Josette Urso
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Born: Tampa, FL
Lives: Brooklyn, NY
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MFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Painting)
BFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Drawing)
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2011 Art Wall on Third, curated by Arezoo Moseni, The New York Public Library, NY
Fifth Avenue Windows, New York Public Library, New York, NY
2009 biT by Bit, Young + Rubicam, New York, NY
2008 Sparkasse Schwandorf, Schwandorf, Germany
2006 Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
2005 Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2004 gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, FL
2003 Indiana University, South Bend, IN
gescheidle, Chicago, IL
2002 Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Museo de las Americas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Galerie Industria, Wuppertal, Germany ('98, '96, '94, '92)
Hammond Gallery, Fitchburg College, MA
1999 Rosemont College, Lawrence, PA
Concordia College, Bronxville, NY
1998 Cathy Clayton Gallery, Tampa, FL ('93)
The Forum Gallery, Jamestown Community College, NY ('92)
1997 Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano, San Jose, Costa Rica (Catalog)
1996 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1995 The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
1993 University of Tampa, Lee Scarfone Gallery, FL (Catalog)
1992 The Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL (Catalog)
Stein Gallery, Tampa, FL
1987 Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY (Catalog)
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2010 Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Residencies, Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, WY
Painting Paper, Ruffin gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Utopia / Dystopia, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
THE MERZUSH, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY
Looks Good on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2009 The "O!" Show, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY (curated by Katarina Wong)
Abstract Nature, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Urban Organic, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY ('08,'07, '06,'05)
2008 Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
New Work.......three Artists, Allyn Gallup Contemporary art, Sarasota, FL
It's Not easy Being Green, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Filed and Stream, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Josette Urso and Dennis Parlante, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Remembering Ruth:25 Years of Giving, Harold and Ruth Chenven Foundation, NY
Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus: Anniversary Exhibition, Regensburg, Germany
2007 Works on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
TINY, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME (curator: Bruce Brown)
Paved Paradise, Allen Gallery, New York, NY
Have a Seat! The Beylerian Collection.....", Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Layering Space, Reconstructing Time, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
On Your Mark, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY
Helen Brough and Josette Urso, Allen gallery, New York, NY
New York at Night, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
200 The Woods, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
The Maine Landscape, gWatson Gallery, Stonington, Maine
Aerists in Rural Ireland: American Artists @ the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Concord Art Association, MA
2005 Pulse Miami, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
ART EVENT, Y.O.H. Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Water, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
One View/Two Visions, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL
NY Metro, Clarion University Art Gallery, Clarion, PA
2004 NYC, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Home for the Holidays, Kerrigan-Campbell art + projects, New York, NY
Scope/London, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
Art in Embassies Program, Dublin, Ireland
WATERCOLOR, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Art in Embassies Program, Zagreb, Croatia (Catalog)
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
LANDSCAPE TODAY, Mary Woerner Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
2003Art in Embassies Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Catalog)
Art in Embassies Program, Brunei (Catalog)
Abstracting the Domestic Landscape, The Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
THE BURBS, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
HALCYON DAYS, Kerrigan-Campbell art + projects, New York, NY
ANE Faculty Exhibition, Plum Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Contemporary Landscape, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2002 MOVE, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
2001 Winter Invitational, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Art in Embassies Program, Ankara, Turkey (Catalog)
Landscape Show, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Sum of the Parts, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Josette Urso & Shawn Dulaney, Museum West, San Francisco, CA
2000 Good Business is the Best Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY ('96, '90, '88)
1999 Small Things Come in Good Packages, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Group Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Visions, GE, Fairfield, CT
Art in Embassies Program, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
U.S. Artists in Cadaques, Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain ('95)
20th Anniversary Retrospective, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
1998 Animal Magnetism, New York Law School, New York, NY
Collage, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
1997 Hung out to Dry, Steinbaum-Krauss Gallery, New York, NY
Landscape as Metaphor, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
1996 Group Show, Federal Reserve Bank, LMCC, New York, NY
1995 Lost and Found, Nabisco Foods Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
1994 Conversation Pieces, Madelyn Jordon Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Josette Urso & Kurt Haas, Galerie A-16, Zurich, Switzerland
1992 Group Show, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, NYC ('90,'88) (Catalog: Rizzoli, NY)
1991 ART NYC USA, Ancien Musee des Automates, Paris, France
Collage Unglued, Center for Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
1990 From the Streets of New York, Seibu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Two Person Exhibition, Zimmerman-Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN
1989 Image = Color, Henry Feiwel Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Influences of the Untaught, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Heat Wave, Paul Bridgewater Gallery, New York, NY
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2009 "Draw Together Right Now", Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing, Oct
Essentials of Statistics for Behavioral Sciences, Susan Nolan, WH Freeman & Worth Pub. NY
2008 :Drei Frauen und eine Erinnerung an die Naab" Mittelbayerische Zetung, Sept.
