JOE RUDKO
born 1990, Everett, WA
Lives and works in Seattle, WA
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, virtual exhibition
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
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 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
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Iris Project Residency, Los Angeles, CA
Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Young Photographers Endowment, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
MadArt Artist Grant, Seattle, WA
Facebook AIR, Seattle, WA
Riff’s Residency, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Clowes Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Art Walk Award, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA
Future List Award, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA
Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Abigail Miller Busche & Ryan Busche Award, Bellingham, WA
COLLECTIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
The Getty Museum
Portland Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Shaun Kardinal Art Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum
Deutsche Oper Berlin
City of Seattle
Fidelity Investments
Knotel
Facebook
Cleveland Clinic
Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi, album cover
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
Luxe Magazine, Found Photos Are The Core Element Of This Seattle Artist’s Work, Aug 2024 Crosscut, ArtSEA: The streets are alive with the sights of Seattle Art Fair, Jul 2024
Haber Arts, International Center of Photography review, Feb 2024
ArtRabbit, In ‘Double Take’ Rudko redefines duality, Nov 2023
What’s on LA, Review: Joe Rudko at Von Lintel Gallery, Nov 2023
Kolaj Magazine, Portrait Mode, Sept 2023
Wells, Antares. “Cut and Paste: Joe Rudko on the liberating power of collage.” The Getty. December 20, 2022.
Hale, Corianton. “Joe Rudko’s Abstract Reflections.” The Stranger, November 28, 2022.
“NEW WORKS: Joe Rudko’s Lightwaves 2022.” Gold Circle, Summer 2022.
Zellen, Jody, “Pick of the Week: Joe Rudko, Untitled Colors, Von Lintel Gallery.” What’s On Los Angeles?. November 18, 2021.
“‘Untitled Colors’ by Joe Rudko @ Von Lintel Gallery.” adilettante, Novermber 5, 2021.
Gifford, Ashley. “Photography, Assemblage & Beyond: A conversation with Joe Rudko.” Art & About. December 9, 2021.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Gallery Rounds: Joe Rudko.” Artillery Magazine. December 9, 2021.
Joe Rudko: The Penumbra Artist Series. Penumbra Foundation. December 7, 2021.
Art Zone: Joe Rudko transforms snapshots into the sublime. Seattle Channel-YouTube. November 18, 2021.
“Joe Rudko: Untitled Colors.” Gold Circle, November 2021.
Smithson Aline, “Joe Rudko: Untitled Colors at the Von Lintel Gallery.” Lenscratch, October 30, 2021.
Milne, Stefan. “What Does a Very Online Art World Look Like?,” Seattle Met, July/August issue. July 22, 2020.
Musee Magazine, Issue No. 23- Choices. April 2020.
Oxford American Magazine. March 2020.
Smithson, Aline. “Joe Rudko, Tiny Mirrors,” Lenscratch. December 18, 2019.
Lamb, Bree. “Find-Cut-Paste: Bree Lamb Interviews Joe Rudko,” In the In-Between. November 25, 2019.
Pothast, Emily. “Joe Rudko at Greg Kucera,” Art in America. April 1, 2019.
Keimig, Jasmyne. “Same as it Ever Was: Joe Rudko’s New Show in Three Parts,” The Stranger. February 8, 2019.
Kiley, Bredan. “Postcards from a trip through Pioneer Square’s galleries and graffiti,” The Seattle Times. January 17, 2019.
In Seattle, Creating Community by Collecting Art and Artists, The New York Times. Jan 2019.
Raymond, John. “Joe Rudko: PDX CONTEMPORARY ART,” Artforum, Vol. 56 No.10, Summer 2018
Speer, Richard. “Weekly Recommendations: Joe Rudko,” visualartsource.com. April 2018
New American Paintings, issue 133
Feinstein, Jon. “Photography Highlights From Seattle’s Two Legit-Most Art Fairs,” hafny.org. August 4, 2017
Langner, Erin “Critic’s Pick: Seattle,” artltdmag.com. May 2017
Pixels of Nostalgia, Seattle Art Fair Blog. July 2017.
Upchurch, Michael “3 don’t-miss art exhibitions in Seattle, April edition,” Seattle Times. April 11
Seattle la nouvelle escale arty américaine, Madame Figaro Magazine. March 2017.
Feinstein, Jon “Joe Rudko's Photo Collages Imagine a Collective Vision.” hafny.org. June 2016.
Rabin, Jennifer “Joe Rudko: The photographer’s eye.” Oregon Arts Watch. June 16
Manitach, Amanda. “The Iconoclast: Joe Rudko,” City Arts. Jan 2016.
Feinstein, Jon. “Joe Rudko: Folding Time in Lines and Layers,” vignettes.us. November 2015.
Fukt Magazine for Contemporary Drawing, Issue 14. Sept 2015.
"Joe Rudko's Vulnerable Object Drawings," Humble Art Foundation. July 2015.
Wavepool. (interview) July 2015.
From Here On: Aint-Bad Magazine. Vol. 3 Iss. 1. May 2015.
Richard, Speer. “Joe Rudko: ‘Picturesque’ at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART.” Art LTD. May 2015.
Speer, Richard. "Joe Rudko: Picturesque," Willamette Week. Feb. 6, 2015.
"Joe Rudko," Visual Art Source. Feb. 11, 2015.
“Creative Process: Joe Rudko’s Art on Death Cab for Cutie’s Kintsugi,” Hum Creative. Jan. 12, 2015.
Buben, Jeremy. “How to Fill Two Shelves,” Art Nerd. Jul. 18, 2014.
Chayasatit, Anna. “Object Drawings by Joe Rudko,” People of Print. Feb. 21, 2014.
“Joe Rudko’s Object Drawings,” Juxtapoz.com. Oct. 8, 2014.
Buben, Jeremy. “Send Reinforcements,” Art Nerd. Nov. 10, 2013.
Castellaw, Drew. “Joe Rudko Explores Perceived Truth,” The Western Front. Mar. 8, 2013.
Graves, Jen. “Joe Rudko, Surprise Hit of the Affordable Art Fair,” The Stranger. Nov. 11, 2013.
Newman, Michelle Alexis. “The Found Photograph Collage Drawings of Joe Rudko,” Beautiful Decay. Feb. 28, 2013.