2022
The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, In Dialogue
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX, A History of Photography
Winston Wachter, Seattle, WA, Pathways
2020
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, Beyond the Surface: The Photograph as Object
2019
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, Elemental Construction
2017
Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, WA, AND NOT OR
King Street Station, Seattle, WA, Out of Sight
2016
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Photography and Contemporary Experience
2015
Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA, Bellingham National