2010

Parallel Universe, Grey Gallery & Lounge (February), group show curated by Joseph Park and Francisco Guerrero

Introductions, Seattle Art Museum Gallery (March), group show

Meet Greet Rinse Repeat, Monarch Contemporary (April) group show curated by Troy Gua

Strange Couplings, Ouch My Eye Gallery (April)

2010 Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum (June-August)

2009

Untitled Inaugural Show, curated by Roy McMakin, 1111 at Cupcake Royale, Seattle, Washington (with Claudia Fitch, Jeffry Mitchell, Ken Kelly)

PONCHO Invitational Fine Arts Exhibition (merit award recipient), Western Bridge, Seattle, Washington

We were alone then and I was singing this song for you (with Gretchen Bennett), Fancy, Seattle, Washington

Artist in Residence, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. Activities include Artist Salon series with Jeffry Mitchell, Matthew Offenbacher, Sol Hashemi, Jason Hirata and Erin Shafkind.

2008

Aw Dude, Sweet, Fancy, Seattle, Washington

Selected Works, The Hideout, Seattle, Washington

2007

EARL 3.0 Robotic Art Dispenser, The Hideout, Seattle, Washington

Gathering, Vermillion, Seattle, Washington

Big Bang Birthday Bash, The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Selected Works, The Hideout, Seattle , Washington

2006

Painted On, Curated by Carrie EA Scott, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Bears and Flowers, retrofit home, Seattle, Washington

Recent Paintings, Lark, Seattle, Washington  

OTHER PROJECTS

• one pot absinthe dinner tablecloths
• Cupcake Harvest posters (2008, 2009), Cupcake Royale
• Cremant Brunch menu

Joey Veltkamp was born in Helena, Montana during the 1970s.   The spirit of frontier-ism and the West plays heavily in his approach to art.   His art doesn't take itself too seriously.   But that shouldn't be taken for weakness. Joey believes the best ideas can be conveyed simply.   His art is sweet but not too sweet. Growing up gay in smaller towns has created a domestic burliness in his art.   A painting of a bucking bronco might have embroidered clouds or a ‘painting' of a deer might be made out of glitter. As PI art critic, Regina Hackett, said, “He's using doily-cute methods to achieve rugged ends, a neat trick.”

These days, Joey has been producing photo-based narrative drawings about his everyday life.   He marries his internal dialogues with his external day to day happenings.   The results are non-linear booklets usually based around a theme (Jesus Christ Superstar, loss or the dinner table).