Biography
Mark Giaimo is a fine artist and art instructor based in Arlington, VA. He has held two solo exhibitions at Calloway Fine Art & Consultants, and has also exhibited his award-winning still life, figurative, and portrait paintings in numerous group shows in NYC and the greater DC area. His work has been reviewed by publications including the Washington Post.
A committed and inspired art instructor, Mark teaches foundational drawing and painting, most notably at Yellow Barn Studios in Glen Echo Park and Smithsonian Art Associates. He is presently the High School Studio Arts Teacher at Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C..
“My art is an act of meditation and faith in the potential good in life.”
Artist Statement
My paintings mix the mundane with the sacred, kitsch with classical realism that is both an homage and satire of the past and present. Beauty, skill, craft — all contribute to creating a work of art that transcends the sum of its parts and speaks to a deeper truth about our lives and the times we live in.
Curriculum Vitae
Gallery Representation:
Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington D.C., August 2015 - present
Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD, November, 2013 - 2015
Exhibits:
Juried Show: "52nd Annual Labor Day Art Show," Glen Echo Park, MD, September 1 -4, 2023
Group Show: "Yellow Barn Studio Instructor Exhibition," Glen Echo Park, MD, June 10 - June 25, 2023
Solo Exhibition: "Between Rock and a Hard Place," Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC, Oct. 19 - Nov. 24, 2018
Solo Exhibition: "The Secret Life of Toys," Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC, January 22 - Feb. 20, 2016
Affordable Art Fair, NYC, March, 2015
"Representing: New paintings by Mark Giaimo and Eric Wesbrook," Writer's Center of Bethesda, MD, Oct. 18, 2014 - Jan. 5, 2015.
Affordable Art Fair, NYC, April, 2014
2012 Year-End Group Show, Plan B Gallery, Washington DC, November 23 - December 24, 2012.
Toy Lifes, Studio Gallery, Washington DC, August 18 - August 30, 2010
All Arlington Art Salon, Arlington, VA, July 31 - September 13, 2008. Non-juried exhibition.
Icosahedron, Post-Baccalaureate Group Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, January 26 - February 11, 2007, Baltimore, MD
Juried shows:
Group Show: "Recollection: Celebrating 15 Years of Exhibitions at BlackRock Center for the Arts", Germantown, MD. Sept. 8 - Oct. 13, 2018
AWSome Call for Art. (Amazon Web Services Exhibit), August, 2015. "Gossips" selected for purchase and permanent display in the offices of Amazon Web Services, Herndon, VA.
2014 Expressions Portrait Competition, Herndon ArtSpace, October5 - Nov. 3, 2014, finalist
"Aftermath" selected for Juried Exhibition, "Flesh and Bone," at HIllyer Art Space, July, 2014
2013 Expressions Portrait Competition, Herndon ArtSpace, October5 - Nov. 3, 2013 (Awarded First Honorable Mention)
AWSome Call for Art. (Amazon Web Services Exhibit), August, 2013. Flying and Philosphy (An Allegory) selected for purchase and permanent display in the offices of Amazon Web Services, Herndon, VA.
2012 Expressions Portrait Competition, Herndon ArtSpace, November 10 - Dec. 9, 2012 (Awarded first place)
"Playful" Group Show, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, June 20 - July21, 2012
First Friday Art Series, Studio Gallery, Washington DC, February, 2010
Awards:
"Knowledge and Wisdom," 10th place award, National Portrait Society Members-Only Still Life Category, 2015.
"Greg", Finalist, 2014 Expressions Portrait Competition, Herndon, VA, 2014
"The Fan," First Honorable mention, 2013 Expressions Portrait Competition, Herndon, VA, 2013
"Portrait of Marlis," First Place, 2012 Expressions Portrait Competition, Herndon, VA, 2012
Maryland Institute College of Art, Awarded scholarship for graduate school, 2006
Affiliation:
Copyist, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 2018 - present.
Exhibiting Artist, Art League of Virginia, 2019
Member, Portrait Society of America, 2015 - 2017
Reeb Hall Artists Studio, Artist and Press Officer, Arlington, VA, 2008 - 2011.
Classes and apprenticeships:
The Painted Portrait: Children and Young Adults with Rob Liberace, Art League of Virginia, Dec, 2013.
Classical Portrait Painting Workshop, Rick Weaver, Art League of Virginia, June, 2013
Figure and portrait painting, Danni Dawson, Art League of Virginia, 2011-2012
Artist Assistant, Benjamin Edwards Washington, DC, 2007 - 2008
“Democracity” series, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Toykyo, 2008
“The Triumph of Democracy,”Mural for lobby of 2101 L Street NW, Washington, D.C., 2008
Artist Assistant, Gary Goldberg Fine Arts, Washington, DC, 2007 - 2008
The Maryland Institute College of Art, (Baltimore, MD), Post-baccalaureate graduate candidate, painting, 2006
Figure painting and portrait workshop with Rob Liberace, Art League of Virginia, 2005
Figure painting with Natasha Mokina, Bethesda, MD, 2005
Figure and portrait painting, Ellen Zelano, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC, 2004-2005
Intermediate Drawing, Judy Southerland, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC, Fall, 2003