Josette Urso

Josette Urso is an Instructor at The Cooper Union's School of Art. She holds an M.F.A. from the University of South Florida. Her work focuses on painting, drawing, and collage, exploring themes such as abstraction, landscape, and domestic interiors.

Urso has received significant recognition, including the Gottlieb Award (2013), two Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants, and the Mid-Atlantic NEA grant. She has participated in residencies at prestigious institutions like Yaddo, Camargo Foundation, and Ballinglen Arts Foundation.

Her artwork has been exhibited in New York City at venues like The Drawing Center, Bronx Museum, and Julie Saul Gallery, as well as in Chicago at Gescheidle Gallery. She teaches courses such as Watercolor and Abstraction and Flowers: Between Worlds.

No grants or advising activities are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Her creative practice emphasizes interdisciplinary exploration of material and conceptual boundaries in visual art.