Edmond Praybe studied painting at Maryland Institute, College of Art receiving a B.F.A. in 2004. He continued to study painting at the New York Studio School and earned an M.F.A. in 2012. Upon completion of his graduate studies he received the prestigious Hohenberg Travel Award for study of art in Europe. Through this award he was able to study paintings in some of the great collections in London, Amsterdam and throughout Italy. 

Edmond’s work has been shown widely at venues including Manifest Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University in TX, The University of Mary Washington in VA, First Street, Prince Street and Bowery Galleries in New York City, The Gallery of UNC Asheville and the Chauncey Stillman Gallery at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. He has received three Mercedes Matter Awards from New York Studio School alumni exhibitions 2019- 2021, a purchase award from UNC Asheville’s Annual Drawing Discourse in 2021 and was a National Parks artist-in-residence at Catoctin Mountain Park in 2013. Edmond is a member of Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters and shows with them regularly.

In addition to his studio practice Edmond has taught classes and workshops for close to a decade. He has worked with institutions including Anne Arundel Community College, New York Studio School, Winslow Art Center, Townsend Atelier, Washington Studio School and Penn Studio School of Art.

Edmond Praybe CV

Solo and Small Group Exhibitions

2021- Small Histories, solo exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

Recent Paintings, solo exhibition (virtual), Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA.

2020- Still, four person still life painting exhibition, Y:Art, Baltimore, MD.

2019-  Karlic/Praybe/Koch, Y:Art, Baltimore, MD.

2018- Still, solo exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

2017- Emanations, solo exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame University of MD, Baltimore, MD.

2016- This Is Where We Live, solo exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

2015- 4 Now, small group show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

2013-Hill/Praybe/Stilley, three person exhibition, The Bridge Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV.

Hohenberg Travel Award, solo exhibition, New York Studio School New York, NY.

2006-Pulse,  small group show, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame University of MD, Baltimore, MD.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021- Memento Vivere, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Lyme, CT.

NYSS Alumni Exhibition (virtual), New York Studio School, New York, NY.

Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition (virtual), UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Cohesion, gallery artists group show. Y:Art, Baltimore, MD.

2020- Thinking Through Things: A Still Life Painting Invitational, Ameen Art Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA.

NYSS Alumni Exhibition (virtual), New York Studio School, New York, NY.

2019- My Studio, Zeuxis traveling exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL, Wright State University, Dayton, OH (2020).

NYSS Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY.

National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX.

2018- Borderline, Annual Members Group Show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

Mid-Atlantic New Painting, University of Mary Washington, Fredricksburg, VA.

Drawing from Perception VIII, Juror: Catherine Kehoe, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.

2017- Fresh Paint, national juried painting exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

National Juried Painting Exhibition, juror: Peter Van Dyck, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.

Hot Juried Show, Y:Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

2016- Lights On, members group show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

Lowe House Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, juried exhibition, Annapolis, MD.

2015- Under the Influence, members group show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

Image and Imagination, juried exhibition, The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College,

Annapolis, MD.

2014-Winter Members Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY.

Maryland Art at College Park, juried exhibition, juror: Ann Shafer, Art Gallery of

University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD.

Bowery Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, juror: David Cohen, Bowery Gallery, New

York, NY.

2013- Westmaryginiasylvanington, juried exhibition, Hood College, Fredrick, MD.

2012- National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY.

2011-NUDE 3, juried exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

Publications and Reviews

Groff, Larry, An Interview with Edmond Praybe, Painting Perceptions, paintingperceptions.com, 2021.

Lopas, Matthew, Painting Choices, Conversations: online interview series, Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters, www.zeuxis.us, 2020.

International Painting Annual 7, exhibition in print, Manifest Press, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2017.

Watson, Fran, Sept. 2011, Take It Off, Aeqai, www.aeqai.com.

Hidden City Quarterly, vol. 2, issue 4., summer 2010.

Bowers, J. , Old School. Painting Grads...Eyes, Baltimore City Paper, August 2,

2006.

Awards/Grants/Residences

2021- Purchase Award, UNC Asheville, Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition, Asheville, NC.

Mercedes Matter Award, NYSS Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New

York, NY.

Finalist, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD.

2020- Mercedes Matter Award, NYSS Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New

York, NY.

2019- Mercedes Matter Award and the All Art Works Exhibit Award, NYSS Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY.

Best in Show, Image and Imagination, The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD.

2016- Best in Show, Lowe House Exhibition, organized by Maryland Federation of

Art, Annapolis, MD.

2013- Catoctin Mountain Park Artist-in Residence.

2012- Hohenberg Travel Grant for study in Europe, NYSS.

Education-

M.F.A. Painting, New York Studio School, 2012.

B.F.A. Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 2004.

Teaching Experience/Public Lectures-

-Visual Arts, Adjunct Faculty, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, 2015- Present.

-Visual Arts, Teaching Artist, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, 2019- Present.