Annette Fortt

Email: annette.fortt@gmail.com
Web: www.annettefortt.com
Phone: 240-535-0862

 

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