Education
2013 MFA in Visual Arts, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University; Cambridge, MA
1981 BFA in Photographic Studies, School of Visual Arts; New York, NY, Rhodes Family Award
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; Hartford, CT
Awards & Acknowledgements
2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Printmaking/ Drawing/ Book Arts
2020 The Print Center 95th Annual, Finalist
2019 Rhonda Wilson Award, Finalist
2017 INFOCUS Sidney Zuber Photography Award, Honorable Mention
2015 Filter Space, Abstract, Honorable Mention
2015 Barrett Art Center, Photography 15 National Photography Exhibition, First Place
2010 The Ten Most Exciting Photographers I Learned About Last Year, Rebecca Senf
2010 Critical Mass, Finalist
Select Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Eleanor D Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, Rita Maas: 2022 Frances
Niederer Artist-in-Residence
2017 Spot Gallery, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Residual Ink Drawings
2013 Thorndike Hall, Myers Media Art Studio, Columbia University, New York, NY, Tidal Volumes
2012 Gallery 1401, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Reality TV
2011 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, At Home
2010 Gallerie BMG, Woodstock, NY, Skylight Views
2009 Lishui International Photographic Cultural Festival, Lishui, China, Reality TV
2007 Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, New Works Gallery
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Silvermine Arts Center Gallery, New Canaan, CT, New Members 2023
Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY, Life Perceived
Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY , Rhythm Rhyme Harmony
MAPSpace, Port Chester NY, CRITLAB 2023 A Complexity of Joys curated by Patricia
Miranda & Francine Weiss
VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge MA, Lesley Art + Design Alumni Show
Silvermine Arts Center Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Guild Summer Salon
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Driven to Abstraction curated by Lisa Breznak
Five Points Arts, Torrington, CT, Small Works
2022 Float Magazine, Photo Not a Photo, curated by Jennifer Marion & Andre Ramos
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Guild Summer Salon
Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY, Azure
Silvermine Art Center Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Holiday Salon
Chroma Fine Art Galery, Katonah, NY, Sigillaria
2021 The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA Finalist of 95th ANNUAL International
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, Fit to Print, curated by Ksenia Nouril & Lisa Blas
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Cladogram, juried by Yassmeen Siddiqui
Putnam Arts Council and Digital Arts Gallery, Peekskill, NY, Grass + Roots
Katonah Museum of Art Artists Association, Katonah, NY, Open to Interpretation
2020 Center for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ, Qualities of Light, curated by Rebecca Senf
Filter Space, Chicago, IL, we like small things v.3, juried by Roula Seikaly
Parallel Vienna, Vienna Austria, Anzenberger Gallery, Hand Made VI
2019 KlompChing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, FRESH
Filter Space, Chicago, IL, Imprints & Abstractions
Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, Art on Paper, juried by Rebecca Lax
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, Center Annual, juried by Shane Lavalette
2018 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Connect & Collect
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Hard Edge
Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria, Hand Made IV
Umbrella Arts, New York, NY, I Surrender, Dear, curated by Frances Jakubek
New Art Center, Newton, MA, Dialogues: Medium and Materiality
2017 Norton Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ, INFOCUS, curated by Rebecca Senf
Filter Space/Filter Photo Festival, Chicago IL, we like small things v.1
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 35th Annual Juried Member Exhibition
Commons Gallery, University Hall, LUCAD/AIB, Cambridge, MA, Group 6 WIP
Fine Art Gallery at Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, A Crack in Everything
2016 Circuit Gallery @ Prefix ICA, Toronto, Canada, Trace, Copy, Render
Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria, Hand Made
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Faculty Exhibition
Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY Annual Member Exhibition
2015 International Photography Festival GuatePhoto 2015, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Norton Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ, InFocus PhotoBid, curated by Rebecca
Senf
Filter Space/Filter Photo Festival, Chicago IL, Abstract, juried by Debra Klomp Ching
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photography 15 National Photography Exhibition
Leslie University College of Art and Design, Cambridge MA, Alumni Biennial / Reclassified
2014 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Hot Off the Press
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Winter Solstice Show
2013 Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, MFA Exhibition, Tidal Volumes
Caloundra Regional Gallery, Tasmania, Touring Exhibition Missing Presumed Dead
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Elements, juried by Jennifer McGregor
MoMA, New York, NY, PopRally: Abstract Currents: An Interactive Video Event
2012 Central Square Theater, Cambridge MA, This That Show
2011 Contemporary Arts Spaces Tasmania (CAST) Missing Presumed Dead
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography
2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, Photo Forum
Friends Without a Border, New York, NY, Invitational Benefit Auction
Methodist Hospital, Dunn Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, Life’s Intentional Details
2009 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Contemporary Confrontations
Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA, It’s Still Life
2008 Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, NY, Multi-Media Exhibition
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Benefit Auction
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Photo Vision Awards and Auction
2006 Dream Box Foto Gallery, Chicago, IL, Women Photographers Competition, Best in Show,
2005 Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, Photo National, juried by Kate Ware
Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD, Summer Group Show
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Intimate Flora
Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD, 2005 Bethesda International Competition, Third Prize,
2004 Pen and Brush, New York, NY, Open Juried Photography Exhibition
Artist Talks
2023 Hammond Museum & Japanese Garden, North Salem, NY
2022 Chroma Gallery, Katonah, NY
2022 Hollins University, Artist-in-Residence, Roanoke, VA
2021 Katonah Museum of Art Artist’s Association, Panel Discussion, Alternate Processes in
Photography
2019 Filter Space, Chicago, IL
2017 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2015 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2013 Art Institute of Boston, Boston MA
2011 Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
2010 College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY
2007 Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching
2022 Hollins University, Artist-in-Residence, Roanoke, VA
2017 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, Visiting Professor
2015 College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY, Visiting Artist Adjunct Professor
Collections
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Photography Museum of Lishui, China
Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon AZ
Eleanor D Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Archive 192, a non-profit research archive of women working in abstract photography
Directories
Artsy
Photoeye
White Columns Artist Registry
Foundwork
Affiliations
Katonah Museum of Art Artist Association, Katonah, NY
Silvermine Artist Guild, New Canaan, CT
Hammond Museum Artist Association, North Salem, NY
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Professional
1987-2014 President and owner of Rita Maas Studio, Inc., an award winning commercial studio
Selected Publications
2023 The Complexity of Joys Exhiibition Catalog
2023 Silvermine New Members 2023 Catalog
2021 Musee Magazine, Issue 25, Fit to Print, Lana Nauphal
2021 Under the Bridge, Printmaking, Winter 2021, Leia Genis
2019 Fresh 2019, The Annual Summer Exhibition at Klompching Gallery, Debra Klomp & Darren Ching
2016 Diffusion Annual Volume VIII, Abstract Invitational, Blue Mitchel
2014 Rita Maas-20th Century Plastics, Photo Eye Blog, Lucas Shaffer
2013 Big, Red and Shiny, Thesis Show Round up, Shawn Hill
2011 Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hirsh
2011 Missing Presumed Dead (the loss of the referent?) Exhibition catalog
2011 The Boston Globe, Exhibition Review, Mark Feeney
2010 The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol.2, Humble Arts Foundation
2010 Portfolio Showcase Volume 4, Katherine Ware, The Center for Fine Art Photography
2010 Unless You Will Issue 3, Cover Image, Heidi Romano