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

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; 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

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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.

Artistic process

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.

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).

Personal life

She currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky.

Publications

* ''From Contrast to Assimilation: In Art and in the Eye (Continued)'', 1975

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 *

Collections

Douthat's work is held in the following permanent collections: * Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH *

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, TX * Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH *

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, Albuquerque, NM

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

* 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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Douthat, Anita 1950 births Living people American women artists Artists from Cincinnati Illinois Institute of Technology alumni University of New Mexico alumni 21st-century American women