EDUCATION
2013 BFA, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Scrapbook, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2023 Double Take, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Portrait Mode, Winston Wachter, Seattle, WA
Afterimage, Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Lightwaves, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Untitled Colors, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Support System, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2020 Processing, Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Tiny Mirrors, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Same as it ever was, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Advanced Techniques of Photography, Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
Intermediate Techniques of Photography, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2017 Basic Techniques of Photography, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Album, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2015 Broken Image, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA
Picturesque, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 So It Goes, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
The More You Look, The More You See, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Who Knows What Grows in The Morning Light, Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME
Still Lives, Bianco Gallery, Seattle, WA
Throughlines, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Feeling Blue, Von Lintel Gallery, Lose Angeles, CA
Seen Together, Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
2023 Eight Radically Different Approaches to Photography, Photofairs, New York, NY
You belong among the wildflowers, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2022 Pathways, Winston Wachter, Seattle, WA
In Dialogue, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
A History of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Easy Breezy, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2021 Series 001, Cuniform, Seattle, WA
PDX at Lostine, Lostine Tavern, Lostine, OR
Geheim Group #1, Geheim Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2020 River, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Zona Maco Foto, Mexico City, MX
Beyond the Surface: The Photograph as Object, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 it’s SUMMER!, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Riffs, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Elemental Construction, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2018 Along the Edge, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Talk to Me, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 AND NOT OR, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, WA
Future Isms, Glassbox Gallery, Seattle, WA
Out of Sight, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
Dislocation, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Living Together (w/ Kelly Bjork), Calypso, Seattle, WA
2016 Photography and Contemporary Experience, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Patron, 300 S Washington, Seattle, WA
Material Culture, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
Essential Skimming, Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA
A Stand of Pine in a Tilled Field, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
The Photograph, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Project Turn, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA
2015 Punctum, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Color, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Double Vision, Arts West, Seattle, WA
BOGO, Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY
Let's Get Lost, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Bellingham National, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
Made Personal, The Alice Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art with a View, Vignettes @ Via6, Seattle, WA
2014 I Never Complained About the Past, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
It's a Mistake, GLITCH, Memphis, TN
Neon Grey, Addison Gallery, Seattle, WA
Strange Coupling, Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA
Love Party, Vignettes @ Lovecitylove, Seattle, WA
2013 Manual Labor, LxWxH, Seattle, WA
Hot Bed, TGIF Gallery, New York, NY
Slideluck, Axis Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
Prima Materia, FIXTURE, Bellingham, WA
Strange Bedfellows, Make Shift / Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
I know you’re there, but who am I?, Work: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Convertibles, Vignettes, Seattle, WA
Grey Matter, Cairo, Seattle, WA
Ghosts, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, WA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025 Artist in Residence, Willapa Bay AIR, Oysterville, WA
2023 Artist in Residence, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2021 Artist in Residence, Iris Project, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship Finalist, MAC Fellowship
2020 Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Young Photographers Endowment, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
MadArt Artist Grant, Seattle, WA
2019 Artist in Residence, Facebook AIR, Seattle, WA
Artist in Residence, Riff’s, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2018 Clowes Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017 Spring Art Walk Award, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA
2016 Future List Award, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA
2015 Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
COLLECTIONS
The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany
City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Cleveland Clinic, Cleaveland, OH
Knotel, Los Angeles, CA
Meta, Seattle, WA
Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi (2016), Album Cover
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 Kolaj Magazine, Issue #40, 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, ICP at 50 and the Morgan Library
The Skanner, Joe Rudko’s Scrapbook opens this Thursday at PDX Contemporary
2023 ArtRabbit, In ‘Double Take’ Rudko redefines duality
What’s on LA, Review: Joe Rudko at Von Lintel Gallery
Kolaj Magazine, Portrait Mode
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, Photography, Assemblage & Beyond: A Conversation with Joe Rudko
What’s On Los Angeles, Pick of the week
Penumbra Foundation, Artist Series: Joe Rudko
Lenscratch, Joe Rudko: Untitled Colors at Von Lintel Gallery
Art Zone: Joe Rudko transforms snapshots into the sublime, video documentary
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, Find-Cut-Past: Bree Lamb Interviews Joe Rudko
Art in America, Reviews: Joe Rudko @ Greg Kucera Gallery
The Stranger, Joe Rudko’s New Show in Three Parts
The Seattle Times, Postcards from a trip through Pioneer Square’s Galleries
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
Hum Creative, Joe Rudko’s Art on Death Cab for Cutie’s Kintsugi
2014 Juxtapoz, Joe Rudko’s Object Drawings
People of Print, Object Drawings by Joe Rudko
2013 The Stranger, Joe Rudko, Surprise Hit of the Affordable Art Fair
Beautiful Decay, The Found Photograph Collage Drawings of Joe Rudko