Lecture: J.R. Uretsky (Webinar)

J.R. Uretsky (she/they) is an artist, performer, musician and art curator living in Providence, Rhode Island. Uretsky weaves performance, music, video, puppetry, and sculpture into emotionally charged, affective artworks that shift seamlessly between autobiography and fiction. Uretsky’s work confronts viewers with expressive confessions that test the bounds of comfort, personal space, and acceptable presence. The characters that emerge through her performances are relatable yet also alien and non-specific, forging an ambiguous space where emotion is the remaining constant.

Uretsky’s work was included in the 2013 DeCordova Biennial at The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. She has also performed and exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Art Basel in Miami, Florida, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, 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 by print, online and video journals such as Headmaster Magazine, Gaga Stigmata, Big Red & Shiny and ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art.

In addition to being the curator at the New Bedford Art Museum, Uretsky has curated exhibits at Artspace in New Haven, Connecticut, AS220 and the Wedding Cake House (Dirt Palace) in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Distillery Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. An active member of the Providence creative community, Uretsky sits on the Dirt Palace Public Projects Board of Trustees.