grace
marie
dewitt
Grace Marie DeWitt (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist and arts coordinator in the D.C.-area. Integrating installation, drawing, photography, video, and printmaking to consider the emotional potency of materials, DeWitt's work has been exhibited, collected, and awarded nationally and internationally.
DeWitt has been fortunate to curate in-person and online exhibitions. She has supported exhibitions at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts; Maryland Art Place; and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, where she also organized communication and membership engagement. She served on the acquisition committee for the University of Maryland's permanent contemporary art collection and managed the University's experimental contemporary art gallery.
DeWitt works out of her studio in Brentwood, MD. Outside of her practice, she coordinates national and international programming for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, where she supports the museum's Women to Watch exhibition series. She also coordinates exhibitions with Francisco Rosario at THE PALLET RACK, an experimental 24-sq. ft. exhibition space inside Material Things Studio in North Brentwood, MD.
education
2013–8
University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
B.A. Studio Art with Honors, B.S. Pre-Veterinary Science // magna cum laude
Honors Humanities Living & Learning Program
2016
Studio Arts College International
Florence, Italy
awards // honors
2022
Anthem Award for Local Community Engagement through Education, Art, and Culture as curatorial assistant for RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
2019
Director's Choice Presentation, 30 Under 30
Viridian Artists, NYC
Director's Choice, Naked Print
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts
2018
The CyberWire Women in Cybersecurity 2018 Reception Design Finalist
Colonel Wharton Award for First Place
UMCP Senior Exhibition
2017–8
Departmental Honors Program at UMCP
2016–7
Contemporary Art Purchasing Program (CAPP) at UMCP
2016
Jules Maidoff Award for Artistic Excellency
Studio Arts College International
Florence, Italy
2013
Rhode Island School of Art Award
exhibitions
artist
2023
[forthcoming]
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2022
10 x 10 Invitational [curated]
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
2022
Inaugural Backyard Gallery Exhibition [curated]
The Backyard Gallery, Washington, DC
2020
10 x 10 Invitational [curated]
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
tiny tragedies (matter out of place)
Rhizome, Washington, D.C.
High Five!
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
Behind the Lens: Women in Photography [curated]
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2019
10 x 10 Invitational [curated]
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
Loss, Redemption, and Grace [juried]
EBD4, Chamblee, GA
Small Works [juried]
Lemonade Stand Gallery at The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
Pushing Paper [juried]
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Naked Print [juried]
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2018
10 x 10 Invitational [curated]
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
APERTURES 2018
Small Works [juried]
Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
Ask Me Tomorrow // UMCP Honors Thesis Exhibition
Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
Sadat Art for Peace
Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
BOLDLY GO
39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2016
Drawing Board [curated]
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
2015
Glen Echo Memorial Day Juried Exhibition [juried]
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Glen Echo, MD
2014
Students of Glen Kessler
Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD
2013
Radiate
Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
curator/co-curator/organizer
2022
we are and will be dust: danny varillas // east city art, prince george's post
THE PALLET RACK, Material Things Studio, North Brentwood, MD
2022
a wedge of darkness: priya vadhyar // east city art, washington city paper
THE PALLET RACK, Material Things Studio, North Brentwood, MD
2021
behind the lens plus: expanded
The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2020–Present
RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals (curatorial fellow)
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
2020
The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
2018
VOX LACUNAE
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
BACK and FORTH (co-curator)
Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
2017
New Arrivals 2017: CAPP New Acquisitions (co-curator)
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
Janet & Walter Sondheim Semifinalist Exhibition (curatorial assistant)
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2016
paradise now (co-curator)
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
artist engagement committee
2022
10 x 10 Invitational
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
2018
Out of Order
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
performer // artist assistant
2018
False Monarchy (performer)
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
2016
As Soon As I Open My Eyes, I See A Monument (artist assistant)
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
2014
MIDPOINT: Dance (artist assistant)
the Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD