JOEY VELTKAMP
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    • SPIRIT! installation
    • Installation Images
    • Drawings
    • Pantry
    • cogean?
  • CV
  • Press & Mentions
PicturePhoto by Logan Westom
Joey Veltkamp (born 1972 / Helena, Montana) is a queer artist who uses bright and colorful imagery to comfort the viewer. By elevating every day common items, such a list of summer berries or a plastic bucket of flowers, he reminds us to celebrate life and look for joy in unexpected places.

His inaugural solo museum exhibition, SPIRIT!, at Bellevue Arts Museum is now closed. Joey’s work has been collected by Seattle Art Museum, Microsoft, Meta, Starbucks, King County Portable Works, and more. He received an Artist Trust GAP Grant in 2019, and is a previous Neddy Award Finalist (2010, 2014). His "soft paintings" have been shown at Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle Art Museum, and San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. Joey has lived in the Puget Sound region since 1996. He has five cats and one husband. He is represented by Greg Kucera Gallery.
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​Writings about the art of Joey Veltkamp can be found here. 

​You can send him an email here.


SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Bellevue Arts Museum, SPIRIT!, Bellevue, Washington

2021
Greg Kucera Gallery, Lumberton, Wash., Seattle, Washington
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2018
Greg Kucera Gallery, "Blue Skies Forever", Seattle, Washington
Outer Space, "Salt of the Earth / Light of the World", Seattle, Washington


2017
Vignettes, <heartbreak simulation>, Seattle, Washington
Calypte Gallery, Pantry (with Ben Gannon), Seattle, Washington ​

​2015
Calypte Gallery, Picnic, Seattle, Washington

2014
Joe Bar Gallery, Queens, curated by Ben Beres, Seattle, Washington
ArtsWest, This is not a protest. It's a celebration!, curated by Susanna Bluhm, Seattle, Washington

​2013
Portland Center Stage, In the Fold, curated by Elizabeth Spavento, Portland, Oregon

2012
NEPO House, The Rainbow Connection, curated by Klara Glosova, Seattle, Washington
​Cupcake Royale, The Blanket Show, Seattle, Washington

2011
SOIL, the ghosts of Joey Veltkamp, Seattle, Washington
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LxWxH(xNW) with Susanna Bluhm, curated by Sharon Arnold, Seattle, Washington

​2010
​The Living Room, It is Happening Again, curated by Amanda Manitach, Seattle, Washington
SELECTION GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Indie Folk: New Art & Sounds from the Pacific Northwest, curated by Melissa Feldman, Pullman, Washington
[Also traveling to Schneider Museum of Art (Ashland, OR), Hallie Ford Museum of Art (Salem, OR), Bellevue Arts Museum (Bellevue, WA),
​and Museum of Craft & Design (San Francisco, CA)]


2022
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Common Threads, curated by Anika Tabachnick, Bainbridge Island, Washington


2021
Bremerton Canvas, Fiber Arts, Bremerton, Washington

2021
Museum of Museums, The Supperfield Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Jennifer McNeely, Seattle, Washington

2020
​Adams & Ollman, Indie Folk: New Art from the Pacific Northwest, curated by Mellissa Feldman, Portland, Oregon

2019
Joe Bar, Joe Bar One Hundred, curated by Ben Beres, Seattle, Washington

2018
Bellevue Arts Museum, Featured Objects, Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellwether 2018, curated by SuttonBeresCuller, Bellevue Arts Museum
The Factory, KIDS/NO KIDS, Seattle, Washington


2017
​Schoenfeld's Building, Out of Sight, produced by Greg Lundgren, Seattle, Washington
Virago Gallery, Our Daily Armor III, Seattle, Washington
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2016
Bridge Productions, Many Lands, curated by Ben Gannon, Seattle, Washington
V2, American Painting Today, curated by Matthew Offenbacher, Seattle, Washington
Tacoma Art Museum, NW Art Now, curated by Juan Roselione-Valadez & Rock Hushka,  Tacoma, Washington
The Alice, cover reveals, curated by Julia Freeman, Seattle, Washington 


2015
Seattle Art Museum, Rebel Rebel, curated by Catharina Manchanda, Seattle, Washington
​The Satellite Show, Tiger Strikes Asteroid presents Artist-Run (The Alice), Miami, Florida

Hedreen Gallery, Good Neighbor, curated by Amanda Donnan, Seattle, Washington
King Street Station, Out of Sight, Seattle, Washington

Digital Sweat Gallery, Belfie Stick, curated by Christian J Petersen and Sofia Lee, online

2014
Cornish Main Gallery, Neddy at Cornish Exhibition, Seattle, Washington

NEPO House 5K, Rainbow Power Spirit Gate (with Ben Gannon), Seattle, Washington

​2013
Frye Art Museum, 
Chamber Music, curated by Scott Lawrimore, Seattle, Washington
SAM Gallery, Stitchery, Seattle, Washington

