Born...
Minot, ND 1974
Hometown...
Lansdale, PA
Solo Exhibitions...
(upcoming) Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ, 2011
White Space, Artlink A.E. England Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 2010
Fractured Thought, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, 2005
abrupt instabilities, Gallery 11/14, Tempe, AZ, 2005
thinking too much, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
falling to pieces, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
disordering orderly disorder, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
what you see when you’re looking, @Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
together in nothing with everything, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
electric bloodflow, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
The ReAcquaintance Room (or how I learned to like my hometown of Lansdale, PA), Ellis Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA, 1995
Group Exhibitions...
Converging Trajectories, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 2010
Dust to Dust: Remains in the Desert, Salon Covadonga, Mexico City, Mexico, 2010
21 Days, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 2010
Disruptive Momentum: Current Work from Leading Phoenicians, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ, 2010
Her Work is a Red Herring, The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ, 2009
Paper Narratives, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, 2009
Durex Inventario Vide O Muro, Durex Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2008
Juried All Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 2008
Supermasochist, apexart, New York, NY 2008
Circulation, Gallery Kunstler, Rochester, NY 2008
Super Fluid, Paradise Valley Community College, Paradise Valley, AZ 2007
southwestNET: drawing outside the lines, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ 2007
Contemporary Forum Artist Grant Winners, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2007
Exponential Love: The Gift of Life, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2007
Carnaval do Rio, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2007
Peripheral, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, 2007
Phoenix: The Land of Somewhere..., Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 2006
I can’t quite place it..., Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, 2006
Time, MADE, Phoenix, AZ, 2006
100% Centennial, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006
Transitional, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2005
Flood, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, 2005
Under the Influence, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2005
Chopped, Sota Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2004
eye lounge at Art Detour 2004, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
Thoughts-An Interactive Performance, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
Young Installation Artists & Sculptors Invitational, Dinnerware Arts, Tucson, AZ, 2004
Celebrating the Visual Arts in Downtown Phoenix, Herberger Theater, Phoenix, AZ, 2004
New Work: Jennifer Urso & David Dauncey, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
eye lounge at Art Detour 2003, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
Small Work, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
eye lounge at Art Detour 2002, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
Flight Zone Studios, Tempe, AZ, 2002
The Asphalt’s Still Squishy at Midnight, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, 2001
Recent Works 2001: The Third National Juried Art Exhibit, The Salon Studio, Loveland, CO, 2001
eye lounge @ The Icehouse, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, 2001
Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1999-2001
3 degrees, Forbes Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996
Curated Shows...
First Backyard, Phoenix, AZ, ongoing beginning 2010
I Am an American: Video Portraits of Unsafe U.S. Citzens by Cynthia Weber, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, October 2008
Grounded, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, October 2005
Flood, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, March 2005
Sound Art, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, July 2004
Education...
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, B.F.A. Art, conc: Painting & Sculpture, May 1996
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Study Abroad, July-December 1994
Residencies...
Taliesin Artist Residency Program, Spring Green, WI, Partial Scholarship, Summer 2008
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Summer Studio Program, Sculpture &
Extended Media, Summer 2004
Grants and Other...
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2009
Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY, 2009
Finalist, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Terrazzo Floor design, 2008
Pierogi Brooklyn Flat Files 2007-present
Guest Speaker, First Mondays Art Salon, Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, AZ, 2008
Contemporary Forum Artist’s Materials Grant, Phoenix Art Museum, 2006
Pre-College Art Classes, full scholarship, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1990-1991
Selected Publishings...
Jen Urso Exorcises Her Personal Demons, review – Wynter Holden, Phoenix New Times, 2010
Interview with Jen Urso – Scott Andrews, Java Magazine and hearsight.com, 2010
SMoCA exhibit redefines concept of drawing, Barbara Yost, Arizona Republic, June 2007
southwestNET: drawing outside the lines, Scott Andrews, Java Magazine, May 2007
Gallery Guide for southwestNET: drawing outside the lines, Cassandra Coblentz, May 2007
Peripheral, book, review by Cassandra Coblentz, Feb 2007
“Going Nowhere”, review – Wynter Holden, Phoenix New Times, Nov 9, 2006, p. 51
“Phoenix: Land of Somewhere”, review – Scott Andrews, Java Magazine, Nov 2006, p. 15
“Space is the Place”, review – Stephen Maine, Artnet Magazine, www.artnet.com, July 2006
“Karolina Sussland, Christy Puetz, Carol Saker and Jennifer Urso at eye lounge”,
review – Phoenix New Times, Nov 24, 2005
“4 at eye lounge”, Java Magazine, Nov 2005, p.16.
“Making Tracks: Interactive action on Jackson”, Phoenix New Times, Sept 29, 2005, p.38
“Residency: Renewing the Resolve”, Phoenix Downtown Magazine, Nov 2004, p.6-7
“Brain Tree”, Phoenix New Times, September 9, 2004. Page 37.
“Creating a sense of connection”, Arizona Republic, December 5, 2003.
“Art Outside the Comfort Zone”, Java Magazine, June 2002. Page 16.
“Plugged In”, The Rep, June 6, 2002.
Other Relevant Work...
Freelance graphic artist August 1999-present; Member, Pittsburgh Filmmakers 1994-1996; Member, eye lounge Collective Artists Group 2001-2005, President, 2004-2005; Volunteer, artlink, Inc. July 2003-November 2005, Board Member, May 2004-November 2005 |