Anita Douthat | |
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Born | Anita Douthat 1950 (age 73–74) |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Fine 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]
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]
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]
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]
She currently resides in Alexandria, Kentucky. [1]
Douthat has received awards and grants for her work from the following bodies: [3]
Douthat's work is held in the following permanent collections: [1]