grace
marie
dewitt
Grace Marie DeWitt (she/her) is a Maryland-based interdisciplinary artist integrating installation, video, printmaking, photography, and writing. DeWitt received a B.A. in Studio Art and a B.S. in Pre-Veterinary Science from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), where she also participated in the UMCP Departmental Honors Program: an intensive year of studio practice, curation, and exhibition. Her work was selected for Director's Choice from Viridian Artists NYC and the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts in 2019. She was a finalist for the CyberWire Women in Cybersecurity 2018 Design, and was awarded the UMCP Colonel Wharton Award in 2018 and the Jules Maidoff Award for Artistic Excellency from the Studio Arts College International in Florence in 2016.
DeWitt has co-curated exhibitions, both in galleries and online. DeWitt currently curates and juries Behind The Lens Plus with the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts. She installed her in-gallery curatorial debut, VOX LACUNAE, in 2018. She served on the acquisition committee for the University of Maryland's permanent contemporary art collection and managed the University's Stamp Gallery, where she helped develop the space's first social media strategy. She has supported exhibitions at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts and Maryland Art Place (Baltimore, MD), and supported communications, exhibitions, development, and eventing at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (Hyattsville, MD). Currently, DeWitt is the National and International Programs Outreach Coordinator at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.).
DeWitt's studio is located in Brentwood, Maryland.
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
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 Annual Award
exhibitions
artist
2021
[solo, forthcoming]
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI
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
curatorial
2020–1
RECLAMATION: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals (curatorial support)
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. [online]
2020
Behind The Lens Plus (curator)
The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI [online]
2018
VOX LACUNAE (curator)
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
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