Greg Mort
Greg Mort is a widely recognized American contemporary artist whose unmistakably modern creations have the classic feel of the Dutch Masters juxtaposed with startlingly modern designs. His signature images combine his passions for art, science and nature.
Mort’s artwork is in many prominent collections including the Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art, Boston Museum of Science, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Delaware Art Museum, Farnsworth Museum, Academy Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Brandywine River Museum and the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. His works have been selected for many public space venues. He has been honored to participate in the United States Department of State’s Art in Embassies program. Mort strongly believes in the ideals of cultural diplomacy and recently had painting at The White House as part of this program. Mort’s artwork has been exhibited in over one hundred museum and gallery shows around the world. Recent museum shows include “Climate Challenge: Inspiring Change” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA and “Starry Skies of Art” at the Serlachius Museum in Mänttä, Finland and The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore Maryland. Currently his art is part of the Academy Art Museum’s AAM@60 Diamond Anniversary exhibition.
Deeply fascinated with astronomy and the universe Mort’s life-long interest in science is frequently reflected in his artwork. He has been a commissioned NASA artist since 1983 and serves on the board of the Lowell Observatory. In 2010 his painting “ZERO-G Apples” was one of six paintings juried into “The First Art Show in Space” aboard the International Space Station. A skilled astro-photographer and telescope builder Mort is a sought-after speaker on the intersection of art and science.
Throughout his career Mort has recognized the power of imagery and used his art to share his passion of promoting environmental awareness. In 2007 he established The Art of Stewardship Project, his family foundation that supports and inspires ecological consciousness through the arts. The Art of Stewardship Project works with arts and educational organizations to build partnerships and collaborations reinforcing the artist’s role in preserving our fragile Earth. Leading by example Mort is a Clinton Global Initiative Partner offering his artwork to support the goals of Circle of Blue the international organization of top journalists and scientists providing relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s water and food resource crises. CircleofBlue.org
Mort is a self-taught artist, passionate amateur astronomer and enthusiastic competitive archer. During the winter he lives and paints in rural Montgomery County Maryland and in summer on the rugged Maine coast in the fishing village of Port Clyde. GregMortCollection.
“Greg is a master at helping us to see our planet as a gift to be treasured. His Art of Stewardship program highlights the role of the citizen artist – to create more than a concert on a stage, or a framed image on a wall, but to create a call to act – using art – in a way that makes the world better for all.”
John Schratwieser, Executive Director Kent County Arts Council
Museum Collections
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
Delaware Art Museum
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Academy Art Museum, Easton Maryland
Portland Museum of Art
Brandywine River Museum of Art
University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Farnsworth Museum of Art
North Museum
Sun Cities Art Museum
Mesa Southwest Museum
Montgomery County Public Art Collection
City of Boston Fine Arts Collection
Parkersburg Art Museum
Sandy Spring Museum
NASA Art Collection, Smithsonian
University of Maryland Artists Collection
Cornell University Space Sciences Center
Lowell Observatory
McDonald Observatory
The Vatican
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lawrence University Wriston Art Gallery
Biggs Museum
Stamford Museum
Henry L. Ferguson Museum
Challenger Center for Science & Space Education
American Visionary Art Museum
Art in Embassies US Department of State - The White House, United States Embassy at the United Nations in New York, Embassy of Pakistan, Embassy of Netherlands and more
Selected Corporate Collections
Ben and Jerry’s, Covington and Burling, Federal Express, Fisher Controls Corp., Grand National Hotel Lucerne, Switzerland, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., MBNA, Montgomery General Hospital, Time, Inc., Sandy Spring National Bank, Space Port Gallery Kennedy Space Center, Student Loan Marketing Association. Delaney and McKinney, LLP, Wilmer Eye Institute
Selected Private Collections
General & Mrs. William Anders, President & Mrs. Bill Clinton, Dr. Diane Colgan, Mr. Douglas Dillon, Mrs. Edie Dixon, Mr. Umberto Erculiani, Mr. Mel Gibson, Vice President Al Gore, Mr. Arthur Houghton, Ambassador & Mrs. Takakaszu Kuriyama, Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider, Ambassador & Mrs. Walter F. Mondale, Mr. & Mrs. William E. Readdy, Dr. Carl Sagan, & Ann Druyan, Mr. Robin Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, Mr. & Mrs. James Wyeth.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Somerville Manning Gallery - A WINTER’S DAY
2021 Somerville Manning Gallery – OBJECT LESSONS
2019 Somerville Manning Gallery – PANORAMAS
2019 Carla Massoni Gallery – LIGHT water + stone Exhibition,
2017-18 Somerville Manning Gallery - NEW HORIZONS Nov 17 – Dec 23, 2017 Extended through February 2018
2017 Carla Massoni Gallery – FULL CIRCLE EXHIBITION
2015-16 Somerville Manning Gallery TWO ROADS – A Father and Son Exploration
2015 Academy Art Museum THE ART OF GREG MORT Selections from The David Hickman Bequest Part III
2014 Academy Art Museum THE ART OF GREG MORT Selections from The David Hickman Bequest Part II
2013 Somerville Manning Gallery, INTO WHITE –New Works by Greg Mort
Stanford Museum of Science & Nature NIGHTWATCH THE ART OF GREG MORT
Academy Art Museum THE ART OF GREG MORT Selections from The David Hickman Bequest Part I
2012 Carla Massoni Gallery, THE SPACE BETWEEN
Kramer Gallery, HISTORY & OTHER DREAMS
2011 Somerville Manning Gallery, DAY INTO NIGHT 25th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
Averitt Museum and Arts Center, THE ART OF STEWARDSHIP
2010 Steele Museum and Visitors Center, NIGHTWATCH Inspirations of Art and Astronomy
2009 Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art GREG MORT ~ GIFTS OF THE SEA
Academy Art Museum, ONE WORLD: THE ART OF GREG MORT
Somerville Manning Gallery, EXPLORATIONS
Paris Observatory, INTERNATIONAL ONE CENTURY OF MARS OBSERVATIONS
University of Padua, INSPIRATION of ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA
2008 Carla Massoni Gallery, STEWARDSHIP
2007 Somerville Manning Gallery, DESTINY
2006 Carla Massoni Gallery, BEYOND REACH
Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, Switzerland, GREG MORT- NATURAL WONDERS
2005 North Museum, NIGHTWATCH Inspirations of Art and Astronomy Traveling Exhibition
Somerville Manning Gallery, ANNIVERSARY
2004 Carla Massoni Gallery, PASSAGES
Sandy Spring Museum, NIGHTWATCH Inspirations of Art and Astronomy Traveling Exhibition
2003 Somerville Manning Gallery, DISCOVERIES
2002 Carla Massoni Gallery, VOYAGERS
2001 Somerville Manning Gallery, QUEST FOR HARMONY
2000 Carla Massoni Gallery, ELEMENTS
1999 Somerville Manning Gallery, GREG MORT NEW WORKS
Academy of Art Museum, Easton Maryland VISUAL MEMORY
1998 Carla Massoni Gallery, GREG MORT RETROSPECTIVE
1997 Somerville Manning Gallery, JOURNEY IN TIME
Sandy Spring Museum, APPLEWORKS
University of Texas, BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE STARS
1996 Massoni-Sommer Gallery MORT DRAWING RETROSPECTIVE
1995 Somerville Manning Gallery GREG MORT IMAGES
Franz Bader Gallery, OUTER SPACES
1994 Springfield Art Museum, INSPIRATIONS
Galleria Prova, Tokyo Japan, GREG MORT AMERICAN ARTIST
Massoni-Sommer Gallery, SEA OF SPACE
1993 Franz Bader Gallery, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
Somerville Manning Gallery, GREG MORT RECENT PAINTINGS
University of Maryland, INSPIRATIONS
1992 Franz Bader Gallery, GREG MORT NEW WORKS
Parkersburg Museum of Art, INSPIRATIONS
Grand National Hotel Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland, THE WATERCOLORS OF GREG MORT
1991 Somerville Manning Gallery, TAPESTRY
Franz Bader Gallery, GREG MORT NEW WATERCOLORS
Sun City Museum of Art, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1990 Franz Bader Gallery, GREG MORT PAINTINGS
1989 Somerville Manning Gallery, GREG MORT
Franz Bader Gallery, GREG MORT NEW WORK
1988 Maryland Academy of Sciences, THE PAINTINGS OF GREG MORT
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1987 The Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery) PRESENTING GREG MORT
Piccadilly Gallery of Memphis, Tennessee
Franz Bader Gallery, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1986 Space Telescope Institute, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1984 Anne Reid Art Gallery, GREG MORT NEW PAINTINGS
1983 Dietal Gallery, New York, INTRODUCING GREG MORT
1981 Singer Museum of Art, Lauren, Netherlands, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1979 Georgetown P Street Gallery, A CLOSER LOOK
Selected Group Exhibitions
Continuing: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – EXPLORING THE PLANETS, Art in the Embassies –The Hague Netherlands and Islamabad, Pakistan, McDonald Observatory BUILDING THE HOBBY-EBERLY TELESCOPE, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions: NASA Art Collection
2024 Carla Massoni Gallery - On Beauty
2022 University of Padua- CELEBRATING 800th ANNIVERSARY
2022 Peabody Essex Museum – CLIMATE CHALLENGE: INSPIRING CHANGE
2021 Somerville Manning Gallery – 40th Anniversary Exhibition PAST PRESENT & FUTURE
2021 Biggs Museum – OUT OF THE VAULT
2021 Carla Massoni Gallery Finding Light
2020 Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County – PROMOTE THE VOTE
2020 Carla Massoni Gallery Intimate Generations
2018-2019 Academy Art Museum AAAM@60 60th Anniversary Exhibition
2018 – Cosmos Club, BEHOLD THE BEAUTIFUL CHESAPEAKE! , Washington, DC
2018 Carla Massoni Gallery – SCALE
2017-18 American Visionary Art Museum THE GREAT MYSTERY SHOW
2017-18 Somerville Manning Gallery – ART ON PAPER NEW YORK 2017
2016 -17 Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA – LUNAR ATTRACTION
2016 -17 Serlachius Museum, Finland – STARRY SKIES OF ART
2016 Carla Massoni Gallery – GREG MORT SEASONS
2015 EARTHWORK Carla Massoni Gallery
2015 Body // Water Carla Massoni Gallery
2014 Carla Massoni Gallery, CELEBRATE!
2014 Carla Massoni Gallery TIMELESS RHYTHMS - SENSING CHANGE
2013 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum HIGH ART – A Decade of Collecting
Guldesky Gallery, THE ART OF STEWARDSHIP CONNECTIONS
2012 American Visionary Art Museum, ALL THINGS ROUND
Carla Massoni Gallery MIDSTREAM II
2012 Gudelsky Gallery, THE ART OF STEWARDSHIP
2011 National Air & Space Museum, NASA/ART 50 YEARS OF EXPLORATION Traveling
Charles Bank Gallery, CELESTIAL MATTERS
Academy Art Museum, OUT ON A LIMB Forests and Trees From the Permanent Collection
Gudelsky Gallery, THE ART OF STEWARDSHIP
2010 Brandywine River Museum, REALITY CHECK Contemporary American Trompe L’oeil
Somerville Manning Gallery, Trompe L’oeil at the Somerville Manning
US Artist Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts American Fine Art Show
2009 Academy Art Museum, MAKING ART: EXPLORING THE PROCESS
Art in the Embassies – United States United Nations Embassy in New York, New York through 2012
Gudelsky Gallery, THE ART OF STEWARDSHIP
2008 Somerville Manning Gallery, AMERICAN GREEN ART AND STEWARDSHIP
Academy Art Museum, 50th Anniversary Exhibition
2007 Carla Massoni Gallery, THE LANDSCAPE
2005 Carla Massoni Gallery, DISCOVERIES
2003 Carla Massoni Gallery, BEYOND THE IMAGE
Elan Fine Arts Gallery, WINTER INTO SPRING
2002 Lighthouse Museum of the Arts, VISIONS OF REALISM
2001 Wayne Art Center, MEDITATIONS ON SMALL OBJECT
American Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, ANOTHER SALUTE
2000 The White House, National Historic Trust – SAVING AMERICA’S TREASURES
1998 Gallery by the Sea, PORT CLYDE MASTERS
Carla Massoni Gallery
1997 Massoni Sommer Gallery
1995 Massoni Sommer Gallery
1994 Somerville Manning Gallery, FOR THE CHILDREN
1993 Delaware Art Museum, THE PRIVATE EYE
The Portland Museum of Art, SOLSTICE
Sherry French Gallery, INTRODUCTION
Gallery One, MOVE IT
Sun City Museum of Art, SPACE FANTASIES-SPACE REALITIES
1992 Franz Bader Gallery, CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Rockville Arts Place, ANOTHER FREE STATE
Somerville Manning Gallery, HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL
Montgomery College, MARYLAND MASTER WATERCOLORS
1991 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, ART OF THE COSMIC AGE
Somerville Manning Gallery, TENTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
Parkersburg Art Museum, AMERICAN REALISM 91’
Rockville Arts Place, FREE STATE
Steven Scott Gallery, CONTEMPORARY STILL LIFE PAINTINGS
Bayview Gallery, INTO THE NIGHT
1990 Somerville Manning Gallery, HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL
Franz Bader Gallery, NEW SEASON, NEW SPACE
Steven Scott Gallery, IN THE GARDEN
Parkersburg Art Museum, AMERICAN REALISM 90’
Steven Scott Gallery, REFLECTIONS
Montgomery College, WATERCOLOR INVITATIONAL
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, SPACE SHUTTLE ART
1989 Somerville Manning Gallery
I.A.A.A., DIALOGUES, MOSCOW MINSK and KIEV RUSSIA
Gallery One, MAINE MASTERS
Parkersburg Museum of Art, AMERICAN REALISM 89’
1988 Smithsonian American Art Museum, CLOSE FOCUS
New Haven Arts Center, THE LANDSCAPE
Somerville Manning Gallery, HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL
1987 Academy Art Museum, Easton Maryland FOWL ORIENTATION
Kennedy Space Flight Galaxy Center
City of Baltimore, ARTSCAPE 87’
1986 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, LOOKING AT EARTH
Corcoran Gallery of Art, BENEFIT GALA
Farnsworth Art Museum, ARTIST GREETINGS
1985 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, FIRE AND ICE
Corcoran Gallery of Art, BENEFIT GALA
1984 Portland Museum of Art
Farnsworth Museum of Art
1983 Philadelphia Art Show
1980 Adams Davidson Gallery
1977 Grace Arts Center
1975 North Syracuse Gallery
1971 Munson William Proctor Institute
Honors, Awards and Commissions
2020 Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council– PROMOTE THE VOTE
2018 Maryland Champion Award
2004 Lowell Observatory Bronze Sculpture Commission
Longwood Historic Mural Commission
2000 Occidental Portrait Collection
1999 Carl Sagan Award Design Commission
1994 ADDY Award 1994 GREG MORT COLLECTIONS
1992 WALL OF DISTINCTION, Syracuse, NY
1991 Montgomery County Public Arts Program Commission
1990 Parkersburg Museum of Art American Realism Purchase Award
1989 Parkersburg Museum of Art American Realism Purchase Award
1986 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, LOOKING AT EARTH, Second Grand Prize
1987 Corcoran Gallery of Art, BEST IN SHOW
1986 Corcoran Gallery of Art, BEST IN SHOW
1977 Grace Arts Center, Best in Show
Media and Publications
Circle of Blue Water News Art & Activism April 2022
American Art Collector October 2019
Hyperallergic Magazine March 2017
American Art Collector October 2017
ART WATCH with Lele Galer, November 2017
BMoreArt.com February 2017
Apollo Magazine May 2016
PEM Connections Sept/Oct 2016
American Art Collector November 2015
Artscope Magazine July 2015
International Artist Magazine June 2015
VERGIL Columbia University Spring 2016
Maine Home + Design Magazine July 2014
American Art Collector Magazine Nov 2013
Academy Art Museum Magazine Spring 2013
HUNT Life in the Brandywine Valley October 2013
THE SPACE BETWEEN, Catalogue 2012
National Endowment for the Arts Artworks June 2012
American Art Collector Magazine October 2011
Discovery New Online 2011
Circle of Blue _ The Art of Stewardship April 2011
American Art Collector Magazine, 2009
VOYAGES Exploring the Art of Greg Mort, 2007
American Art Collector Magazine, 2007
Watercolor Magazine, June 2007
New Jersey Shoreline Magazine, July 2007
At Home Living Magazine, Washington Post, June 06
Seek Beauty Night and Day, 2006
Twenty Four Moons – 2006 Cover Image “Solitaire”
Via Lactea, Francesco Bertola, 2004
Flight A Celebration 100 Years in Art & Literature, 03
Maryland Public TV, “Quest for Harmony” 2002
National Academy Press, Ecological Indicators 2001
Sky and Telescope Magazine, Numerous times
McGraw-Hill 1999 Yearbook Sciences & Technology
Metropolitan Home Magazine 1998
NASA & the Exploration of Space Works 1998
Maryland Public TV ARTSTROKES 1998
Artist & American Landscape, Chameleon Books 1997
Annapolis Quarterly Magazine, 1997
Sun, Moon and the Stars, Chameleon Books 1998
The Greg Mort Collection, 1994
NPR, Morning Edition with Susan Stamberg, 1997
Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan 1994
Where Magazine, Washington, DC 1995, 1992
Eye Wash Magazine 1992
Time Magazine, June 6, 1994
PBS Maryland Artists Collection 1989
NASA Visions Beyond the Stars 1992
Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine, 3/1989, 12/1986
Art Now, May 1989
Forbes Magazine, August 1988
Isaac Asimov’s The Birth and Death of Stars 1989
Selections from the NASA Art Collection 1987
House & Garden Traditional Home Magazine, 4/89
Down East Magazine, November 1985, July 1982
Art Calendar Magazine, August 1987
Greg Mort Watercolors 1980
