Greg Mort

About

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. His work has been exhibited in over one hundred museum and gallery shows around the world. They are in prominent public and private collections including the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Museum, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Boston Museum of Science, Delaware Art Museum, Farnsworth Museum, Academy Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, and the Brandywine Museum of Art. 

Throughout his career Mort has recognized the power of imagery and used his art to share his passion of promoting environmental awareness. Mort, the early leader in the “Art for Climate Justice” movement, has used his artwork to focus attention on the Earth’s environmental crisis, beginning in 1991 with his first Stewardship painting. The Stewardship Collection now numbers over thirty works of art. In 2007 he co-founded The Art of Stewardship Project, a non-profit that supports and encourages artists to partner with conservation and educational organizations to build environmental awareness. 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.

In 2022 Mort was a featured artist in the Peabody Essex Museum’s “Climate Challenge: Inspiring Change” exhibition.  That same year, the image of Greg Mort’s painting “One World” was selected for the United Nations and New York Climate Museum’s 2022 Earth Month exhibition in New York City at Rockefeller Center. 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 a painting at The White House as part of this program.

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.

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

2024         Greg Mort: A Winter’s Day, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE

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

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