Anita Douthat
Anita Douthat (born 1950) is an American photographer. Her photograms have been included in exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum; Indianapolis Art Center; Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University; and the Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts. 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.
Anita Douthat
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- Birth Name
- Anita Douthat
- Born
- 1950
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati
- Field
- Fine art photography
- Training
- * Illinois Institute of Technology
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- artist · photographer
- Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology · University of New Mexico
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Anita Douthat (born 1950) is an American photographer. Her photograms have been included in exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum; Indianapolis Art Center; Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University; and the Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts. 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.
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Anita Douthat (born 1950) is an American artist and photographer. The artist was born in Cincinnati. Anita Douthat studied at Illinois Institute of Technology and University of New Mexico.
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Key facts
• Birth Name — Anita Douthat • Born — 1950 • Birthplace — Cincinnati • Field — Fine art photography • Training — * Illinois Institute of Technology • University of New Mexico
Early life and education
Early life and education
Douthat was born in Cincinnati. She 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.
Professional career
Professional career
From 1985 to 1992, she was curator of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University and is currently associate director of the Carl Solway Gallery (Cincinnati, OH).
Early works
Early works
1974- Photographed the Mayan ruins for an academic journal about early Mayan Society. Collection of 5 photographs were published in the Chicago Review.
Personal life
Personal life
Stated that one of her professors, Professor Siegel, at Illinois Institute of Technology was one of the first people who piqued her interest in the technical aspects of photography. She currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky.
Solo exhibitions
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.
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• 2015: After the Moment: Reflections on Robert Mapplethorpe, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH. • 2015: Photography Since the Millennium, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1950
Anita Douthat born at Cincinnati.
Artistic process
• Illustration — 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.
Publications
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Collections
Collections
Douthat's work is held in the following permanent collections: • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX • Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH • University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
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- “Anita Douthat”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
Douthat has received awards and grants for her work from the following bodies: • New England Foundation for the Arts • MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH • National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship in Photography • Kentucky Foundation for Women
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