J.R. Uretsky (she|they) is an artist, performer, musician, and art curator living in Providence, Rhode Island. Uretsky has over fifteen years of experience organizing, designing, and installing exhibitions. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art at Biola University, her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts in Sculpture at the University of Connecticut, and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies at Harvard University.
Uretsky worked as the curator at the New Bedford Art Museum where she exhibited Pete Souza (Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama) and Academy Award-winning (Black Panther, 2019) costume designer Ruth E. Carter.
As an artist, Uretsky has performed and exhibited at Art Basel in Miami, Florida, the ICA Boston, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, as well as the Museum of Art and Design in New York. Uretsky’s work has been published in print, online, and video journals such as Headmaster Magazine, Gaga Stigmata, Big Red & Shiny, and ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCES | VIDEO SCREENINGS
Stag, THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Boston, MA
Dog Girl, SATELLITE ART SHOW ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH, FL, Curated by Quinn Dukes
What I Found Out There, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston, MA
Party Foul, BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS Boston, MA
Learning is Difficult, Dreaming is Even Harder, Curated by Kate Gilbert LAWN ON D Boston, MA
Encouragements With Dave MUSEUM OF ART AND DESIGN New York, NY
Come As You Are, 186 CARPENTER Providence, RI
Hymn PROVIDENCE FRINGE FESTIVAL AT AROURA Providence, RI
Bromance, Locally Made’s One Room, Curated by Deborah Clemons & Hollis Mickey, THE RISD MUSEUM Providence, RI
Bling! Bling! Selected Works 2009-2012, THE DIRT PALACE Providence, RI
Savoir-Faire Performance Art Series, SOHO20 CHELSEA New York, NY
UConn Puppet Slam, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT Storrs, CT
Waiting for the Joulupukki, ARTELES CREATIVE CENTER Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
BRINK v2, Curated by John Pyper BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS,MILLS GALLERY Boston, MA
Forced Collaboration II, Curated by Jacob Rhodes, ARTSPACE NEW HAVEN New Haven, CT
Living As Form, CARPENTER CENTER HARVARD UNIVERSITY Boston, MA
Transform, THE EARL & VIRGINIA GREEN ART GALLERY Los Angeles, CA
deCordova Biennial, curated by Lexi Lee Sullivan, deCORDOVA MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE PARK Lincoln, MA
Locally Made: Video, curated by Dina Deitsch MUSEUM OF ART RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Providence, RI
The Secret Rooms of the Dirt Palace, SOHO20 CHELSEA New York, NY
Friends and Collaborators
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