Escape to Wassaic!

i have the incredible fortune of escaping from new york city to a charming, peaceful hamlet upstate to focus on my studio practice. for the month of february i am participating in the Wassaic Artist Residency in Wassaic, NY! i arrived on sunday, just ahead of monday's snowstorm. SO grateful for this opportunity and after two days, i'm now starting to settle in. here's a lil' bit of local landscape:









the schoolhouse (resident housing):


maxon mill (studios):



yesssss.. plenty of studio updates coming soon!

Fast Lane Art Competition in Reading PA

hey everyone! i've entered a billboard art competition in my hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania, and i need your help to win! between now and January 30th, the image with the most facebook "likes" will be displayed on digital billboards throughout Berks county! literally all you have to do is click here, log into your facebook account, and "like" the image. that's it, i promise! there's a lot of visual pollution out there, help me replace some of it with my painting! thank you for your support!

"trying not to walk crooked while this anchor's dropped, but i been out on them choppy waves and it's hard to say where this land begins and that water stops...

...i got sea legs! i got sea legs! i got sea legs!" ("sea legs" by run the jewels)

a quick 7x20" painting i'm doing for the berks art council's Fast Lane Art competition..

"to me it's what i see, to you it's what you do"

("it's me" by adrian younge/venice dawn)

some random painting and printmaking in prog..

Photos from "Smoldering Skylines" at Greenpoint Gallery

Last Friday's show at Greenpoint Gallery was a blast! Thank you to everyone who came out!

Solo Show: "SMOLDERING SKYLINES" - Friday Nov 8th

heyo! solo show coming up!! i haven't shown very much lately, so i'm breaking out the goods for this one! come through and see some assorted urban clusterfucks, cluttered skies, and smoked out cityscapes. some brand new, some older that never went public. only bad news is: it's one-night-only. so don't miss it! i've got the whole first level (technically 2nd floor), with a salon exhibition and live music in the upstairs gallery (3rd floor).



"Smoldering Skylines"
Paintings by Julia Cocuzza
Friday, November 8, 2013 (one night only!)
Opening/Closing: 8-11pm

Greenpoint Gallery
390 McGuinness Blvd, Brooklyn NY
G to Greenpoint Ave

For more, visit juliacocuzza.com

"emotional landscapes, they puzzle me"

"the riddle gets solved and you push me up to this
state of emergency, how beautiful to be."
(bjork)

nearly a year later i finally complete a painting depicting some elements of hurricane sandy.