Annette Fortt
Practicing Artist in Paint and Print Media
Retired Art Educator
Education
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY: Master of Fine Arts, Painting, 1983
The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN (formerly Memphis State University): Bachelor of Science, Art Education, 1966
Selected Exhibitions
· 2024
o Exploring the Circuits – A One-Person Show, The Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD
o 10x10 Exhibition – Annual Members Fundraiser Exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
· 2023
o A World of Our Own - Avenue Art/Cutler Crane Contemporary, Memphis, TN
o Members’ MashUp. Annual members exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
· 2022
o 10x10 Invitational. Annual exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
· 2018
o Pressing Matters: Print in the Digital Age. Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C.
· 2017
o Best of the Best: A Juried Exhibit. Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
o In Focus: The Last Ten Years — Selections from the David C. Driskell Center’s Collection. The David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
· 2016
o BMRE: 3rd Biennial Art Exhibition. University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD
o Art Cart, Honoring the Legacy — Eight Artists. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
o Carnival: Celebrations of the African Diaspora. Juried exhibition, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
· 2014
o Expressions of His Love: Women Artists Celebrate Women. First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Upper Marlboro, MD
· 2012
o When God Created: Featuring Works by African American and African Artists. Manresa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
o Sunday Spirit: Religious Images by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection. Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe), Graduate Theological Union, Berkley, CA
· 2011
o Incarnations: Black Spiritualities in American Art. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT
· 2007-08
o Open Studio: Retrospective Exhibit of Paintings and Prints. The Artist Studio, Silver Spring, MD
o Visual Exegesis: Images from the Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection, Sherrill Library, Episcopal Divinity School and Lesley University, Cambridge, MD; and Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT
· 2003
o Universal Mother. Invitational exhibition, Washington Theological Union, Washington, D.C.
· 2001
o Common Bond VI. Invitational exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
· 1999
o Watercolors and Monotypes. One-person show, Old Sculpin Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown, MA
· 1987
o Grabados USA. Invitational exhibition, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
· 1984
o Four Visual Artists. Invitational exhibition, Studio 843 Gallery Inc., Brooklyn, NY
o 15th Anniversary Exhibition: Invitational Show. Community Gallery, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Special Awards and Honors
· 2023 – Interviewed, feature mini-doc, A World of Our Own, PBS (WKNO Memphis)
· 2015-16 – Selected Art Cart: Saving the Legacy. Honored as one of ten artists in the Washington, D.C. area to have their life’s work and creative history documented for research purposes. American University, Washington, D.C.; archived at Columbia University, New York, NY
· 1998 – Women in the Arts, Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery County, MD
· 1989 – Artist in Residence, Shephard Elementary School, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
· 1987 – Artist in Residence, Lorton Prison, Lorton VA, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
· 1983 – Jerome Foundation Fellow, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
Selected Collections
· The David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
· Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
· St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, College Park, MD
· Cultural Foundation of the USSR, Moscow, Russia
· Numerous private collections