Joseph was born in New York and is currently living in Washington state. Joseph received a BFA with a concentration in Photography in 2001 from The State University of New York (SUNY), Purchase College.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Concrete and Barbed Wire - Velouria Boutique & Gallery Seattle, Washington
2013 Concrete and Barbed Wire - Heartland Gallery and Performance Space Seattle, Washington
2010 Live in the Pacific Northwest - Hollow Earth Radio Seattle, Washington
2006 Color Photography - Caffe Bella Seattle, Washington
2001 Introducing Joseph P. Traina - Antrim Playhouse Wesly Hills, New York
GROUP SHOWS
2018 Let’s get visual,visual @ bumbershoot (Curated by clyde peterson) w/ Clyde Peterson, Amanda Kirkhuff, Andrew Schultz, C. Davida Ingram, Darius Morrison, Elaine Lin, Ellery Russian, Jodi-Ann Burey, Joseph P. Traina, Marcus Wilson, Tariqa Waters, seattle, washington
2018 Group Show 56: Source Material, Online exhibition, Humble Arts foundation (curated by Jon Feinstein) w/ Ben Alper, Filippo Arena, Ryan Arthurs, Lara Atallah, Elise Church, Caleb Cole, Eli Craven, Robyn Cumming, Odette England, Amy Friend, Jennifer Greenburg, Ben Lee, Barbara Levine and Martin Venezky, Ina Lounguine, Levi Mandel, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, David Pace and Stephen Wirtz, Ali Padgett, Birthe Piontek, Diego Romo, Joe Rudko, Serrah Russell, Kris Sanford, Tatum Shaw, Pacifico Silano, Elin O'Hara Slavick, Rachel E. Thomas, Joseph P. Traina, Sarah Tulloch, Alexis Vasilikos, Feiyi Wen, Jessica Wohl, Ronnie Eugene Wright
2017 Rockland community college alumi photography show, rockland community college, suffern, new york
2016 Sonic Decay – A DIY Venue History (organized by Emory Lui w/ Victoria Holt, Rachel LeBlanc, Myke Pelly, Joseph P. Traina, and other contributor) - MAD ARTS, Seattle, washington
2009 Pull This: Summer Printmaking Exhibition (w/ Dennis Raines, Marcie Myrick and Elise Lindborg) ARTSWEST Seattle, Washington
2007 Dearborn on Woodland / Windows Art Gallery (w/ Rosa Lazzarini) Seattle, Washington
2006 Seattle Slideluck III (organized by Shannon Welles and hosted by Jed Dunkerley) Pravda Studios Seattle, Washington
2006 Dearborn House (w/ Davis Confused and Shana Cleveland) Seattle, Washington
2005 Members’ Exhibition (Juror: Marita Holdaway) Photographic Center Northwest Seattle, Washington
2005 Capitol Hill Internet Cafe (w/ Steven Holden) Seattle, Washington
2001 SUNY Purchase Senior Art Exhibit Purchase, New York
2000 3rd Annual Postcard from the Edge (Visual AIDS Benefit) Andrew Kreps Gallery New York, New York
1998 93South Juried Group Exhibition (Juror G. Bobby Jones) Nyack, New York
1997 Figure Drawing Group Show Edward Hopper House Nyack, New York
AWARDS
2005 Third Place in Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest Seattle, Washington
2001 J. Salderelli Memorial Award for Achievement in Photography Purchase College, Purchase, New York
1997 Natalie Burd Photography Scholarship, Rockland Community College Suffern, New York
2018 half year volume 4 (streit house) w/ Andrew Janjigian, Brian Henry, Celeste Ortiz, Erika Huffman, Jen Ervin, Jesse Taylor Koechling, Juan Madrid, Nathan Pearce, Rachael Banks, Rachel Jump, Rana Young, Rebecca Cairns Edited by Jordanna Kalman
2018 LOST Seattle: photographs by Joseph P Traina (Kris graves PROJECTS) part of a book series with nine other photographers, each photographer representing a different city w/ Lois Conner, Andreas Gehrke, Michael Cardinali, Owen Conway, Laura McPhee, Kris Graves, Lynn Saville, Zora J Murff, Luke Abiol
1999 James Kiburd Recent Drawings (exhibit catalog)
web
2018 Six Photographers Using the Camera as Therapy - vice
2018 STREIT HOUSE - INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER
2017 photo alum: purchase college - instagram takeover
2017 streit house - Instagram takeover
2016 Humble arts foundation - 18 photographers to follow on instagram before the apocalypse
2016 10 Photographers on Instagram Worth Following by Marshall Reyher
2016 humble arts foundation - instagram takeover
2016 Photo alum: purchase college - Instagram takeover