Interview with Brian Sherwin, myartspace.com (February 11, 2008)
"Seeing Green", Ligaya Figueras, Art Calendar (July/August 2008)
2006 2006 Desk Diary, U.S. Department of State
2005 Abstract Painting:Concepts and Techniques, Vicky Perry, Watson & Guptill Publications, NYC
The Woodlands of Branchville, The Short List, Cathy Ross, Connecticut Magazine,
Landescapes, Lennie Bennett, The St. Petersburg Times, Feb
Looking at Art Roundabout, Mark Ormond, Gulfshore Life Magazine, Jan
2003 The New York Art World, Short List - The Burbs, Lily Faust, Sept
"City Focus: Chicago. Cutting-Edge Hip to Blue Chip", Margaret Hawkins, ARTnews, Apr
"'Domestic Abstractions Helping to Keep Art's Language Alive", Kevin Costello,Sarasota Herald Tribune, Apr
"Turkey Embassy Shows American Fiber Art", Jane la Ferla, Fiberarts, Jan/Feb
2000 "Really Unreal," Leon Nigrosh, The Worcester Phoenix, Nov
1999 "Inspired Artistry in a Show of Collage," Victoria Donohoe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Mar
1998 New American Paintings, Michael Lash, Open Studios Press, Feb., No. 14
Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age, edited by Ella Shohat,
forward by Marsha Tucker, MIT & The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
1996 "Urso in Control of Familiar & Fantastic," Joan Altabe, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, May
1995 "The Message in the Media," Phyllis Braff, NY Times, Apr
1993 "Josette Urso," J. Murphy, Art Papers, Atlanta, July/Aug
1992 "Well Known Artists Join the Crowd .........,"Vivien Raynor, NY Times, June
The Rocker, Bernice Steinbaum, Rizzoli International Publications, NY
1991 "From 5 Choreographers 13 Works," Jennifer Dunning, NY Times, Apr
"Brutalit�t Hinter der Oberfl�che," Sc., W-Zeitung, Wuppertal, Germany , Dec
1990 "Elements of Style," Mary Ann Marger, St. Petersburg Times, Mar
1989 "The New Age of Corporate Art," Bonnie Barrett Stretch, ARTnews, Jan
1988 "Four Young Artists Take a Variety of Paths," Phyllis Braff, NY Times, Dec
1987 "A Show of Balance," Karin Lipson, New York Newsday, Dec
1986 "Kunst Schlagt Brucken," Karen M. Erdtmann, Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, Nov
"A Juried Show that Explores the Contemporary," Phyllis Braff, NY Times, Nov
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2010 Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain
2009 Yaddo, The Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
Artist in Residence and Project Director, Mural & Workshop Site: Mary & Martha
House, Ruskin, FL
2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
Oberpf�lzer K�nstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
2006 Stock 20, Taichung, Taiwan
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (Full Fellowship Award)
2004 American Artists Abroad, Art in Embassies, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2003 Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
2002 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
Cill Rialaig Project, County Kerry, Ireland
Heinrich B�ll Residency, County Mayo, Ireland
2000 The Basil H. Alkazzi Award, USA
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
1996 The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
1994 Mid Atlantic/NEA Regional Fellowship (Painting)
1993 Oberpf�lzer K�nstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany (VCCA Exchange Program)
1991 Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
1990 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
VCCA, Sweet Briar, VA
1988 Art Matters Inc., NY
Bronx Museum's Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx, NY
1986 Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida State Arts Council
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SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 Instructor: Cooper Union, New York, NY (1998- present)
Visiting Artist: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2009 Visiting Artist: Chautauqua School of Art
2008 Panelist, Studio Art Session: Contemporary Collage, College Art Assoc., Dallas, TX
Visiting Artist: Castleton State College, VT
Visiting Artist: Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2007 Lecture, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Instructor, ANE, Bennington College, Bennington, VT ( 05/04/ 03/ 01/ 99)
Panelist, ATOA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2006 Master Artist Workshop, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2005 Visiting Artist, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
Lecture, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2004 Visiting Artist, Reyum School of Art, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Lecture, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2000 Master Artist Workshop, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Studio Talk with students from Drew University, Madison, NJ
1999 Studio Talk with students from Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Canada
1998 Visiting Resident Artist, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD
Advisory Committee, Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY (3 years)
Visiting Artist, jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY (also 1992)
1996 2-D Grant Advisory Committee, maryland State Arts Ciouncil, Baltimore, MD
1994 Instructor, Marymount Manhattan College, new York, NY
Costume Design, Sean Curran & Kathy Wildberger for Dance Theater Workshop and MOMA Family Festival, New York, NY
1990 Instructor, The Art Center, 92nd Street YMHA, New York, NY (1988 - 1990)
Instructor, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY (summers 1985 - 1990)
Instructor, Union County College, Cranford, NJ
1988 Panelist, "Influences of the Untaught with Benny Andrews", The Drawing Center, New York, NY
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