Anita Douthat

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Anita Douthat
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Born
Anita Douthat

1950 (age 71–72)
Alexandria, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forFine art photography

Anita Douthat (born 1950) is an American photographer.

Biography[]

Douthat received a bachelor of science from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) in 1972 and a master of fine arts from the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) in 1986.[1]

Her photograms have been included in exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH); Indianapolis Art Center (Indianapolis, IN); Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH); and the Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts (Cincinnati, OH).[1]

Her work is included in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH); Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX); Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, OH); and University of New Mexico Art Museum (Albuquerque, NM).[1]

She has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.[1]

From 1985–1992, she was curator of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University and is currently associate director of the Carl Solway Gallery (Cincinnati, OH).[1]

Born in Cincinnati, she currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky.[1]

Artistic process[]

Under the Sun

Douthat makes large photograms. She places found objects, chosen for their transparent or opaque qualities, atop photosensitive paper and lets the light burn through to create silhouette-like imagery. Later, the paper is chemically gold-toned — it gets a purplish color — and fixed for permanence. Her Alterations series is of life size images of women's apparel, including wedding dresses.[2][3]

Awards[]

Douthat has received awards and grants for her work from the following bodies,[3]

Solo exhibitions[]

  • 1992: In Praise of Shadows, Houston Center for Photography
  • 1993: Vanishing Act, Robert C. May Gallery of Photography, University of KY, Lexington
  • 1994: Defying Gravity, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY
  • 2007: With a Trace, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
  • 2014: Under the Sun, Westin Art Gallery, Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH.[2]

Selected group shows[]

  • 2015: After the Moment: Reflections on Robert Mapplethorpe, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH.[3]
  • 2015: Photography Since the Millennium, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Arts, Cincinnati. "Anita Douthat: Under the Sun :: Cincinnati Arts". www.cincinnatiarts.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ^ a b Steve Rosen. "Ethereal Experimentation". citybeat.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ^ a b c d Judith Turner-Yamamoto (15 September 2015). "Anita Douthat: Emissary Of Light". Photographer's FORUM. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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