2024
New Paintings, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2020 
Josette's World - Works on Paper, Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY
2018 
Moon Palace, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
On Air, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2017

More than Before, Morean Arts Center, Saint Petersburg, FL

2016  
Along the Way, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

Non- Stop, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, catalog

2015    
Treehouse, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY 
High Five, Main Window Project Space, DUMBO, Brooklyn

2014
So Far / Not So Far, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY

2013
Artist-in-Residence ONE: Josette Urso, Art and History Museums of Maitland, Maitland, FL

Multiple Choice, The Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

Recalibrate, Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY

Sense and Nonsense, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (catalog)

Snow Day, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

2012
Here and Then, 110 Church Street Gallery / CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA, catalog

Taking Place - Drawings by Josette Urso, Gallery 221, HCC, Dale Mabry Campus, Tampa, FL

2011
More Than You Know, Art Wall on Third, New York Public Library, New York, NY

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

2009
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
1989
Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY
Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY

1987
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY (catalog)

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2024
Connections, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX
Among Friends, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Sixteen Times, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
2023
Free Verse Paradise Cha Cha-Gabe Brown & Josette Urso, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
Art in Embassies Program, Astana, Kazakhstan
September Group Show, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX
Material Mastery, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL
One View/Two Visions II - Ireland, Peter Schroth & Josette Urso, DFN Projects, New York, NY
Dear March, Birdhouse Brooklyn (curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock), NY
InfoBahn - Alumni Exhibition, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Walk the Mile, Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022
Farbe auf Papier, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
Artists Draw Their Studios, Marymount Manhattan College, Hewitt Gallery, New York, NY
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Art on a Postcard, The Bomb Factory, London, UK
Escape into Reality, Focus on Flatfiles, (Julie Peppito) Kentler Intern Drawing Space,       Brooklyn, NY
Cool & Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
2021
Odd Couple, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Magic, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Artists Draw Their Studios, Byrdcliffe Keinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstcok, NY
Brooklyn Artist Project, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
BAM Benefit, Brooklyn Academy of Music Gala, Brooklyn, NY
Pour Spill Drip Stain, Chautauqua School of Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
Working Between Colour and Tone, Ballinglen Museum of Art, Ballycastle, Ireland
August Women, Markel Fine Arts, Brideghampton, NY
Kunstsalon 2021, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
6 x 9, Equity Gallery Fundraiser, New York, NY
Long Views, VCCA's 50th Anniversary Benefit, Sweet Briar, VA (online)
BAM Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Artists Draw Their Studios, New York Public Library, New York, NY (online)
Parallel Pursuits, curated by Tamar Zinn, Markel Fine Arts
Winter Showcase, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
Reflections on the Pandemic, Weir Farm Art Alliance, Wilton, CT (online)
2020
From Dark to Light: A Holiday Celebration, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY (online)
Small Wonders, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY (online)
Silent Sun, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
LCC, In Accordion Time - Unfolding, Ursa Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Drawing Challenge XIV, Online with Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Spring Break, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY (online)
LCC, Radical Women - Seeing Red, Odetta Gallery Harlem, New York, NY (catalog)
.edu: Art Faculty of the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
Drawing Challenge I, Online with Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Art on Paper, Markel Fine Art, Pier 36, New York, NY
Art on Paper, Looks Good On Paper - 10 Year Anniv/Reunion, Garvey-Simon with DFN Projects, Pier 36, New York, NY
31 Women, Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
2020 Winter, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
2020 Vision, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Home, Focus on Flatfiles (Sally Mize), Kentler Intern Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Kunstsalon 2020, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
2019
In the Neighborhood, THERE, New York, NY
Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
Un/Natural Abstractions, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Among Friends / Entre Amigos, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, (organized by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Beth Dary, Patricia Fabricant), New York, NY
Kunstsalon 2019, Galerie Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany
Art on Paper, Markel Fine Art, Pier 36, New York, NY
Blue Print Gallery (curated by Lauren Zogg), Dallas, Texas
2018
Echo Echo, Focus on Flatfiles (Nancy Bowen), Kentler Intern Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

Ritual, Focus on Flatfiles (Jarrod Beck), Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

2017
Women Painting, Miami Dade College Galleries of Art + Design, Miami, FL (catalog)

Small is Beautiful: Miniatures and Microcosms, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

AIR # 3, Galerie Andrea Kaysser, Ruhpolding, Germany

HOTSPOTS Brooklyn, New York, Zurich, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

