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      Collage

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

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

2011                 “Grasses,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

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

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

2008                   “Grasses: Paintings and Prints,” Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD

    2007                 "Prints of Old Europe," 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

Selected Juried/Curated Exhibitions  [Awards]

2021                 “Strokes of Genius 2021,” MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD [Juror’s Choice Award,

                                    Barry Nemett, Juror]

                        “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

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

                                    Campus Arts Program, College Park, MD

                        “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

2017                “Making Your Mark,” Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI

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

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

2014                 “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

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

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 [Leon Andrus Award for First Place,

Deborah McLeod, Juror]

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

            Laurel, MD

2005                     "The Print Show: A National Juried Exhibition," Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery,

                                    Baltimore, MD

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

2004                 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

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

2002                 “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 [Honorable Mention,

Carolyn Kinder Carr, Juror]

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

                                    November Small Works Show

2000                 “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

1998                 Beachwood Arts Council: Holiday Artfest, Beachwood, OH

                        Capitol Hill Art League: October Membership Show [Best in Show, Britta Konau, Judge]

                        Capitol Hill Art League: March Membership Show [Best in Show, Walter Kravitz, Judge]

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

 Ron Haynie, Judge]

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

                                          Center, Laurel, MD

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

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

 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, Georgia Deal, Susan Goldman,

                                                Elizabeth Klimek, Dennis O’Neil, and others at the Corcoran College

                                                of Art + Design, Washington, DC

1996-2001          Student of Anne Marchand, Washington, DC

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

                                                and others at The Art League School of Alexandria, VA