Artist Bio

Dotti Stone is a studio artist at Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford VA where she teaches adult and youth mosaics classes. She relocated to Southwestern Virginia in 2007 after many years as a professional photographer in the Washington DC area and as owner and designer at Great Falls Stained Glass creating commissioned glass work and teaching classes. Her formal art education was received at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU).
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In 2004 Stone took up mosaics. She relocated to Wirtz VA in 2007 has worked continuously as a mosaic artist and teacher of this centuries old art form. After maintaining a home studio for a couple of years she opened a studio in Bower Center for the Arts and in 2010 moved to Bedford to be close to Bower Center, the studio, and be part of a growing arts community. In 2018, she set up a second studio in Studios 207 in the Electric Company: Art & More at 207 East Depot Street in Bedford, VA.
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Exhibit Highlights

2018        
The Electric Company Gallery – Nov-Dec, group exhibit: Blue Ridge Mosaic Artists ​  

2016
WVTF – Roanoke VA, May-July Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary IV, mosaics by Dotti Stone and Stephen Brailo
Arts Depot, Abingdon VA, Sep-Nov Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary V, mosaics by Dotti Stone and Stephen Brailo
 
2015
The Electric Company Artists' Co-op – Bedford VA. February 2015 – Featured Artist exhibit – New Orleans, Big Easy” Visions Theme
Roanoke College, Olin Hall Galleries Biennial Juried Exhibition – Salem VA, March
Academy of Fine Arts – Lynchburg VA – Upfront Gallery, November
Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary III, mosaics by Dotti Stone and Stephen Brailo

2014
Academy of Fine Arts – Lynchburg VA – National Juried Exhibition, April
St John's Episcopal, Fauber Gallery – Lynchburg VA May-July – Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary II, mosaics by Dotti Stone and Stephen Brailo

2013
MOarts Gallery – Moneta VA – Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary – Oct
Mosaics by Dotti Stone and Stephen Brailo
RPI Retrospective – Richmond VA – exhibition at VCU by RPI graduates
Roanoke College, Olin Hall Galleries Biennial Juried Exhibition – Salem VA, March

2012
Westlake 5th Annual Juried Exhibition – Hardy VA – June-July
WVTF – Roanoke VA – League of Roanoke Artist Group Exhibit – April/May/June
Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC – Juried Exhibition, April-May

2011
Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg VA – solo exhibition, Oct
National Juried Mosaic Exhibition on Cape Cod – Falmouth MA, July -Sept

2010
Rome Art Coterie 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition – Rome GA – April
League of Roanoke Artists Annual Showcase of Arts, Roanoke VA     
1st Place – "Remnant: Winter White"
"More Than A Mountain" – Juried exhibition 75th anniversary to commemorate the Blue Ridge Parkway – Bedford VA, May- July

2009
Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC – Juried Exhibitions, Mar/Apr & Nov '09-Jan '10

2008
League of Roanoke Artists Annual Showcase of Arts, Roanoke VA
2nd Place – "Jewel of the Hancock"
Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC – 3 Juried Exhibitions – Sept, Oct & Dec
Australian Zoo – Brisbane, Australia - Mosaic included in Steve Irwin Tribute Mural, a mosaic project compiled of works (animals, birds & plant-life) by world-wide mosaic artists and assembled and installed by Oz Mosaic of Brisbane

Publications

2018
Creations: Contemporary Decorative Mosaic (March, 2018) Published by Jacqueline Iskander (2018)

2013
Bedford Bulletin (Oct 2, 2013) “MOarts Gallery to Host Mosaics in October”.

Smith Mountain Eagle (Oct 2, 2013) “Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary”.

2010
Laker Magazine (Jan/Feb 2010) “Fragments to Fine Art”.

2009
Bedford Bulletin (Oct 21, 2009) “Specializing in Mosaics”.

Mosaic Artist Org forum – “Remnant” featured mosaic of the month for October-December.

Art by Lee Ann Petropoulos blog – Stone featured as the October “Meet the Artist”.

Bedford Bulletin (Sept 23, 2009)– featured instructor in article “Bower Center for the Arts announces fall classes, workshops”.

International Portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art 5 - two mosaic entries accepted.

Smith Mountain Eagle (02/25/09) Stone interviewed for People in the Spotlight feature story.

2008
Ciel Gallery – “Child of Rajasthan” included in Contemporary Mosaic Art exhibition catalog

International Portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art 4 - two mosaic entries accepted.

2007
International Portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art 3 - two mosaic entries accepted.