100 years / 100 Artists, Morean Arts Center, Saint Petersburg, FL

Synesthesia, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL

Summer Abstractions, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

The New New, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

Paper, Papel, Papier, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2015
Humble Iterations, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

Defining Abstraction, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, FL (catalog)

SnowBird, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

Artists on Site, Weir Farm Trust Anniversary Exhibition, Wilton, CT

Stack/File, curated by Ana Torok, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

Abstraction, Allyn Gallyp Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

2014
Purple Mountains, Amber Waves, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY

Surface Tension, PS209, Stone Ridge, NY

Works on Paper, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

Large and Small, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

Shifting Ecologies, The Painting Center, New York, NY

Big Fat & Juicy, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY

2013
Tracing Experience, curated by Andrea Kantrowitz, Macy Gallery, Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Spring Revival, Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

Drafted, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY

Abstract Thinking, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

Paper View, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

The Allure of Collage, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

2012
Temple of Flora, Art Gallery at Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, ME

Natural / Constructed Spaces II, The Painting Center, New York, NY

From the Gulf Coast Museum Collection, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL

SUPER SATURATED..., 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

Art: The Icing on the Cake, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

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

Source Material: Darla McKenna, Jeanne Tillman & Josette Urso, Museum of Los Gatos, CA
Project: Sequoia Tees Limited Edition, Amsterdam

2011
SUPER SATURATED; Pigment and Pattern, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

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

Josette Urso & 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 Gallery, Clearmont, WY (catalog)

Ucross: 27 Years.., curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY "  "

2010
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 ('07, '06, '05)

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 catalog essay

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)
Small Things Come in Good Packages, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

1999
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 (catalog)

Heat Wave, Paul Bridgewater Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

SELECTED GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2022
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
2019

2018
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland

Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain

2016
Nominated: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

AIR 3, Ruhpolding, Germany

Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY

2013
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., New York, NY

Art and History Museums of Maitland - Research Studio, Maitland, FL

2010
Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain (also 1995, 1996)

2009
Yaddo, The Alma B.C. Schapiro Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY

Artist in Residence & Project Director, Mural Site: Mary & Martha House, Ruskin, FL

2008
Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. Germany (Architectural Glass and Mosaic Studio), Germany

Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

2006
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY

2005
Stock 20, Taichung, Taiwan

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (Full Fellowship Award)

Nominated: Lambent Fellowship, 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

1984
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
RESIDENCY #7 with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ned Rorem and Miriam Schapiro

 

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
 

Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY

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

Leepa-Rattner 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 Museum of Contemporary Art, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

 

 

 

2023
Mattera, Joanne. Italianità - Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience, Well-Fed Artists Press, New York, NY
2021
Gallery Flash Points, Ursa Gallery, CT, Art New England Magazine, Jan/Feb print issue
Mattera, Joanne. Italianità, 2: Inside & Outside the Sphere of Ethnicity, JM Art Blog, Jan 21
Lang, Joel. Artists Offer ‘Real Time” Depiction of Pandemic in Bridgeport, CT Post, Jan 17 
2020
Mattera, Joanne. Color The Glorious RGB, JM Art Blog, August 15
Mattera, Joanne. Art in the Time of Pandemic: Best Foot Forward, JM Art Blog, July 2
Mattera, Joanne. Art in The Time of Pandemic: Part 2, JM Art Blog, May 11
2019
Featured Image: Kunstsalon 2019 in Ruhpolding, Traunsteiner Tagblatt, Feb 1
2018
Phillips. Holly. Josette Urso Artist Spotlight Series, theenglishroom.com, September 19
Hodara. Susan. Josette Urso Paintings Translate Visual Cues into Colorful Abstractions, Hamptons Art Hub, January 22

2017
Schilke, JoEllen. Art in Your Ear, WMNF, Live Radio Broadcast, Friday, October 17, audio

Carey. Jenny. Unexpected, Sightlines.com, September 27, 2017

Fugate. Marty. Visions x 5: Visionary art exhibitions mark the close of 2017, Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 24

Tschida.Anne....Here comes 'Women Painting' at Miami Dade College, Miami Herald    Tribune, July 24
Tsontakis, George. Anasa: True Colors: Unforgettable, August CD cover

Featured Image, Listings: Snow Bird, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

The New York Times, Metro Section, Sunday, March 29 pdf
Featured Image, Snowbird, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Wall Street International Magazine, Mar 2

Pagnanelli, Ayelen and Erickson, Gail. BRIC Arts Media Featured Artist Interview, August 8

2013
Smith, Roberta. Snow Day, The New York Times, March 7, pdf

Mattera, Joanne. Painting in Chelsea, Artblog March 2

Chapman, Jessica. Josette Urso, Orlando Arts Magazine, March/April, pdf

Condon, Elisabeth. Juicy Paint, February 19

Kerby, Leslie. BRIC Arts Media Short List, February 1
2012

Schilke, JoEllen. Art in Your Ear, WMNF, Live Radio Broadcast, Friday, September 7, audio
Voeller, Megan.  Josette Urso’s Site Lines-The Artist's Drawings Outline A View Of Her

Perceptual World In Taking Place, Creative Loafing, August 12

Bennett, Lennie, Don't Neglect These Art Gallery Shows in Favor of Museums, Tampa Bay Times, August 26

ArtTaco.com, Taking Place: Josette Urso, August

Voeller, Megan. Taking Place: Josette Urso, Creative Loafing Recommends August 16 
Greenberg, Alyssa. Artist News, THEARTBLOG.ORG, July 13

Stern, Melissa. Making the Complex Simple, The Weeklings, June 24

Gomez, Enrico. Jasmine on My Mind, BRIC Arts Media Short List, June 21

Brewer, Don. PhillySideArts.com, June21

Newhall, Edith. Precisely Nowhere, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17 pdf

Rossof, Libby and Fallon, Roberta. Our Picks June 2012, THEARTBLOG.ORG, June 1

Gunhouse, Carl, carlgunhouse.blogspot.com, April 8

Tran, Audrey K., artfulgreendot.com, March 14

Franklin, Einspruch, artblog.net, February 22

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

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

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

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

2010
Maizels, Mike, and Marlatt, Megan. McIntire Department of Art, Ruffin Gallery,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2009
Voeller, Megan, Draw Together Right Now, Creative Loafing, September 30 - October 6, pdf

Schilke, JoEllen, WMNF, 88.5 FM, Art in Your Ear, October 2

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

2008
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
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 pdf

Bianchi, Robert, Big Apple in a Small Tableau, Tampa Bay Illustrated, March

Costello, Kevin, Painters Demonstrate Diversity in Style..., Sarasota Herald Tribune, Feb 26

2005
Perry, Vicky, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques, Watson & Guptill, NYC, pp 144

Ross, Cathy, The Woodlands of Branchville, The Short List, Connecticut Magazine, March

Bennett, Lennie, Landescapes, The St. Petersburg Times, February 28, pdf

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, pdf

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, Chicago/ Cutting-Edge Hip to Blue Chip, ARTnews Magazine, April

Costello, Kevin, ...Abstractions . . . Keep Art's Language Alive, Sarasota Herald Tribune, April

La Ferla, Jane, Turkey Embassy Shows American Fiber Art, Fiber Arts Magazine, Jan / Feb

2001
Bischoff, Dan, Putting It All Together, The Star-Ledger, Weekend Tkt, 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..., 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 Show that Explores the Contemporary, The New York Times, November 9

1984
Kohen, Helen L., Welcoming Gulf Coast Artists, The Miami Herald, June 26

 

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

2025
Master Artist Workshop, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland
2024
Instructor, Cooper Union, School of Continued and Professional Studies,New York, NY (1998-present)
Artists Talk and Master Artist Workshop, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL - rescheduled
Artists Talk - in conjunction with A Legacy of Making: 21 Contemporary Italian American 
    Artists, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, NY
2023
National Advisory Council, Ucross Foundation, Wyoming
Board Member, Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY (2017 - present)
2022
Master Artist Workshop, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland 2018
Key Note Speaker, HCC 50th Anniversary, HCC, Dale Mabry Campus, Tampa, FL
Master Artist Workshop, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland

Master Artist Workshop, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Fl

Monoprint Project with Oehme Graphics, Steamboat Springs, CO

2016
Visiting Artist, Manhattanville College, New York, NY

Visiting Artist, Brooklyn Museum ArtXchange, Brooklyn, NY (2015, 2014)

2015
Visiting Artist, Aviva Slesin's Contemporary Art Through the Documentary Lens, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, NY (2014)

Visiting Artist Workshop, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ ('14, '11, '10, '09)

2014
Adjunct Instructor, Advanced Painting Seminar, Westchester Community College,

White Plains, NY (2013)

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

2011
Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

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

2010
Instructor, Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Program, Vietri Sul Mare, Italy 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 ('05, '04, '03, '01, '99)

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

Colloquium Dance Exchange, Judson Church, Kathy Wildberger and Marty Beller, NYC

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, NYC

 

EDUCATION
 

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

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