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

1978 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

2024 Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Every Picture Tells a Story

         Yellow Studio Gallery, Cross River, NY, Facets

2023 KinoSaito Art Center, Verplank, NY, Annual Community Benefit

         Five Points Arts, Torrington, CT Small Works

         Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Guild Summer Show

         Hammond Museum & Japanese Garden, North Salem,NY, Driven to Abstraction

         MAPSpace, Port Chester NY, CRITLAB 2023 A Complexity of Joys curated by Patricia

             Miranda & Francine Weiss

         VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Lesley Art + Desigh Alumni Show

         Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY , Rhythm Rhyme Harmony

         Yellow StudioGallery, Cross River, NY, Life Perceived 

         Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, New Members Exhibition

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

         New Art Center, Newton,MA, Dialogues: Medium and Materiality

         Umbrella Arts, New York, NY, I Surrender, Dear, curated by Frances Jakubek

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, 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

2011 Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography

         Contemporary Arts Spaces, Tasmania (CAST), Missing Presumed Dead

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 

The Crit Lab, Port Chester, NY

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