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

GREG MORT 

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 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

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, Embassy of Pakistan, Embassy of Netherlands  

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 Stafford LLP, Wilmer Eye Institute 

 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, March, 2019 

2017-18 Somerville Manning Gallery - NEW HORIZONS Nov 17 – 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 from The David Hickman Bequest Part III 

2014 Academy Art Museum - THE ART OF GREG MORT 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 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 Padova, 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 - GREG MORT

        Franz Bader Gallery - GREG MORT WATERCOLROS 

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, NASA Art Collection Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibitions (SITE) 

2024 Carla Massoni Gallery ON BEAUTY and SPRING

2023 Carla Massoni Gallery Summer Exhibition  

2022 University of Padua Celebrating 800th Anniversary Exhibition

2022 United Nations Earth Day Exhibition Rockefeller Center, New York 

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 Sealachius Museum, Finland – STARRY SKIES OF ART 

2016 Carla Massoni Gallery – GREG MORT SEASONS 

2015 Carla Massoni Gallery - EARTHWORK

2015 Carla Massoni Gallery - Body // Water

2014 Carla Massoni Gallery, CELEBRATE! 

2014 Carla Massoni Gallery TIMELESS RHYTHEMS - 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 STEARDSHIP 

        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 AMERICAS TREASURES 

1998 Gallery by the Sea - PORT CLYDE MASTERS

1997 Massoni Sommer Gallery - Gallery Artists

1995 Massoni Sommer Gallery - SUMMER EXHIBITION

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 INVITATIONAN

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 LIFES,

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

2024 Lowell Observatory “Infinite Wonders” Astronomy Discovery Center

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 

Maryland Public Television Special 2022

ART WATCH with Lele Galer, November 2017 

American Art Collector October 2017

BMoreArt.com February 2017                                         

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                           

VOYAGES Exploring the Art of Greg Mort, 2007            

American Art Collector Magazine,2007 2009, 2011        

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 Works1998             

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 1983, 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 Advisory Board Member, Peabody Essex Museum Current Art & Nature Committee Member, Circle of Blue. Current Board member, ARCS Foundation, The Macdonald Observatory, Past Board member, George’s River Land Trust, Past Board Member, The Art of Stewardship Project Co-founder/Director, Night Sky Conservation Foundation Founding Member 

Contact: GregMort.com GregMort@GregMort.com 

Great Ease 320 Ashton Road Ashton, MD   20861 301-802-3630

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:

Greg Mort Collection

GregMort.com

http://www.gregmort.com/GREG_MORT_Home/GREG_MORT_Home.html

Greg Mort Editions

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

Artists Who Looks to the Sky

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/

Greg Mort Wikipedia

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