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Greg Mort Selected for the Rockefeller Center Flag Project 2022
March 24, 2022
Greg Mort has been selected for the New York City Rockefeller Center Flag Project 2022, a public art installation in partnership with the Climate Museum and United Nations Environment Programme. This year’s Flag Project will be the focal point of Rockefeller Center’s Earth Day celebration on April 22nd that will include free, public programming in coordination with the Climate Museum. Artists from across ... Read more Greg Mort
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Greg Mort Lecture at Stroud Water Research Center
October 22, 2015
Greg Mort Lecture The Art os Stewardship Stroud Water Research Center Wednesday, November 4, 6-8 PM
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Greg Mort featured in Maine Home + Design
July 2, 2014
Maine Home + Design July 2014 “The duality of the painting is symbolic of my contrasting fears and fascinations with Maine.” The ocean’s overwhelming power is capable of wearing down rock into a smooth stone...
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Greg Mort featured with WHYY
December 5, 2013
December 2013 WHYY - NEWSWORKS “They were incredibly white, almost blindingly bleached white by the sun,” Mort described. “I grabbed a bag of them. A perfect fit for the nautical life in Maine.
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Greg Mort – Into White featured in American Art Collector
November 14, 2013
November 2013 American Art Collector Magazine "Clearly, some of the most profound statements are made with a subtle whisper rather than the stomping of feet..."
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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, 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.
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.
“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
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Greg Mort & Jon Mort: Object Lessons, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2019 Panoramas: Works by Greg Mort & Jon Mort, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2019 LIGHT water + stone, Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD
2018 – 19 The Great Mystery Show, The American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2017 Greg Mort & Jon Mort – New Horizons, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2015 Two Roads – A Father & Son Exhibition with Jon Mort, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2013 Into White, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2013 Nightwatch – The Art of Greg Mort, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
2012 The Art of Stewardship – All Things Round, Gudelsky Gallery, Howard County Conservatory, Woodstock, MD
2012 History & Other Dreams, Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Day Into Night, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2010 Nightwatch – Inspirations of Astronomy in Art, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ
2009 Explorations, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2009 Greg Mort ~ Gifts of the Sea, Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art, Portsmouth, NH
2009 One World: The Art of Greg Mort, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2009 International One Century of Mars Observations, Paris Observatory, Paris, France
2007 Destiny, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2006 Natural Wonders, Grand National Hotel, Lucerne, Switzerland
2005 Anniversary, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2003 Discoveries, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2001 Quest for Harmony, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
1999 New Works, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
1997 Journey in Time, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
1995 Images, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
1994 Greg Mort American Artist, Galleria Prova, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Recent Paintings, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
1992 Greg Mort Watercolors, Sun City Museum of Art, Sun City, AZ
1992 Inspirations, Parkersburg Museum of Art, Parkersburg, WV
1991 Tapestry, Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery), Greenville, DE
1989 Greg Mort, Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery), Greenville, DE
1988 Art and Science, Maryland Academy of Sciences, Baltimore, MD
1987 Presenting Greg Mort, The Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery), Greenville, DE
1981 Watercolors, Singer Museum of Art, Lauren, Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Celebrating 800th Anniversary, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
2022 Climate Challenge: Inspiring Change, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2021 PAST | PRESENT | FUTURE, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2016 Starry Skies of Art, Serlachius Museum, Finland
2011 NASA / Art – 50 Years of Exploration, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
2010 Reality Check – Contemporary American Trompe L’Oeil, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
2010 Trompe L’Oeil, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2008 Trompe L’Oeil 19th-20th Century – Captivating the Viewer, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2001 Meditations of Small Objects, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2000 The National Historic Trust Saving America’s Treasures, The White House, Washington, DC
1994 For the Children, Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery), Greenville, DE
1993 The Private Eye, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1993 Still Life, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
1991 Art of the Cosmic Age, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
1991 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery), Greenville, DE
1989 New Works, Gallery at Greenville (Somerville Manning Gallery), Greenville, DE
1989 International Astronomical Art Association Dialogues, Moscow, Minsk and Kiev, Russia
1989 The Landscape, New Haven Arts Center, New Haven, CT
1987 Galexey Art, Kennedy Space Flight Center, Cape Canaveral, FL
1986 Looking at Earth, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
1984 Watercolors, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Selected Awards and Honors
2020 Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council– PROMOTE THE VOTE
2018 Maryland Champion Award
2004 Longwood Historic Mural Commission
2004 Lowell Observatory Bronze Sculpture Commission
2000 Occidental Portrait Collection
1999 Carl Sagan Award Design Commission
1994 ADDY Award, 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
1987 Best in Show, Corcoran Gallery of Art
1986 Best in Show Corcoran Gallery of Art
1986 Second Grand Prize, Looking at Earth, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
1977 Best in Show, Grace Arts Center
Selected Public Collections
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Collection of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
The White House, Washington, DC
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, ME
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
Sun Cities Art Museum, Sun City, AZ
Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ
Fine Arts Collection of the City of Boston, MA
Parkersburg Art Museum, Parkersburg, WV
Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
Grand National Hotel, Lucerne, Switzerland
NASA Art Collection, Smithsonian, Planetary, Aeronautics, Shuttle Art
Maryland Artists Collection, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Space Sciences Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Lowell Observatory Steel Center, Flagstaff, AZ
Space Port, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Montgomery County Fine Arts Collection, Silver Spring, MD
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Lawrence University Wriston Art Museum, Appleton, WI
McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, TX
North Museum of Natural History & Science, Lancaster, PA
Cornell University Space Sciences Center, Ithaca, NY
Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
Henry L. Ferguson Museum, Fishers Island, NY
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Vatican Observatory, Rome, Italy
Selected Private Collections
President and Mrs. Bill Clinton
Vice President Al Gore
Dr. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Mr. Robin Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth
Mr. and Mrs. James Wyeth
Ambassador and Mrs. Walter F. Mondale
Ambassador and Mrs. Takakaszu Kuriyama
Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider
Videos
Selected Publications with Somerville Manning Gallery
Available at Somerville Manning Gallery
Voyages: Exploring the Art of Greg Mort $39.95
