Mary D. Ott    12421 Borges Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20904       (301) 622-4105

                                                             marydott@earthlink.net   http://www.marydott.com/art/home.html

Media                           Printmaking. Acrylic and mixed-media drawing and painting.

Selected Solo and Invited Exhibitions

2017                             ÒMetallics: Paintings and Prints,Ó Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2016                             ÒField of Vision,Ó The Gray Gallery, Winchester, VA

2015                             ÒColor: Paintings by Mary D. Ott,Ó Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2013                             ÒGrass Etchings and Paintings,Ó Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA

2013                             ÒHot Off the Press,Ó Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2012                             ÒConnections,Ó at the Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD

2012                             ÒBouquets of Grasses,Ó Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, Wheaton, MD

2011                             ÒGrasses,Ó Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2009                             ÒEuropean Prints,Ó Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD

2009                             ÒSmall Works,Ó Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2008                             ÒPrints of Old Europe,Ó The Gallery of Laurel Lake, Hudson, OH

2008                             ÒMainly Monotypes: Prints by Mary D. Ott,Ó Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2008                             ÒGrasses: Paintings and Prints,Ó Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD

2007                             "New Work," Resident Artist Gallery, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2007                             "Prints of Old Europe," Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2006                             "Place and Time," Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Gaithersburg, MD

2005                             "Nature Imagery: Paintings and Prints," Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2005                             "Prints and Paintings," Resident Artist Gallery, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2004                             "Anonymous Returns," WPA/Corcoran exhibit, Washington, DC

2004                             "Out of Print: Traditional & Contemporary Expressions in Printmaking,"

                                                Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster, MD

2002                             Resident Artist Gallery, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2002                             Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2000                                         Gallery West, Alexandria, VA

1999                             Gallery West, Alexandria, VA

Selected Juried/Curated Exhibitions

2018                             ÒMethodical,Ó Annual MembersÕ Exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MDÒ

                                    ÒContact with Abstract,Ó A.M. Gravely Gallery, St. Michaels, MD

2017                             ÒWomen in Art Exhibit,Ó Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

                                    ÒMaking Your Mark,Ó Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI

2016                             ÒArt as Politics,Ó Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

                                    ÒExhibit of Fine Art Printmaking,Ó A.M. Gravely Gallery, St. Michaels, MD  

2015                             ÒTransformation: Art of All Mediums,Ó Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

2014                             ÒArt Maryland 2014,Ó Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD

                                    ÒStand Out Prints 2014: International Juried Exhibition,Ó Highpoint Center for Printmaking,

                                                Minneapolis, MN.

                                    ÒLos Angeles Printmaking Society: Push and Pull,Ó City of Brea Art Center, Brea, CA

2013                             Ò16th Annual National Small Works,Ó Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD

2012                             ÒJuried MembersÕ Exhibition,Ó Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

 

2011                             ÒJuried MembersÕ Exhibition,Ó Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

2010                             ÒJuried Small Works Show,Ó Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD

                                    ÒThoreauÕs Legacy,Ó Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC

                                    ÒImprint,Ó Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA                           

2009                             Ò2009 Corcoran Continuing Education Juried Exhibition,Ó Gallery 31,

                                                Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

2008                             ÒNational Juried Monotype/Monoprint Exhibition,Ó Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA            

                                    ÒThe Maryland Printmakers: Change,Ó Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, MD

2007                             "Hand Pulled," Juried Mid Atlantic Print Show, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA

"Discovering the Wild Landscapes of the Coastal Plain," 2007 Art Competition at

                                                Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD

2006                             16th Annual Patuxent Art League Open Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Arts Center,

Laurel, MD

Juried Small Works Show, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC

2005                             "The Human Form," Regional Juried Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

"The Print Show: A National Juried Exhibition," Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery,

                                                Baltimore, MD (Juror: Eric Denker)

"Drawing National 2," Montgomery College-Rockville, Rockville, MD

2004                             "Original Prints," Regional Juried Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland Heights, OH

"Prints! Prints! Prints!" Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2003                             "To Extremes: A Show of Heightened Realism and Pure Abstraction,"

