MARY D. OTT



Media  Printmaking, acrylic and mixed-media drawing and painting

Selected Solo and Invited Exhibitions

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

2003                             Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

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

2008                             “The Maryland Printmakers: Change,” Washington County Arts Council,

                                    Hagerstown, MD

2007                             "Art on the Small Side," Regional Juried Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

17th Annual Patuxent Art League Open Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Arts Center,

Laurel, MD

"9 x 10 WPA\C Member Show @ WWP Gallery," Washington, DC

"Photo Focus," Regional Juried Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

"20901, 20902, 20903, 20904, 20906, 20910," Heliport Gallery, Silver Spring, MD

"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

10th Annual National Juried Competition at Gallery West, Alexandria, VA

                                    "Small Says it All," Maryland Printmakers juried show at Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC

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

Rockville Arts Place Members' Show 2005, Gaithersburg, MD

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

                                    Baltimore, MD (Juror: Eric Denker)

Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD

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

Selected Juried/Curated Exhibitions (cont.)

2004                             "Winter Exhibition," Strathmore Hall Arts Center, N. Bethesda, MD

"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

                                    “Small,” All Media Juried Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

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

                                    League of Reston Artists Juried Exhibition of Fine Art, Annandale, VA

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

                                    Strathmore Artist Membership 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, N. Bethesda, MD

                                    Gallery West 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Alexandria, VA

1998                              Beachwood Arts Council: Holiday Artfest, Beachwood, OH

                                    The Art League of Alexandria, VA: November Small Works Show

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

                                    Howard County Center for the Arts: Maryland Printmakers Invitational

                                    The Art League of Alexandria, VA: September Membership Show

            The Art League of Alexandria, VA: March, May and December All-Media

                                    Membership Shows

                                    The 7th Annual Strathmore Artist Juried Membership Exhibition, N. Bethesda, MD

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

Selected Juried/Curated Exhibitions (cont.)

                        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 

                                    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)

Curated Show

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

Published Article

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


Art Education

1996-2006                     Student of William Christenberry, Steve Cushner, Susan Goldman, Dennis O'Neil

                                   and others at the Corcoran College of Art and 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-present                 Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD (printmaking)



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