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
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
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2027
McColl Center, Artist Residency, Charlotte, NC
2025
Forrest For The Trees, Public Mural Commission, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
Willipa Bay AIR, Artist Residency, Oysterville, WA
2023
Wassaic Project, Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2021
Iris Project, Artist Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Young Photographers Endowment, Houston, TX
Mad Art, Artist Grant, Seattle, WA
2019
Facebook, Artist Residency, Seattle, WA
Photo Center Northwest, Riffs Artists Residency, Seattle, WA
2018
Vermont Studio Center, Clowes Fellowship Award & Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
2016
City Arts Magazine, Future List Award, Seattle, WA
2015
Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi, Album Cover, Atlantic Records
Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship Award & Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
Select Publications
2026
The Stranger, Review: Meditations in an Emergency
The Seattle Times, 6 must-see Seattle museum, gallery art shows
Discover SLU, Meditations in Motion
2025
My Modern Met, Non-Profit Uses Public Art To Activate the Once-Forgotten
Spaces in Seattle’s Pioneer Square
Harper’s Baazar Italia, Contro l’intatto, Issue 20
2024
Kolaj Magazine, Issue #40 cover, published by Kasini House
Luxe Magazine, Found Photos Are The Core Element Of This Artist’s Work
Crosscut, ArtSEA: The streets are alive with the sights of Seattle Art Fair
Haber Arts, International Center of Photography review
2023
ArtRabbit, In ‘Double Take’ Rudko redefines duality
What’s on LA, Review: Joe Rudko at Von Lintel Gallery
Getty Museum, Cut and Paste: Joe Rudko on the liberating power of collage
2022
The Stranger, Joe Rudko’s Abstract Reflections
Gold Circle, New Works: Joe Rudko’s Lightwaves
2021
Artillery Magazine, Review: Joe Rudko
Adiliettante, Untitled Colors by Joe Rudko @ Von Lintel Gallery
Art & About, Interview w/ Ashley Gifford
What’s On Los Angeles, Pick of the week
Penumbra Foundation, Artist Series: Joe Rudko
Lenscratch, Joe Rudko: Untitled Colors at Von Lintel Gallery
Seattle Channel: Art Zone, Video documentary, Seattle Channel
2020
Seattle Met, What Does a Very Online Art World Look Like?
Musee Magazine, Issue No. 23
2019
Lenscratch, Joe Rudko, Tiny Mirrors
In the In-Between, Bree Lamb Interviews Joe Rudko
Art in America, Reviews: Joe Rudko @ Greg Kucera Gallery
The Stranger, Joe Rudko’s New Show in Three Parts
2018
Artforum, Joe Rudko: PDX Contemporary Art, Vol. 56 No. 10. Summer 2018
Visual Art Source, Recommendations: Joe Rudko
New American Paintings, issue 133
2017
HAFNY, Photography Highlights From Seattle’s Two Legit-Most Art Fairs
Art LTD, Critic’s Pick: Seattle
Seattle Art Fair Blog, Pixels of Nostalgia
The Seattle Times, 3 don’t-miss art exhibitions in Seattle
Madame Figaro Magazine. Seattle la nouvelle escale arty américaine
2016
HAFNY, Joe Rudko's Photo Collages Imagine a Collective Vision
Oregon Arts Watch, Joe Rudko: The photographer’s eye
City Arts, The Iconoclast: Joe Rudko
Willamette Week, The Eight Portland Art Shows I’m Most Glad I Saw in 2016
2015
City Arts, The Iconoclast: Joe Rudko
Vignettes, Joe Rudko: Folding Time in Lines and Layers
Fukt Magazine for Contemporary Drawing, Issue 14
Aint-Bad Magazine. Vol. 3 Iss. 1.\
Art LTD. Joe Rudko: ‘Picturesque’ at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
Willamette Week, Joe Rudko: Picturesque
Visual Art Source, Joe Rudko (review)
Hum Creative, Joe Rudko’s Art on Death Cab for Cutie’s Kintsugi