solo exhibitions | group exhibitions | grants and residencies | permanent collections |
bibliography
| teaching experience | education
| DOWNLOAD PDF RESUME

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011



2009
More Than You Know, Art Wall on Third, curated by Arezoo Moseni, New York Public Library, New York, NY

I See Now, Fifth Avenue Windows, New York Public Library, New York, NY

biT by Bit, Young and 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)
1990 The Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL (Catalog)
  Stein Gallery, Tampa, FL
1987 Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY (Catalog)
  to top

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012


 




2011











2010

SUPER SATURATED..., curated by Kenise Barnes, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

Josette Urso and Joan Grubin, Location / Dislocation : Re - Imagining Space, curated by Jennifer Mitchell,
      Gallery 61, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY

Taste of DDB, DDB Worldwide Communications Group, New York, NY

Source Material: Darla McKenna, Jeanne Tillman and Josette Urso, Museum of Los Gatos, CA

SUPER SATURATED; Pigment and Pattern, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

The Kentler Flatfiles @ 21, The Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

Josette Urso and Christopher Schade, Luchsinger Gallery, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT

Fresh Paint from Bushwick, curated by Deborah Brown, Standpipe Gallery, New York, NY

Jersey Bounce, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

Ucross: 27 Years.., curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian, Ucross Foundation Gallery, Clearmont, WY (Catalog)

Ucross: 27 Years.., curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY (Catalog)

Painting Paper, curated by Megan Marlatt, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Catalog)

Utopia / Dystopia, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY

THE MERZBUSH, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY

Looks Good on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY

2009 O!, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, curated by Katarina Wong, Larchmont, NY

Abstract Nature, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
  Urban Organic, curated by Brian Campbell, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  Winter, Allen Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
  New Work… three artists, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
  Amerika trifft Bayern, Kunst und Gewerbeverein, Regensburg, Germany
  It’s Not Easy Being Green, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
  Field and Stream, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
  Selections from the Edmund W. Pease and Nurak Israsena’s Collection, Aljira, Newark, NJ
  Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY (2007, 2006, 2005)
  Remembering Ruth: 25 Years of Giving, Ruth Chenven Foundation, NY
  Josette Urso and Dennis Parlante, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  Interludes: Visiting Artists, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
  New York at Night, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Works on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
  TINY, curated by Bruce Brown, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
  Landscape: Theme and Variation, Landing Gallery, curated by Bruce Brown, Rockland, ME
  Paved Paradise, Allen Gallery, New York, NY
  Have a Seat! The George Beylerian Collection.., Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
  Layering Space, Reconstructing Time - Collage, 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
2006 The Maine Landscape, gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
  Artists in Rural Ireland: American Artists at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation,
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
  Mystic Trees, The Arts Center in Orange, Orange, VA
2005 The Woods, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
  Water, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  One View/Two Visions, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL
  NY Metro, Clarion University Art Gallery, Clarion, PA
  Pulse Miami, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
  AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
  Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
  Paradigm Art, New York, NY ('03, '04 Catalog)
  DFN Gallery, New York, NY
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
2003 Art in Embassies Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Catalog)
  Art in Embassies Program, Bandar Seri Beawan, 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
  Landscape of the Lower Hudson Valley, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
  Art in Embassies Program, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Catalog)
  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, 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
  to top

 

GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES


2014

2010

2009

 
Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain

Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain (also 1995, 1996)

Yaddo, The Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY

Artist in Residence & Project Director, Mural & Workshop Site: Mary & Martha House, Ruskin, FL
2008 Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. Germany (Architectural Glass and Mosaic Studio)
  Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
  The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY (2007-2008)
2006 Stock 20, Taichung, Taiwan
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (Full Fellowship Award)
  Lambent Fellowship Nominee, New York, NY
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 Böll 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 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany (VCCA Exchange)
1991 Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
1990 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
  VCCA, Sweet Briar, VA
1988 Art Matters Inc., NY
  AIM: Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
  Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY
1986 Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida State Arts Council
  to top

 

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  Stadt Schwandorf, Germany
  Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
  Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
  The Tampa Museum of Art, FL
  Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, NY
  University of South Florida Museum of Art, FL
  The Gulf Coast Museum of Art, FL
  Polk Museum of Art, FL
  The Deland Museum of Art, FL
  U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
  Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano, San Jose, Costa Rica
  Federal Reserve Bank, NY
  Poynter Institute, FL
  The Maitland Museum of Art, FL
  The Ballinglen Archive, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
  to top

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY



2011





2010


2009


2008

 

Critic's Picks, Fresh Paint from Bushwick, Time Out New York, August 25 - September 7, 2011

Butler, Sharon, A Different Side of Bushwick, Two Coats of Paint, August 23, 2011

Kalm, James, Fresh Paint from Bushwick, Rough Cuts, YouTube, August 20, 2011

Hybenova, Katarina, A Touch of Bushwick in Chelsea, Hyperallergic, August 17, 2011

Maizels, Mike, and Marlatt, Megan. McIntire Department of Art, Ruffin Gallery,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Voeller, Megan, Draw Together Right Now, Creative Loafing, September 30 - October 6

Nolan, Susan, Essentials of Statistics for Behavioral Sciences, WH Freeman & Worth Publishers, NY (cover)

Drei Frauen und eine Erinnerung an die Naab, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, September 16

 
  Figueras, Ligaya, Seeing Green, Art Calendar, July/August
  Interview with Brian Sherwin, myartspace.com, February 11
2006 2006 Desk Diary, U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, pp 51
  Voeller, Megan, Seeing Triple/Intimate Landscapes, Urban Ghosts and Oils Larger Than Life,
Tampa Weekly Planet, March 15 - 21
  Bianchi, Robert, Big Apple in a Small Tableau, Tampa Bay Illustrated, March
  Costello, Kevin, Painters Demonstrate Diversity in Style and Technique, Sarasota Herald Tribune, February 26
2005 Kuntz, Melissa, Josette Urso and Peter Schroth/Catalog Essay
  Perry, Vicky, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques, Watson & Guptill Publications, NYC, pp 144
  Ross, Cathy, The Woodlands of Branchville, The Short List, Connecticut Magazine, March
  Bennett, Lennie, Landescapes, The St. Petersburg Times, February 28
2004 Ormond, Mark, Looking at Art Roundabout, Gulfshore Life Magazine, January, pp 32, 170
  Bennett, Lennie, Hues of the Emerald Isle, The Saint Petersburg Times, August 26
  Phipps, Wanda, Wake-Up Calls/66 Morning Poems, Soft Skull Press (cover)
  Loft, Kurt, An Easel in Ireland, The Tampa Tribune, August 22
2003 Faust, Lily, The Burbs, The New York Art World, Short List, September
  Hawkins, Margaret, City Focus: Chicago/ Cutting-Edge Hip to Blue Chip, ARTnews Magazine, April
  Costello, Kevin, Domestic Abstractions . . . Keep Art's Language Alive, Sarasota Herald Tribune, April
  La Ferla, Jane, Turkey Embassy Shows American Fiber Art, Fiber Arts Magazine, January / February
2001 Bischoff, Dan, Putting It All Together, The Star-Ledger, Weekend Ticket, May 4 - 10, pp 51, cover
2000 Nigrosh, Leon, Really Unreal, The Worcester Phoenix, November 17
1999 Donohoe, Victoria, Inspired Artistry in a Show of Collage, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 7
  Smith, Craig, Multi-image Works Echo . . . , The Santa Fe New Mexican, September 17
1998 Lash, Michael, New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Feb., No. 14, pp 3, 98, 99, 125
  Shohat, Ella (editor) and Tucker, Marsha (forward), Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age, MIT & The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
1997 Nemser, Cindy, Josette Urso/Catalog Essay
1996 Altabe, Joan, Urso in Control of Familiar & Fantastic, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, May 17
1995 Braff, Phyllis, The Message in the Media, The New York Times, April 9
  Watkins, Eileen, Cast-Off Objects Recycled as Material for..., The Sunday Star Ledger, June 11
  Watkins, Eileen, 20th Anniversary Exhibit at City Without Walls..., The Star-Ledger, June 11
1994 Beylerian, George M., Chairmania/ Fantastic Miniatures, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
  Donhoff, Catharina, Kunst im alten Bordeaux-Lager, Wuppertaler Nachrichten, December 24
1993 Mahoney, Robert, Passages: Josette Urso's Mind Garden/Catalog Essay
  Murphy, J., Josette Urso, Art Papers, Atlanta, July / August
  Herwig, Oliver, Salonwand und Todepertinger, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, July 13
  Stewart, Laura, Complete Fabrication, The Tampa Tribune (Baylife and front page)
1992 Raynor, Vivien, Well Known Artists Join the Crowd ..., The New York Times, June 21
  Steinbaum, Bernice, The Rocker, Rizzoli International Publications, NY, pp 132
1991 Dunning, Jennifer, From 5 Choreographers 13 Works, The New York Times, April 18
  Brutalität Hinter der Oberfläche, W-Zeitung, December
  Kohen, Helen L., Artists Blend as Well as their Art In Collage Exhibit, The Miami Herald
1990 Marger, Mary Ann, Elements of Style, St. Petersburg Time, March 13
1989 Barrett, Stretch Bonnie, The New Age of Corporate Art, ARTnews Magazine, January
1988 Braff, Phyllis, Four Young Artists Take a Variety of Paths, The New York Times, December 13
1987 Lipson, Karin, A Show of Balance, New York Newsday, December 4
1986 Erdtmann, Karen M., Kunst Schlagt Brucken, Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, November 18
  Braff, Phyllis, A Juried Show that Explores the Contemporary, The New York Times, November 9
1984 Kohen, Helen L., Welcoming Gulf Coast Artists, The Miami Herald, June 26
  to top

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012

2011

 

 

2010

 

Instructor, Cooper Union, New York, NY (1998 - present)

Instructor, Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Program, Vietri Sul Mare, Italy (2010)

Visiting Artist Workshop, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (2010)

Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Visiting Artist Workshop, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL

Master Artist Workshop, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

2009 Visiting Artist, Painting Seminar, Chautauqua School of Art, NY
  Visiting Artist, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2008 Panelist, Studio Art Session: Contemporary Collage, College Art Association, Dallas, Texas
  Visiting Artist, MFA Program, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
  Panelist: ATOA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
  Visiting Artist, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2007 Lecture, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  Instructor, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
(2005/ 2004/ 2003/ 2001/ 1999)
  Master Artist Workshop, The Arts Center, Orange, VA
2006 Master Artist Workshop, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Fl ( also 2004, 2002)
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 Studio Talk with students from Drew University, Madison, NJ
  Master Artist Workshop, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
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 Council, Baltimore, MD
1994 Instructor, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
  Costume Design, Sean Curren & 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
  to top

 

EDUCATION

  MFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Painting)
  BFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Drawing)
 


to top