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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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)
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Susan Daboll, Susan Myer and Josette Urso, Allen Gallery, New York, NY
  Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Regensburg, Germany
2007 Works on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
  TINY, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME (curator Bruce Brown)
  Landscape: Theme and Variation, Landing Gallery, Rockland, 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 -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
  Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY (also 2006)
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
  Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2005 The Woods, DFN Gallery, New York, 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
  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, Zagred, 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, 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
  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
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GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2008 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Regensburg, 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)
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 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
  Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY
1986 Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida State Arts Council
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SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  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
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006 2006 Desk Diary, U.S. Department of State
  Voeller, Megan, Seeing Triple/Intimate Landscapes, Urban Ghosts and Oils Larger Than Life,
Tampa Weekly Planet
  Bianchi, Robert, Big Apple in a Small Tableau, Tampa Bay Illustrated
  Costello, Kevin, Painters Demonstrate Diversity in Style and Technique, Sarasota Herald Trib.
2005 Kuntz, Melissa, Josette Urso and Peter Schroth/Catalog Essay
  Perry, Vicky, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques, Watson & Guptill Publications, NYC
  Ross, Cathy, The Woodlands of Branchville, The Short List, Connecticut Magazine
  Bennett, Lennie, Landescapes, The St. Petersburg Times
2004 Ormond, Mark, Looking at Art Roundabout, Gulfshore Life Magazine
  Bennett, Lennie, Hues of the Emerald Isle, The Saint Petersburg Times
  Phipps, Wanda, Wake-Up Calls/66 Morning Poems, COVER ART, Soft Skull Press
  Loft, Kurt, An Easel in Ireland, The Tampa Tribune
2003 Faust, Lily, The Burbs, The New York Art World, Short List
  Hawkins, Margaret, City Focus: Chicago/ Cutting-Edge Hip to Blue Chip, ARTnews, Apr
  Costello, Kevin, Domestic Abstractions . . . Keep Art's Language Alive, Sarasota Herald Trib.
  La Ferla, Jane, Turkey Embassy Shows American Fiber Art, Fiberarts
2001 Bischoff, Dan, Putting It All Together, The Star-Ledger
2000 Nigrosh, Leon, Really Unreal, The Worcester Phoenix
1999 Donohoe, Victoria, Inspired Artistry in a Show of Collage, Philadelphia Inquirer
  Smith, Craig, Multi-image Works Echo . . . , The Santa Fe New Mexican
1998 Lash, Michael, New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Feb., No. 14
  Ella Shohat, Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age,
forward by Marsha Tucker, 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
1995 Braff, Phyllis, The Message in the Media, NY Times
  Watkins, Eileen, Cast-Off Objects Recycled as Material for........, The Sunday Star Ledger
  Watkins, Eileen, 20th Anniversary Exhibit at City Without Walls......, The Star Ledger
1994 Beylerian, George M., Chairmania/ Fantastic Miniatures, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
  Donhoff, Catharina, Kunst im alten Bordeaux-Lager, Wuppertaler Nachrichten
1993 Mahoney, Robert, Passages: Josette Urso's Mind Garden/Catalog Essay
  Murphy, J., Josette Urso, Art Papers, Atlanta
  Herwig, Oliver, Salonwand und Todepertinger, Mittelbayerische Zeitung
  Stewart, Laura, Complete Fabrication, The Tampa Tribune
1992 Raynor, Vivien, Well Known Artists Join the Crowd ........., NY Times
  Steinbaum, Bernice, The Rocker, Rizzoli International Publications, NY
1991 Dunning, Jennifer, From 5 Choreographers 13 Works, NY Times
  Brutalität Hinter der Oberfläche, W-Zeitung
  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
1989 Barrett, Stretch Bonnie, The New Age of Corporate Art, ARTnews, Jan
1988 Braff, Phyllis, Four Young Artists Take a Variety of Paths, NY Times
1987 Lipson, Karin, A Show of Balance, New York Newsday
1986 Erdtmann, Karen M., Kunst Schlagt Brucken, Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger
  Braff, Phyllis, A Juried Show that Explores the Contemporary, NY Times
1984 Kohen, Helen L., Welcoming Gulf Coast Artists, The Miami Herald
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SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 Panelist, Studio Art Session: Contemporary Collage, College Art Association, Dallas, Texas
  Instructor, Cooper Union, New York, NY (1998 - present)
  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)
  Panelist: ATOA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
  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 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 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
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EDUCATION

1984 MFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Painting)
1980 BFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Drawing)
 


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