Mary D. Ott
12421 Borges Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20904
(301) 622-4105
marydott@earthlink.net http://www.marydott.com/art/home.html
Media
Acrylic and mixed-media drawing and painting. Printmaking.
Selected Solo and Invited Exhibitions
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
2005
"Revealed," CORE architecture + design, Washington, DC
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
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
“Around the World: The Art of Travel,” Washington ArtWorks, Rockville, MD
“Juried Members’ Exhibition,” Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
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
Selected Juried/Curated Exhibitions (cont.)
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
Selected Juried/Curated Exhibitions (cont.)
1997
6th Annual Patuxent Art League Open Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts
Center, Laurel, MD
International Artists Support Group: 7th Street International II, Washington, DC
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
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
2001-2009
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD (printmaking)
Gallery Representation
Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC