Greg Mort

Greg Mort is a widely admired contemporary American artist whose art works can be found on display and in the permanent collections of prestigious public and private collections around the world. Painting since childhood Mort lives and paints in Ashton, Maryland and Port Clyde, Maine with his wife and twin children.

Museum Collections
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
University of Padova, Padova, 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, Planetary, Aeronautics, Shuttle Art
University of Maryland Artists Collection
Cornell University Space Sciences Center
Lowell Observatory
McDonald Observatory
Vatican Observatory
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lawrence University Wriston Art Gallery

One Person Museum Exhibitions
2006 Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, Switzerland, GREG MORT- NATURAL WONDERS
2005 North Museum, NIGHTWATCH ~ Traveling Exhibition
2004 Sandy Spring Museum, NIGHTWATCH ~ Traveling Exhibition
1999 Academy of Art Museum, Easton Maryland VISUAL MEMORY
1997 Sandy Spring Museum, APPLEWORKS
University of Texas McDonald Observatory
1994 Springfield Art Museum, INSPIRATIONS
University of Maryland, INSPIRATIONS
1992 Parkersburg Museum of Art, INSPIRATIONS
Grand National Hotel Lucerne, Switzerland, GREG MORT
1991 Sun City Museum of Art, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1988 Maryland Academy of Sciences
1986 Space Telescope Institute, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS
1981 Singer Museum of Art, Lauren, Netherlands, GREG MORT WATERCOLORS

Group Exhibitions
Continuing:
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum EXPLORING THE PLANETS HALL
ARTrain America’s Museum in Motion, ARTISTRY OF SPACE
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum GENEROUS FRIENDS: BUILDING AN ART COLLECTION FOR THE SMITHSONIAN
Smithsonian Traveling Art Collection Exhibitions VISIONS OF FLIGHT, THE ARTIST AND THE SPACE SHUTTLE
Art in the Embassies ANOTHER SALUTE
McDonald Observatory BUILDING THE HOBBY-EBERLY TELESCOPE
Lowell Observatory A CENTURY OF DISCOVERY
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
1993 Delaware Art Museum, THE PRIVATE EYE
The Portland Museum of Art, SOLSTICE
Brandywine River Museum THENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
Sun City Museum of Art, SPACE FANTASIES-SPACE REALITIES
1991 Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, ART OF THE COSMIC AGE
Parkersburg Art Museum, AMERICAN REALISM 91’
1990 Parkersburg Art Museum, AMERICAN REALISM 90’
Montgomery College, WATERCOLOR INVITATIONAL
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, SPACE SHUTTLE ART
1989 Smithsonian I.A.A.A., DIALOGUES, MOSCOW MINSK and KIEV RUSSIA
Parkersburg Museum of Art, AMERICAN REALISM 89’
1988 Smithsonian American Art Museum, CLOSE FOCUS
New Haven Arts Center, THE LANDSCAPE
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
1977 Grace Arts Center
1971 Munson William Proctor Institute

Honors, Awards and Commissions
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
At Home Living In Style Magazine The Washington Post, June 2006
Seek Beauty Night and Day 2006
Twenty Four Moons, Cover Image “Solitaire” 2006
Via Lactea, Francesco Bertola, 2004
Flight, A Celebration of 100 Years in Art and Literature, 2003
Maryland Public TV, “Quest for Harmony the Art of Greg Mort” 2002
National Academy Press, Ecological Indicators for the Nations 2001
Another Salute 2001
Sky and Telescope Magazine, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1990, 1987
The McGraw-Hill 1999 Yearbook of Sciences & Technology
Metropolitan Home Magazine 1998
NASA & the Exploration of Space Works for the NASA Art Collection 1998
The Artist and the American Landscape, Chameleon Books Inc., 1997
The Sun, the Moon and the Stars, Chameleon Books Inc. 1998
Maryland Public TV ARTSTROKES 1998
National Public Radio, Morning Edition with Susan Stanberg, 1997
Annapolis Quarterly Magazine, 1997
Where Magazine, Washington, DC 1995, 1992
The Greg Mort Collection, 1994
Time Magazine, June 6, 1994
Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan 1994
NASA Visions Beyond the Stars 1992
Eye Wash Magazine 1992
Art Now, May 1989
PBS Maryland Artists Collection 1989
Isaac Asimov’s The Birth and Death of Stars 1989
Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine, March, 1989, December 1986
House and Garden Traditional Home Magazine, April 1989
Forbes Magazine, August 1988
Art Calendar Magazine, August 1987
Selections from the NASA Art Collection 1987
Art World Magazine, January 1986
Down East Magazine, November 1983, July 1982
Greg Mort Watercolors 1980
Washington Calendar Magazine, April 1979

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