Anita Douthat

Anita Douthat
Born Anita Douthat
1950 (age 67–68)
Alexandria, Kentucky
Nationality American
Education
Known for Fine art photography

Anita Douthat (born 1950) is an American photographer that creates work "in areas that could be called experimental, and painstakingly ethereal images of transfixing and even transcending beauty."[1]

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.[2]

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).[2]

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).[2]

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.[2]

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).[2]

Born in Cincinnati, she currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky.[2]

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.[1][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.[1]

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. 1 2 3 Steve Rosen. "Ethereal Experimentation". citybeat.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arts, Cincinnati. "Anita Douthat: Under the Sun :: Cincinnati Arts". www.cincinnatiarts.org. 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.
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