2012

Greg Kucera Gallery, Under the Rainbow, Seattle, Washington
SOIL, Text Editor, curated by Sharon Arnold, Seattle, Washington
Hedreen Gallery, Sea-Cat #2, Seattle, Washington

2011

Greg Kucera Gallery, Mars vs Venus, Seattle, Washington
Sue Scott Gallery, UNPUNISHED, a kabinett curated by Nayland Blake, New York, New York
Vignettes, MEMES, curated by Sierra Stinson, Seattle, Washington
Bumbershoot Festival, Bumber by Number, curated by Marlow Harris and Jo David, Seattle, Washington
NEPO House, NEPO 5k DON'T RUN, Washington
Gallery (206), curated by Todd Jannausch, Seattle, Washington
SOIL, Bloom & Collapse, curated by Susanna Bluhm & Amanda Manitach, Seattle, Washington

2010
Tacoma Art Museum, Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma, Washington

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Animal Imagery, curated by Greg Kucera, San Luis Obispo, California
SOIL, New Members Show, Seattle, Washington
Sound Transit Capitol Hill Wall Project, Seattle, Washington
NEPO House 4, curated by Klara Glosova,  Seattle, Washington

2009

Cupcake Royale, Untitled Inaugural Group Show, curated by Roy McMakin, Seattle, Washington
Fancy, Aw Dude, Sweet, Seattle, Washington

2008

The Hideout, Selected Works, Seattle, Washington

2007

Vermillion, Gathering, Seattle, Washington
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​2006

Hedreen Gallery, Painted On, curated by Carrie EA Scott, Seattle, Washington
COLLECTIONS
Seattle Art Museum
​Microsoft Art Collection
​Facebook Art Collection
William and Ruth True Collection
King County Public Art Collection​
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest

Rosin-Armstrong Collection
ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS
2022
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Cozy Crafternoon wtih Ben Gannon & Joey Veltkamp, Bainbridge Island, Washington
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2020
Facebook, 10x10 Print Exhibition, Seattle, Washington

2018
cogean? (with Ben Gannon),  an experimental home gallery space, Bremerton, Washington (and 2019)
Facebook, Facebook Artist-in-Residence Program, Seattle, Washington
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2016
PDX Contemporary Window Project, PDX Holiday Box, Portland, Oregon 


2015
Cornish College of the Arts, Neddy Artist Award Program presents Joey Veltkamp, Artist in Residence, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Art Museum, Party in the Park, Seattle, Washington

2014

Hedreen Gallery, Seattle Women's Convention with Susanna Bluhm, Jen Graves, Susie Lee, organized by Joey Veltkamp
Rhino Room, Kesha Dance Party with Matthew Offenbacher and Rumi Koshino
Seattle Art Museum, Party in the Park & Silent Auction, Seattle, Washington

2013
Seattle Art Museum, Mini Art Fair at Remix, co-organizer, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Art Museum, Set the Table for SAM (with Ben Gannon), Seattle, Washington
Henry Art Gallery, 2013 Gala, Jeffry Mitchell ("heaps of help from Joey Veltkamp"), Seattle, Wash.
Hedreen Gallery, Salon Revisited series, Seattle, Washington

2012
Henry Art Gallery, Favorite Art Projects, organized by Tova Cubert, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Art Museum, Set the Table for SAM (with Jeffry Mitchell), Seattle, Washington

2011
Seattle Art Museum, Set the Table for SAM, Seattle, Washington


2010
City Arts Magazine, inaugural host/co-organizer for monthly City Arts Art Walk Awards, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Art Museum, Set the Table for SAM, Seattle, Washington
The New Guard, visual arts curator
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​2009

Artist-in-Residence, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
AWARDS & HONORS
2019
​GAP Grant Recipient from Artist Trust

2014
​Neddy Finalist (Open Medium)

​​2010

Neddy Finalist (Painting) 

TEACHING, LECTURES, & TOURS
2016
Evergreen State College, Artist Lecture, Olympia, Washington

2015
University of Washington, Artist Lecture, Seattle, Washington


2013
Frye Art Museum, 
Then is Also Now Lecture Series: roundtable with Scott Lawrimore, Seattle, Washington

2012
Seattle Art Museum (Olympic Sculpture Park), Saturday Sketches, Seattle, Washington

Seattle Art Museum, My Favorite Things Tour: Gaugin and Jimmy Buffett, Seattle, Washington
Bellevue Arts Museum, Quilt Drawings in the Gallery with Joey Veltkamp, Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bold Expression Tour, Bellevue, Washington

2011
Foundation Drawing, co-taught with Jeffry Mitchell, Cornish College of the Arts Summer Program

Gage Academy, Artist Tool Kit Program: The Role of Art Criticism, Seattle, Washington

2009
Seattle Art Museum, My Favorite Things Tour: Target Practice, Seattle, Washington
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  • Galleries
    • Fabric Works
    • SPIRIT! installation
    • Installation Images
    • Drawings
    • Pantry
    • cogean?
  • CV
  • Press & Mentions