EDUCATION

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


GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2007 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
2006 Stock 20, Taichung, Taiwan
2004 American Artists Abroad, Art in Embassies, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2003 Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
2002 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
2000 The Basil H. Alkazzi Award, USA
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland
1997 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
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, FL


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
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)

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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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 -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 Woods , DFN Gallery, New York, NY
The Maine Landscape , gWatson Gallery, Stonington, Maine
Artists in Rural Ireland : …..at the Ballinglen Arts Found. Concord Art Assoc., Concord, MA

2005
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
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

2003
Art in Embassies Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Catalog) and Brunel (Catalog)
Abstracting the Domestic Landscape, TheBeaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
THE BURBS, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
HALCYON DAYS , Kerrigan-Campbell art + projects, New York, NY

2002
MOVE, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL

2001
Winter Invitational , The Painting Center, New York, NY

2001
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

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
20th Anniversary Retrospective, Barbara Gillman Gallery, MiamLi, F

1998
Animal Magnetism, New York Law School, New York, NY (LMCC)
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 ( LMCC)

1995
Lost and Found, Nabisco Foods Gallery, East Hanover, NJ

1994
Conversation Pieces, Madelyn Jordon Gallery, New York, NY

1992
Group Show, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, NYC ('90,'88)(Catalog: Rizzoli, NY)

1991
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

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

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006
Desk Diary , U.S. Department of State
“Seeing Triple/Intimate Landscapes, Urban Ghosts and Oils Larger Than Life”, Megan Voeller, Tampa Weekly Planet, Mar 15-21
“Big Apple in a Small Tableau”, Robert Bianchi, Tampa Bay Illustrated, Mar
“Painters Demonstrate Diversity in Style and....”, Kevin Costello, Sarasota Herald Trib,Feb

2005
Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques , Vicky Perry, Watson & Guptill Pub., NYC
The Woodlands of Branchville, The Short List, Cathy Ross, Connecticut Magazine, Mar
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 ……. ", Kevin Costello, SarasotaHerald 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

1994
"Passages: Josette Urso's Mind Garden,"catalog essay by Robert Mahoney, Mar

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
"Brutalität Hinter der Oberfläche," 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

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

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
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