Lou Stovall

2022 - Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia

The Washington City Paper once described him as "legendary in his adopted hometown of Washington," while The Washington Post noted in 2020 that "Veteran Washington artist Lou Stovall has been making silk-screen prints for so long that he’s begun to see them as a sort of natural resource."

2017 - Distinction in Artistic Achievement, DC History Center's Making DC History Awards

2012 - American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

2009 - Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, Massachusetts

2008 - The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC

2007 - Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2005 - Printmaker of Distinction Award, Southern Graphics Conference, Washington, D.C.

2004 - Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland

2004 - Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Maryland

1985 - Mayor's Art Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, Washington, D.C.

Stovall's art has been exhibited in many galleries, art centers, and museums. Additionally, he has been the recipient of several high-profile art commissions. In 1982, First Lady Nancy Reagan commissioned Stovall to design that year's Independence Day invitation for the White House. Subsequently, in 1986 Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry commissioned Stovall to create a work for the city's host committee for the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

1979 - Washingtonian of the Year, Washingtonian Magazine, Washington, D.C.

1972-1974 - The National Endowment for the Arts, Workshop Grants

1972 - The National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship Grant

Lou married artist Di Bagley in 1971; they have one son Will who is an artist who also edited and introduced the book, Of the Land: The Art and Poetry of Lou Stovall, published by Georgetown University Press in 2022.

Stovall is most often associated with drawing and silkscreen printmaking. In 1968 he founded Workshop, Inc., initially a community studio which has subsequently grown into a professional printmaking facility used by many artists, including Josef Albers, Peter Blume, Alexander Calder, Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, Jacob Kainen, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Mangold, Mathieu Mategot, Pat Buckley Moss, Paul Reed, Reuben Rubin, Di Bagley Stovall, and James L. Wells. In a 1998 New York Times profile of Stovall, American artist Jacob Lawrence described him as “a craftsman who is also an artist.”

Stovall grew up in Springfield, MA and he studied at Howard University, where he earned a BFA in 1965. He also received a Doctor of Fine Arts Honoris Causa, from the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (now part of George Washington University), in Washington, D.C. in 2001. He has lived and worked in Washington, D.C. since 1962.

Lou Stovall is an American artist (born 1937, Athens, GA) and currently residing in Washington, DC.