                                                Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

                                    Art League of Alexandria, VA:  January and March All-Media Membership Shows

                                    Artists Equity "Coast-to-Coast," Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA

2002                             12th Annual Patuxent Art League Open Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts

Center, Laurel, MD

ÒSmall Prints, Big Impressions,Ó Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery,

Annapolis, MD

ÒPrintmaking in the Mid-Atlantic Region,Ó Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD

2001                             Artists Equity "Coast to Coast," Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, MD

Art League of Alexandria, VA: January, April, and May All-Media Membership

               Shows, November Small Works Show

 

2000                             ÒInspiration: Images for Healing.Ó Corcoran Alumni Exhibition, The National

                                                 Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

                                    ÒItÕs Too Darn Hot!Ó All media juried show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

                                    ÒPrints Washington 2000Ó sponsored by the Washington Print Club and

                                                 The Numark Gallery, Washington, DC

1999                             ArtistÕs Equity ÒArts 2000 MembersÕ Juried Exhibition,Ó Harmony Hall,

                                                 Fort Washington, MD

                                    Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD

                                    Art League of Alexandria, VA: May All-Media Show

                                    Gallery West 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Alexandria, VA

 

 

1998                             Beachwood Arts Council: Holiday Artfest, Beachwood, OH

Capitol Hill Art League: September, October, and November Shows

                                    Howard County Center for the Arts: Maryland Printmakers Invitational

            The Art League of Alexandria, VA: March, May, September, and December

                                                 Membership Shows; November Small Works Show

1997                             6th Annual Patuxent Art League Open Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts

                                                           Center, Laurel, MD

The Art League of Alexandria, VA:  October All-Media Membership Show

                        The 20th Montgomery County Juried Art Exhibition, Kentlands Mansion,  

                                             Gaithersburg, MD

1996                             The Americus Restaurant of the Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC

1995                             The Art League of Alexandria, VA: June Urquhardt Award Show                    

1994                             The Art League of Alexandria, VA: December All-Media Membership Show

1993                             The Art League of Alexandria, VA: July Water Media Show

1992                             The Art League of Alexandria, VA: July All-Media Membership Show

Selected Awards            3rd Place Award, Washington ArtWorks: Around the World: The Art of Travel,

                                                 2014 (Alexander Vasiljev, Juror)

                                    Leon Andrus Award for First Place in the 2007 Art Competition of the Adkins

                                                           Arboretum  (Deborah McLeod, Juror)

                                    Honorable Mention, Artists Equity: Coast to Coast, 2001 (Carolyn Kinder Carr,

                                                           Juror)

                                    Equal Merit Award, League of Reston Artists Juried Exhibition of Fine Art, 1999

                                                 (Paige Katherine Turner, Judge)

                                    Best in Show, Capitol Hill Art League October Membership Show, 1998         

                                                 (Britta Konau, Judge)

                                    Best Monotype, The Art League of Alexandria, VA: May All-Media

                                                Membership Show, 1998 (Ron Haynie, Judge)

                                    Best in Show, Capitol Hill Art League March Membership Show, 1998

                                                 (Walter Kravitz, Judge)

                                    Second Merit Award, The Art League of Alexandria, VA, June 1995

                                                 (Clifford Chieffo, Judge)

Grant                            DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank Collection 2014

Curated Show               "MD Printmakers Exhibit in DC," Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, 2004

Published Article             "Printing With Grasses," InPrint Vol. 17, No. 3, Sept. 2005

Art Education   

2017--present                 Student of Kevin Bowman at Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD

1996-2009                      Student of William Christenberry, Steve Cushner, Susan Goldman, Dennis O'Neil,

Elizabeth Klimek, Georgia Deal and others at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

1996-2001                      Student of Anne Marchand, Washington, DC

1991-1997                      Student of Peggy Parker, Deirdre Saunder, Anne Marchand, Penny Barringer

                                                 and others at The Art League School of Alexandria, VA

Artist Residency                        Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD (printmaking), 2001-2009

Gallery Representation Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC