PRESTON WADLEY, born in Los Angeles, CA, is an artist and educator working in Washington State. He received his MFA from the University of Washington. Wadley's projects have twice been selected to Photolucida's Critical Mass top 50 and is currently Professor Emeritus at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: SOLO-TWO PERSON
2023 ' The Dark Season', Behnke Family Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 ' Abstract Truth', Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2014 Preston Wadley and Robert Campbell, Main Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2008 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
1999 Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: GROUP
2024 Face Off! - A Portrait Show, Mini Mart City Park Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Eminent Existence, Curated by Annika Dawson, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2019 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Selections, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA
2018 Bellewether, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2018 Home, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA
2018 Portrait: Image and Identity, Curated by Amy Arbus, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Home, Olympic College Gallery, Bremerton, WA
2017 Race, Love and Labor, Curated by Sarah Lewis, Zuccaire Gallery, Stonybrook University, Stony brook, NY
2017 Race, Love and Labor, Curated by Sarah Lewis, University of Albany, Albany, NY
2015 Spring Salon: Collector's Edition, JDC Fine Art, San Diego, CA
2015 Race, love and Labor, Curated by Sarah Lewis, Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
2014 Inner Portraits, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA
2014 Race, Love and Labor, Curated by Sarah Lewis, Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2014 Seen, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2011 Days of Plenty, JDC Fine Art, San Diego, CA
2011 Art Fair San Diego, San Diego, CA
2011 The Good Colony, JDC Fine Art, San Diego, CA
2011 Photo Finish, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2011 Thoughts of Home, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY
2009 Expanded Narrative, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2008 Made in Woodstock IV, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
2007 Photography Biennial, Nine to Watch, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2007 Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2007 Degrees of Separation, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, NYC
2006 En Foco New Works #9, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, NYC
2006 Breaking Ground, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2005 Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2022 Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida
2008 Invited Lecturer, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Denver, CO
2007 Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida
2007 Nominee, Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2006 New Works Award, En Foco, NYC
2006 Nominee, Santa Fe Prize for Photography
2006 Teacher of the Year Award, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle
2005 Artist in Residence, Center for Photography at Woodstock
1999 Artist in Residence, New Works Laboratory, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Samuel Dorsky Museum, CPW Collection, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY