J.R. URETSKY www.jruretsky.com J.R. Uretsky weaves performance, 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 has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues in New York, Los Angeles, Finland, and most recently in the Entzaubert DIY Queer International Film festival in Berlin, Germany. Her work was included in the 2013 DeCordova Biennial at The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. In 2013, she was the recipient of the 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). 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 . Jeff RAU www.jeffrau.com Jeff Rau is an artist, curator, and educator based in Long Beach, CA. Since 2008, he has taught a variety of art courses at Biola University and is presently employed as the Gallery Director and Public Arts Curator. Rau received his MFA in Photography with a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from California State University Fullerton. He is also a founding member of the curatorial collective Sixpack Projects.
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