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 painting and drawing.

Selected Solo and Invited Exhibitions

2021                 “Trees: Etchings and Lithographs” at the Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC  

2019                 “Branching Out: Original Prints,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2017                 “Metallics: Paintings and Prints,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2016                 “Field of Vision,” The Gray Gallery, Winchester, VA

2015                 “Color: Paintings by Mary D. Ott,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2013                 “Grass Etchings and Paintings,” Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA

2013                 Hot Off the Press,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2012                 “Connections,” at the Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD

2012                 “Bouquets of Grasses,” Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, Wheaton, MD

2011                 “Grasses,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2009                 “European Prints,” Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD

2009                 “Small Works,” Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2008                 “Prints of Old Europe,” The Gallery of Laurel Lake, Hudson, OH

2008                 “Mainly Monotypes: Prints by Mary D. Ott,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2008                 “Grasses: Paintings and Prints,” 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

2022                 “Lowe House Office Building 2022,” Lowe House of Delegates Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2021                 “Biennial Regional Women in Art Exhibition,” Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University,

                                    Greensburg, PA

                        “Strokes of Genius 2021,” MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

                        “”Elemental: Earth, Fire, Water, Air Exhibition 2021,” MFA Online Curve Gallery

                        “Painterly Brushstrokes: Captured Essence,” Kentlands Mansion, Gaithersburg, MD

                        “INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices,” Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

2020                 “MFA @ Gallery B” and “Summer Member Show,” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

                        “Touchstone Artists at Art Enables,” Art Enables, Washington, DC

2019                 “4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition,” University of Maryland Global Campus

                                    Arts Program, College Park, MD

                         “Open to Interpretation,” The Yard: Eastern Market, Washington, DC

                         “American Landscapes 2019 Exhibition,” Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art,

                                    Annapolis, MD

2018                 “One House Project Exhibit,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC and Kay Gallery,

                                    BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

                        “Methodical,” Annual Members’ Exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD

                        “Contact with Abstract,” A.M. Gravely Gallery, St. Michaels, MD

2017                 “Women in Art Exhibit,” Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

                        “Making Your Mark,” Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI

2016                 “Art as Politics,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

                         “Exhibit of Fine Art Printmaking,” A.M. Gravely Gallery, St. Michaels, MD  

2015                 “Transformation: Art of All Mediums,” Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

2014                 “Art Maryland 2014,” Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD

                         “Stand Out Prints 2014: International Juried Exhibition,” Highpoint Center for Printmaking,

                                    Minneapolis, MN

                         “Los Angeles Printmaking Society: Push and Pull,” City of Brea Art Center, Brea, CA

2013                 “16th Annual National Small Works,” Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD

2012                 “Juried Members’ Exhibition,” Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

2011                 “Juried Members’ Exhibition,” Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

2010                 “Juried Small Works Show,” Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD

                         “Thoreau’s Legacy,” Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC

                         “Imprint,” Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA                             

2009                 2009 Corcoran Continuing Education Juried Exhibition,” Gallery 31,

                                    Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

2008                 “National Juried Monotype/Monoprint Exhibition,” Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

                        “The Maryland Printmakers: Change,” 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

                        “Small Prints, Big Impressions,” Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

                        “Printmaking in the Mid-Atlantic Region,” 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                 “Inspiration: Images for Healing.” Corcoran Alumni Exhibition, The National

                                     Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

                        “It’s Too Darn Hot!” All media juried show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

                        “Prints Washington 2000” sponsored by the Washington Print Club and

                                     The Numark Gallery, Washington, DC

1999                 Artist’s Equity “Arts 2000 Members’ Juried Exhibition,” 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

           

                        Juror’s Choice Award, Maryland Federation of Art: Strokes of Genius 2021

                                    (Barry Nemett, Juror)

                        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)

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

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

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

Gallery Representation     Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC