Artomatic

A steering committee comprising local artists, arts administrators, and community activists develops outreach procedures and participation guidelines to ensure the broadest possible artistic representation from the Washington metropolitan area. Each participant pays a fee and commits to volunteering for 15 hours. Most participants, however, give much more of their time; volunteers execute every task, from hauling trash and building exhibit structures to maintaining the website. As a result, the show draws artists and visitors of different races, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience levels.

Artomatic provides a mechanism for emerging and established artists to have the chance to work with and learn from one another. The diversity of artwork and performances attract a broad range of people, providing a forum to build institutional connections; linking public and private schools, universities, community development organizations, human service organizations, corporations, foundations, and cultural organizations.

Artomatic Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that organizes Artomatic events."[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=55478&ein=113749073&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=11-3749073&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=Search&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=1&names=&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States Artomatic Inc]". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 9, 2018."[https://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2016/113/749/2016-113749073-0eb78262-Z.pdf Form 990-EZ: Short Form Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". Artomatic Inc. Guidestar. December 31, 2016. Artomatic, Inc was incorporated on April 22, 2005."[https://corponline.dcra.dc.gov/BizEntity.aspx/ViewEntityData?entityId=2681875 ARTOMATIC - Initial File Number: 251266]". District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Government of the District of Columbia. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

Artomatic Inc is overseen by a volunteer board of directors, led by Co-Presidents Jamila Canty and Olivia Garcia."[http://www.artomatic.org/about/ Board of Directors]". Artomatic. Retrieved April 14, 2020. Artomatic hired Natalie Graves Tucker as its first executive director in October 2019.

The first Art-O-Matic, as it was spelled then, ran from May 21 to June 19, 1999.{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=17331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901194227/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/17331/art-o-matic-for-the-people | archive-date=September 1, 2012|title=Art-O-Matic for the People: What do you get when you try to gather 350 artists under one roof?| author=Jessica Dawson| date=May 21, 1999| work=Washington City Paper}} It started as a fairly spontaneous event in the Manhattan Laundry buildings on Florida Avenue in Northwest Washington.{{Cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Michael |date=2024-03-16 |title=Artomatic is back, if not quite bigger than ever |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/05/artomatic-dc-2024/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} The location, in an old laundromat, accounts for the name. The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities acquired about $25,000 of artwork from this show for permanent display in the capital's public buildings through its Art in Public Places program.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artomatic.org/history/|title=History – Artomatic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130001126/http://www.artomatic.org/history/|archive-date=2019-01-30|url-status=dead}}

The second Art-O-Matic was held from September 29 to October 28, 2000.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2000/10/06/AR2005062901939_2.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Art-o-Matic: A Visual Feast For Roving Eyes | date=October 6, 2000}} This time, it was held in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest Washington, in a then vacant building that had at various times been a Sears and a Hechinger.{{cite news |title= Putting It Together— That's What Counts: Art-O-Matic Creates A Collage of Local Visions |last= Miller |first= Nicole M. |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= September 30, 2000 |page= C3 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/409019840/ }} Artist Tim Tate's "artwork at Artomatic 2000{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2000/10/06/AR2005062901939.html|title=Art-o-Matic: A Visual Feast For Roving Eyes|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|date=October 6, 2000|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-02-11}} was seen by the curator of the Smithsonian's Renwick Museum,{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jill-yaworski/artomatic-celebrates-anni_b_216134.html|title=Artomatic Celebrates Anniversary|last=Yaworski|first=Jill|date=2009-06-16|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}} and that show both got his work into the Museum's permanent collection, and his sales at the show provided the seed money that started the Washington Glass School."{{Cite web|url=http://washingtonglassschool.com/category/the-collector-reliable-source|title=The Collector; Reliable Source {{!}} Washington Glass Studio|last=Montague|first=Chip|date=8 May 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29}}

October 31 to November 30, 2002 saw the third Art-O-Matic,{{cite news |title= Art-O-Matic: Crammed With Stuff & Shtick |last= Dawson |first= Jessica |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= November 17, 2002 |page= G5 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/409421536/ }}{{cite news |title= Washington Art-O-Matic 2002 |first= Sarah |last= Godfrey |date= October 25, 2002 |work= Washington City Paper |url= http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=24868 }} in a former EPA building in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C., at 401 M Street SW, adjacent to Waterside Mall (the EPA building and the mall were both later demolished). At this Art-O-Matic, for the first time, the Figure Models Guild of the Washington, D.C., area sponsored open life drawing events. There would be live, often nude, models posing, and artists drawing.

