Selected Works

Wind Women Stone (Jeju Island), 60” W60”, oil on linen

Urso Studio Tour

About Urso

Leonard Urso grew up in Rome, New York. His pursuit of art began when he was a young man and eventually led him to study at the State University of New Paltz. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree, Leonard began his professional career as a designer and silversmith for Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths. Currently, Leonard holds an endowed chair as the Ann Mowris Mulligan Distinguished Professor in the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology.

The Leonard Urso art studio is located in Rochester, New York where Leonard is actively involved in creating large and small scale sculptures, paintings. Leonard’s art is exhibited nationally and internationally. His art works are represented in several museums and both corporate and private collections. Several of these include Gyeongnam Art Museum of South Korea, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, Shanghai University of China, Kanazawa University of Japan, The New York Times, Bucknell

University, The Times Mirror Company, Humana Inc., Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters, Colgate University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Garth Fagen Dance, Sybron Corporation, The Washington Post and Robert Mondavi. Leonard is represented by Kristen Campo of Kristen Campo Fine Art Gallery in Rochester, NY.

Acknowledging the full history of human existence has helped to shape my vision as a contemporary person.My role as an artist is to capture human activity as it takes place in the moment, intimately revealing humanities most intrinsic qualities. This artwork of mine should bear witness to the stories of our lives and at the same time reflect the depth of our past.

Though personal, these stories are not about me, they are shared experiences that reflect our collective self’s. Human beings are all linked; we are singularly unique though not so different from each other. What may be viewed as our imperfections often reveal the truths that distinguish us as human creatures. We carry on a most fascinating, somewhat tragic, romantic life which bears the fruit for relevant interpretive art forms.