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About Jen Urso

Jen Urso creates multi-disciplinary works that utilize interventions, performance, writing, drawing and video to explore persistence, change, compliance, language and authority. Her work typically takes place in the public via occupation, immersion..

Jen Urso creates multi-disciplinary works that utilize interventions, performance, writing, drawing and video to explore persistence, change, compliance, language and authority. Her work typically takes place in the public via occupation, immersion and observation of movement and treatment of spaces. She is a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant recipient and has exhibited in Arizona, California, New York, Oregon, Colorado, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. In addition to creating work, Jen has curated exhibits such as Comfort Zones, including artists from around the country, published essays and creative writing for Downtown Phoenix Journal, Trivia: Voices of Feminism and The Arts Beacon. Jen Urso is a passionate bicyclist, reader, thinker and questioner. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art from Carnegie Mellon University and completed 1 year of coursework towards a Master of Fine Arts in Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts, New York. She lives and works in downtown Phoenix, AZ. Less