The fourth Artomatic, as it was now spelled and has been spelled since, was held from November 12 through December 5, 2004, at the old Capital Children's Museum in the H Street Corridor of Washington, D.C.{{cite news |title= Artomatic: Keep Your Eyes Open |last= O'Sullivan |first= Michael |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= November 19, 2004 |page= WW54 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/409746986/}} Blake Gopnik, art critic for The Washington Post, wrote that the majority of the show's work was mediocre or worse, and decryed the waste of money and effort that could have gone to worthwhile, professional arts activities in Washington, D.C.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41463-2004Nov10.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Artomatic 2004: Hanging Is Too Good for It | first=Blake | last=Gopnik | date=November 11, 2004}}

The fifth Artomatic was held from April 13 to May 20, 2007.{{cite news |title= 'Artomatic': Treasures Hiding in Plain Sight |first= Michael |last= O'Sullivan |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= May 4, 2007 |page= WW53 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/410114922/ }} This was the first time Artomatic was held outside Washington, D.C.. It occupied two floors of a vacated office building in Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia. The space had previously been occupied by the Patent and Trademark Office.

Artomatic returned to Washington, D.C., with the sixth iteration, held from May 9 through June 15, 2008. This time, they occupied 10 floors of Capitol Plaza I, a new – not yet completed – office building in the NoMa neighborhood.{{cite news |title= Artomatic: A Universe Unto Itself |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= May 16, 2008 |page= C11 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/410216598/ }}

In February 2009, Artomatic collaborated with the Pink Line Project for "Luck of the Draw: An Art and Music Experience."{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitolriverfront.org/_files/docs/crc_021209.html|website=www.capitolriverfront.org|title=Luck of the Draw: Art and Music Experience Showcase of Residential Buildings |access-date=January 29, 2019 }} This event attracted over 1,500 people and was held at the Capitol Riverfront Neighborhood. Also in this seventh version of the event, several artists received interesting letters from someone who called himself "The Benefactor", causing both admiration and alarm in several of the artists.{{Cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/06/rs-artomatic19.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420142436/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/06/rs-artomatic19.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2014|title=Reliable Source - Bucking Tradition at Artomatic|website=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-12-29}}

The seventh Artomatic was also the tenth anniversary event. It ran from May 29 to July 5, 2009{{cite news |title= Artomatic Opens Today |date= May 29, 2009 |first= Kelly |last= Rand |work= DCist |url= http://dcist.com/2009/05/artomatic_opens_today.php |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090611150235/http://dcist.com/2009/05/artomatic_opens_today.php |archive-date= June 11, 2009 }} in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C.{{cite news |title= Artomatic '09: Survival Tips From an Expert |last= O'Sullivan |first= Michael |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= June 5, 2009 |page= T46 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/410305902/ }} It occupied a brand new building, 55 M Street SE, in a development near the new Washington Nationals ballpark located right over an entrance of the Navy Yard Metro Station. Over 76,000 visitors attended.

The eighth Artomatic was held from May 18 to June 23, 2012, in Crystal City, Virginia.{{cite news |title= At Artomatic, there's a little bit of everything |last= Jenkins |first= Mark |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= May 25, 2012 |page= C8 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/1015711508/ }} It was held in a {{convert|320000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} vacant office building..{{cite news |title= Bigger Artomatic to grace Crystal City |last= Jenkins |first= Mark |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= January 21, 2012 |page= C2 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/916934605/ }}

The ninth Artomatic was held in New Carrollton, Maryland, from October 30 to December 12, 2015.{{cite news |title= An extended exhibition in Pr. George's |last= Harris |first= Hamil R. |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= November 12, 2015 |page= T16 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/1732520245/ }}

The tenth Artomatic was held in Potomac, Maryland, in November 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.mymcmedia.org/artomatic-2016-coming-to-park-potomac-for-the-first-time/| date=November 1, 2016| author=Mitti Hicks| title=Artomatic 2016 Coming to Park Potomac for the First Time}} Diane Tuckman, a pioneering silk artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/meyerhoff-gallery-presents-diane-tuckman/|title=Meyerhoff Gallery Presents Diane Tuckman|date=January 18, 2018 |website=East City Art|access-date=March 16, 2019 }} and author on the same genre exhibited and taught classes at this Artomatic.

The eleventh Artomatic returned to Crystal City, Virginia running from March 24 to May 6, 2017.{{cite web| url=https://www.crystalcity.org/item/artomatic-returns-to-crystal-city-in-spring-2017| title=Artomatic Returns to Crystal City in Spring 2017| date=November 30, 2016}} It was staged using seven floors of an empty office building.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-a-visual-guide-to-a-shrinking-arts-scene/2017/04/27/bf7e9b78-2914-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?noredirect=on|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=April 27, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

The artfair organizers wanted to mark the 20th anniversary year in a meaningful way. However, 2019 came and went without finding a location to host the exhibition, so anniversary plans were moved to 2020, only to be upended by the outbreak of COVID-19. It was announced that for 2020, the production of Artomatic would be a totally online exhibition.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21134397/artomatic-continues-to-evolve-and-problem-solve-as-it-looks-to-mount-its-first-digitalonly-event?noredirect=on|title= Artomatic Continues to Evolve and Problem Solve as it Looks to Mount its First Digital-Only Event

|last= Rudig |first= Stephanie|work= Washington City Paper|date= May 21, 2020}}

The organization remained in existence to promote local art, but had not been able to hold any in-person events{{cite web| url=https://dcartistexchange.org/about-us/| title=About Us| website=DC Artist Exchange| access-date=June 17, 2022}} until 2024, when a twelfth Artomatic was announced, to take place in Washington, DC from March 9 to April 28, 2024.{{cite web| url=https://www.eastcityart.com/art-news/artomatic/| title=ARTOMATIC RETURNS TO DC IN 2024 | last=Janis|first=Michael| date=January 9, 2024}} The 2024 Artomatic is in the largest building ever at over 400,000 square feet.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-01-01 |title=Artomatic is returning Spring 2024! |url=https://oldtowncrier.com/2024/01/01/artomatic-is-returning-spring-2024/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Old Town Crier newspaper |language=en-US}} The opening remarks ceremony by Washington, DC mayor Muriel Bowser made national news when her remarks were interrupted by Gaza protesters who rushed the stage.{{Cite web |title=WATCH: Cease-fire protesters interrupt Artomatic festival kickoff |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/watch-cease-fire-protesters-interrupt-artomatic-festival-kickoff/3562739/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=NBC4 Washington |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=7News |date=2024-03-08 |title=WATCH: DC mayor stormed on stage by Pro-Palestine protesters calling on ceasefire |url=https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/washington-dc-palentine-israel-hamas-war-pro-palestine-protesters-rally-dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-brooke-pinto-ceasfire-video-president-joe-biden-aid-gaza-strip |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=The National Desk |language=en}}

The Artomatic concept has been licensed out to other places, including Frederick, Maryland, in October and November 2011,{{cite news |title= Artomatic sets up shop in Frederick |last= O'Sullivan |first= Michael |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= October 21, 2011 |page= WW20 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/899288102/ }} and Toledo, Ohio, in April 2015.{{cite news |title= Artomatic 419! kicks off on Saturday |work= The Blade |location= Toledo, Ohio |date= April 9, 2015 |first= Tahree |last= Lane |page= W22 |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Peach-Weekender/2015/04/09/Artomatic-419-kicks-off-on-Saturday-in-downtown-Toledo.html}}

In 2005 the Fraser Gallery of Bethesda, MD exhibited "Artomatic Top 10."{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/MD2005.html|title=Fraser Gallery - Our 2005 Bethesda, Maryland shows|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2018-12-29}} The show was curated to exhibit the work of the top ten artists selected by the gallery director from the 2004 Artomatic, and included work by Mark Jenkins, Michael Janis, Tim Tate and others. The show was selected as a "Hot Pick" of the week by The Washington Post.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6544-2005Jan13.html|title=Our Picks|date=January 14, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Also in 2005, the Anne C. Fisher Gallery in Georgetown selected an exhibition selected from Artomatic artists titled "10 Most Wanted."{{Cite web|url=https://dcist.com/story/05/01/10/ten-most-wanted/|title='Ten Most Wanted' Exhibit Opens|website=DCist|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229075543/https://dcist.com/story/05/01/10/ten-most-wanted/|archive-date=2018-12-29|url-status=live}} The exhibition was curated by Fisher and by F. Lennox Campello, and included work by Frank Warren, the creator of the PostSecret project.

In 2007, three art galleries in Bethesda, Maryland, put on a coordinated selected show of artists who had taken part in Artomatic. The galleries mounted the art for their monthly Bethesda Art Walk of January 12, 2007.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002207.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Artomatic Thinks Small in Bethesda | date=January 11, 2007}}{{Cite web|url=https://fcnp.com/2007/01/17/northern-virginia-art-beat-114/|title=Northern Virginia Art Beat|date=2007-01-17|website=Falls Church News-Press Online|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-29}}

In 2009, this was repeated by the Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, with a second curated exhibition of Artomatic artists.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/07292009/entemon125645_32524.shtml|title=The chosen few: Fraser exhibits hidden gems from Artomatic|last=Edwards|first=Jordan|date=July 29, 2009|work=The Gazette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322204816/http://www.gazette.net/stories/07292009/entemon125645_32524.shtml|archive-date=March 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Smaller events and partnerships have also happened in following years, including a small display in the oldest wing of National Airport in 2011 and select Artomatic artists were featured with poetry by BRASH at Studio Gallery on R Street NW in Washington, D.C., in 2010.

In 2013, thirty-five artists who participated at Artomatic 2012 were curated by juror F. Lennox Campello to show work at the PEPCO Edison gallery in Downtown Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/artomatic-artists-selected-to-show-work-at-pepco-edison-gallery/|title=Artomatic Artists Selected to Show Work at PEPCO Edison Gallery|date=February 12, 2013|website=East City Art}}

Artomatic has also partnered with art groups from other cities and countries, specifically glass studios from England for the 2009 iteration, in order to bring work from elsewhere into the DC art scene.{{Cite web|url=https://dcist.com/story/09/05/29/artomatic-opens-today/|title=Artomatic Opens Today|website=DCist|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229123340/https://dcist.com/story/09/05/29/artomatic-opens-today/|archive-date=December 29, 2018|url-status=live}} The 2009 Artomatic included of one of Washington, DC's Sister Cities: Sunderland, England. Thirty seven artists and businesses from Sunderland participated in Artomatic including glass artists and musical acts.

• Michele Banks exhibited in Artomatic 2024{{Cite web |last=Campello |first=F. Lennox |date=2024-04-01 |title=ARTOMATIC 2024 |url=https://oldtowncrier.com/2024/04/01/artomatic-2024/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Old Town Crier newspaper |language=en-US}}
• Robin Bell exhibited in Artomatic 2008{{Cite web|url=https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/artomatic-in-15-minutes|title=Artomatic in 15 Minutes ⋆ BYT // Brightest Young Things|date=May 30, 2008 |website=BYT // Brightest Young Things|language=en-US|access-date=April 16, 2019}}
• Joan Belmar exhibited at Artomatic 2009{{Cite web|url=https://tracyleephoto.blogspot.com/search?q=artomatic+weiss|title=overexposed|language=en|access-date=February 13, 2019 }}
• BRASH, a mysterious poet who has left poems for the exhibiting artists, many of whom choose to display the poems with their artwork{{Cite web|url=http://www.artomatic.org/blog/2015/12/12/the-poetry-of-brash/|title=The Poetry of Brash – Artomatic|language=en-US|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207022635/http://www.artomatic.org/blog/2015/12/12/the-poetry-of-brash/|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=dead}}
• Clark V. Fox exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000 under the name Clark Hogan{{Cite web |date=2001-10-06 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial H |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=H |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006230639/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=H |archive-date=2001-10-06 }}
• F. Lennox Campello exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2003-09-20 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial C |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=C |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030920210817/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=C |archive-date=2003-09-20 }}
• Shanthi Chandrasekar exhibited in Artomatic 2012{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2013 |title=Artomatic Artists Selected to Show Work at PEPCO Edison Gallery |url=http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/artomatic-artists-selected-to-show-work-at-pepco-edison-gallery/ |website=East City Art}}
• Anne Cherubim exhibited in Artomatic 2015
• Mary Early exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2001-04-09 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial E |url=http://artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=E |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010409164218/http://artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=E |archive-date=2001-04-09 }}
• Dana Ellyn exhibited at Artomatic 2004
• Ric Garcia exhibited in 2008, 2009 and 2012{{Cite web|url=http://tammyvitale.com/artomatic-interview-16-ricardo-ric-garcia/|title=ArtOMatic Interview #16: Ricardo (Ric) Garcia|date=June 5, 2012 |website=TammyVitale.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 1, 2019 }}
• Patricia Goslee exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2003-09-20 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial G |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=G |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030920201214/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=G |archive-date=2003-09-20 }} and 2002{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/nov/2/20021102-095730-4168r/|title=Some success at Art-O-Matic|last=Shaw-Eagle|first=Joanna|date=2002-11-02|website=The Washington Times|language=en-US|access-date=March 2, 2019 }}
• Michael Janis exhibited at Artomatic 2004 and Artmatic 2024{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=April 5, 2024 |title=In the galleries: Artomatic: Unpretentious, approachable, convivial |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2024/04/05/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post}}
• Barbara Januszkiewicz exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2001-10-06 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial J |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=J |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006233945/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=J |archive-date=2001-10-06 }}
• Mark Jenkins exhibited at Artomatic 2004
• Nate Lewis exhibited in Artomatic 2012
• Percy Martin exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2002-11-26 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial M |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=M |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021126144323/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=M |archive-date=2002-11-26 }}
• Sandra Perez-Ramos exhibited at Artomatic 2016
• Raquel Partnoy exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2003-09-20 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial P |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=P |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030920214406/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=P |archive-date=2003-09-20 }}
• Amber Robles-Gordon exhibited in Artomatic 2007{{Cite web|url=https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/resume|title=Resumé|website=Amber Robles-Gordon|language=en-US|access-date=March 9, 2019 }}
• Erik Sandberg exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000{{Cite web |date=2001-04-11 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial S |url=http://artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=S |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010411100556/http://artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=S |archive-date=2001-04-11 }}
• Nicolas F. Shi exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000 and Artomatic 2009
• Dan Steinhilber exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
• Lou Stovall exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
• Tim Tate, whose artwork "The Rapture" disappeared under dramatic circumstances during Artomatic 2007, and later a ransom demand (for Monopoly money) was sent to The Washington Post. The demands were met and parts of the artwork were returned by the thief, named "The Collector," along with his manifesto about society failing to value its art.{{ cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051603187.html|title=Artsy High Jinks | newspaper=The Washington Post | first1=Amy | last1=Argetsinger | first2=Roxanne | last2=Roberts | date=May 17, 2007}}
• Erwin Timmers exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000,{{Cite web |date=2002-11-07 |title=Art-O-Matic Catalog of Artists - Last Initial T |url=http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=T |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107222950/http://www.artomatic.org/artistcatalog.asp?lastInitial=T |archive-date=2002-11-07 }} Artomatic 2012, and Artomatic 2024
• Diane Tuckman exhibited in Artomatic 2016
• Frank Warren's PostSecret project began at Artomatic 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/21/speaking-in-tongues-part-one-of-a-conversation-with-postsecrets-frank-warren/|title=Speaking in Tongues: Part One of a Conversation with PostSecret's Frank Warren |date=21 January 2009 }}
• Colin Winterbottom exhibited in Artomatic 2024{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Elliot |date=2024-04-23 |title=This local photographer transformed his former D.C. office into an exhibit |url=https://wamu.org/story/24/04/23/colin-winterbottom-photography-artomatic-exhibit-dc/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=WAMU |language=en}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111114234128/http://www.artomatic419.org/ Artomatic419 - Ohio]
• [http://www.thefrasergallery.com/MD2005.html Fraser Gallery Artomatic Top 10 Show] *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002207.html "Artomatic Thinks Small in Bethesda"], Washington Post, January 11, 2007; Page C13.
• [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050300544.html "'Artomatic (2007)': Treasures Hiding in Plain Sight"], Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, May 4, 2007; Page WE53
• [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/art-in-focus-artomatic-at-frederick/2011/10/20/gIQAMq5J1L_blog.html "'Art in focus: Artomatic @ Frederick (2011)'"], Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, October 20, 2011

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