J. R. Uretsky was a Visiting Artist in the Department of Art and Art History October 31st and November 1st, meeting with the MFA Studio graduate students and giving a public lecture on October 31st.

J.R. Uretsky has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues in New York, Los Angeles, Finland, and Germany; including The William Benton Museum of Art, The National Steinbeck Center and The Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Uretsky’s work was included in the 2013 DeCordova Biennial at The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Uretsky was the recipient of the 2013 RI State Council on the Arts Fellowship Merit Award in Three-Dimensional Art.  She has been an artist in residence at Fine Art Base (California), The Dirt Palace (Rhode Island), Big Red & Shiny (Massachusetts) and Arteles Creative Center (Finland).   J.R. Uretsky’s work has been published by online and video journals such as Gaga Stigmata, Big Red & Shiny and ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art.

Uretsky graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2011 with an MFA in Studio Art and currently lives in Providence, RI and works as an artist assistant and adjunct professor. 

A review of her work from the DeCordova Biennial can be found at the Boston Globe.

For more information on graduate studies in Studio Art, click here.

 

J. R. Uretsky

 

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