Anita Douthat

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Anita Douthat
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Anita Douthat

1950 (age 7374)
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forFine art photography

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. [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]

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Early life and education

Douthat was born in Cincinnati. [1] 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. [1]

Artistic process

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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]

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). [1]

Personal life

She currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky. [1]

Publications

Awards

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

Collections

Douthat's work is held in the following permanent collections: [1]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Anita Douthat: Under the Sun :: Cincinnati Arts". www.cincinnatiarts.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. 1 2 Steve Rosen. "Ethereal Experimentation". citybeat.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Judith Turner-Yamamoto (15 September 2015). "Anita Douthat: Emissary Of Light". Photographer's FORUM. Retrieved 8 March 2018.