Art World Magazine, January 1986
Washington Calendar Magazine, April 1979
Professional Affiliations
The Lowell Observatory. Current Board Member, Peabody Essex Museum Current Art & Nature Committee, Circle of Blue. Board member, The Mcdonald Observatory, Past Board member, George’s River Land Trust, Art of Stewardship Project Co-founder/Director, Night Sky Conservation Foundation
CONTACT: GregMort.com GregMort@GregMort.com Great Ease 320 Ashton Rd Ashton, MD 20861 301-802-3630
Fieldstone Castle 129 Marshall Pt. Rd PO Box 355 Port Clyde, ME 04855 207-372-8658Selected Museum Collections
Greg Mort ~ Digital Resume
Web Sites:
http://www.gregmort.com/GREG_MORT_Home/GREG_MORT_Home.html
http://www.gregmorteditions.com
Gallery Affiliations:
Greg Mort at the Carla Massoni Gallery
http://www.massoniart.com/mort/
Greg Mort at the Somerville Manning Gallery
http://somervillemanning.com/greg-mort-white/
Videos:
Art of the Universe Greg Mort Artist Astronomer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MjeGOsM3Ss#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MjeGOsM3Ss
Greg Mort on Bill Green's Maine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhGspEFo5HM
2011 Congressional Art Competition--Morning Reception
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3d721kUS5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8GuGgLOwg
Greg Mort NASA Lowell Observatory NIGHTWATCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCtdUTz4tc
Greg Mort The Art of Stewardship Earth Day Movie.mov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYBwpjY6u0s
Greg Mort Celebrates Circle of Blue and Freshwater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlnJo-WqaFw
Greg MortLittle Patuxent Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFitJE_feU
Digital Catalogue, Magazine and Newspaper Media
ArtScope Magazine July 2015 Centerfold - Stewardship
International Art Magazine June 2015: Greg Mort Interpreting Objects From Life
American Art Collector Magazine November 2015: TWO ROADS - A Father and Son Exploration
Artist Greg Mort featured in July 2014 Maine Home+Design Magazine
http://www.artcollectormaine.com/why-maine-art/27049/artist-greg-mort-featured-july-2014-maine-homedesign-magazine
Greg Mort – Where Universes Comes Together
http://www.escapeintolife.com/painting/greg-mort-were-universes-come-together/
Wonder With Greg Mort: Artist & Astronomer
http://inearnestmag.com/in-earnest/2014/12/8/wonder-with-greg-mort-artist-astronomer
M is for Greg Mort: The Art of Stewardship
http://www.thepositiveapproach.global/greg-mort-and-the-art-of-stewardship/
Earthzine Into the Art of Visionary Artist Greg Mort
http://earthzine.org/2013/01/29/into-the-mind-of-visionary-artist-greg-mort/
Ekostories The Art of Stewardship by Greg Mort
http://ekostories.com/2014/01/31/greg-mort-stewardship-art/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Mort
Mort’s Paintings Reach New Heights at Air and Space Museum, White House
http://www.gazette.net/article/20130814/NEWS/130819931/1153/mort-x2019-s-paintings-reach-new-heights-at-air-and-space-museum%26template=gazette&template=gazette
United States Department of State Art in Embassies - Greg Mort
http://art.state.gov/artistdetail.aspx?id=100208
National Endowment for the Arts-Art & Science Talk with Greg Mort
http://arts.gov/art-works/2012/art-and-science-talk-greg-mort
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=17951
The Hunt Life in the Brandywine Valley Greg Mort- Into White
http://thehuntmagazine.com/arts-antiques/2013/12/into-the-white/#axzz3L07w9cdn
The Art of Greg Mort – Selections from The Hickman Bequest III – The ACADEMY Magazine Winter Page 6
http://academyartmuseum.org/newsletters/winter%202014-15.pdf
Brandywine River Museum Reality Check – Contemporary
American Trompe L'Oeil Exhibition Catalogue
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/RealityCheck/mort.html
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http://www.slideshare.net/GregMort/press-packet-tsb-2-2-2012
The Art of Greg Mort: Selections from the Hickman Bequest II
The ACADEMY Magazine Spring 2013 Page 7
http://www.academyartmuseum.org/newsletters/spring2013.pdf
NASA/ART 50Years of Exploration
http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/nasaart.pdf
GIFTS OF ART Greg Mort's Watercolor and Study
join Permanent Collection Page 9
http://www.academyartmuseum.org/newsletters/2011_Spring_Newsletter.pdf