Douglas Witmer
Biography
Douglas Witmer was born in 1971 in Winchester, VA and raised in Lancaster County, PA. He has lived and worked in Philadelphia, PA since 1995.
[PDF]Education
| 2001 | M.F.A., The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia |
| 1993 | B.A., Goshen College, Indiana |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | Project Room, The Painting Center, New York, NY (scheduled) |
| 2006 | Gallery
Siano, Philadelphia, PA Red Door Gallery, Richmond, VA |
| 2005 | Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2002 | Peng
Gallery,
Philadelphia Goshen College, IN |
| 1997 | University City Arts League, Philadelphia University of Montana-Western, Dillon |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 | "Considerable," University of Dayton, OH |
| 2007 | "Summary, 2007," Gallery Siano, Philadelphia "Escape from New York," Sydney Non Objective (SNO), Sydney, Australia "Across the Borderline," collaborative works by Chris Ashley & Douglas Witmer, University of Dayton, OH "I Walk the Line--Three Abstract Artists in the 21st Century," Mary Early, Linn Meyers, & Douglas Witmer, University of Maryland, College Park. |
| 2006 | "Suitcase," Bus-Dori, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | "Douglas Witmer & Sandi Lovitz," Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA |
| 2004 | "From the Studio," The Center for Emerging Visual Artists,
Philadelphia. "Repetition and Transformation," The Philadelphia Cathedral. |
| 2003 | "Dennis Lo, Leslie Wagner, & Douglas Witmer," Peng Gallery, Philadelphia "New Talent," Signal 66, Washington, DC "White Light," The Beehive Salon, Philadelphia. "From Abstraction to Representation," The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. |
| 2001 | "10 Young Painters," Miami University of Ohio, Oxford "Art in City Hall," Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia |
Bibliography/Videography
| 2007 |
Colaizzi, Vitorrio, "A Vigilant Turn from Complacency," exhibition review, Brick
Weekly, Richmond, VA, January 10 >Read Koo, Li, "Gallery Notes: I Walk the Line," podcast interview, University of Maryland, March >Listen Newhall, Edith, "Summery Summary," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3 Wagner, Laura, "Art Pals Feature Works in Rike," Dayton Flyer News, University of Dayton, Ohio, January 19. |
| 2006 |
Gierschick, Tim, "Douglas Witmer at Gallery Siano," exhibition review, Gierschickwork
(on-line), December >Read Strickland, Heather, "Eclecticism on Display at Red Door Gallery," The Collegian, University of Richmond, December 7 |
| 2005 |
Ashley, Chris, "In conversation with Douglas Witmer, essay and
interview, Minus Space, Brooklyn, December >Read Hallard, Brent, "X Marks the Spot," Project 131 (on-line / Tokyo, Japan), July Hill, Lori, “First Friday Focus: Gallery Siano,” Philadelphia City Paper, Thursday, October 6 Holzman, Paula, “Two Takes on the Abstract,” Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, October 21 Romaniello, Vincent, "Artists on Video," Romanblog (on-line / Philadelphia), January >View Silverthorne, Alexandra, "Artists Interview Artists, Thinking About Art (on-line / Washington), July >Read |
| 2004 |
Doering, Elizabeth H., “Repetition
and Transformation,” essay for exhibition of the same title,
The Philadelphia Cathedral, January 2004 Fallon, Roberta, “A-List: Repetition and Transformation,” Philadelphia Weekly,” January 21 |
| 2002 |
Hill, Lori, “First Friday Focus:
Peng Gallery,” Philadelphia City Paper,
Thursday, April 4 Patterson, Carrie, “From Abstraction to Representation,” exhibition catalogue essay for exhibition of the same title, Andrews Gallery, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, November Walz, Jonathan F., “Reality Check,” exhibition brochure essay, Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April |
Residencies | Lectures | Critiques
| 2007 | Lecture, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York Visiting Artist/Critic, University of Dayton, OH |
| 2006 | Artist-in-Residence, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, Saint Mary's City |
| 2005 | Artist-in-Residence, Glen Arbor Art Association / Sleeping Bear Dune's National Lakeshore, Glen Arbor, MI |
| 2002 | Visiting Artist/Lecture, Goshen College, IN |
| 2000 | Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson (residency grant) |
Collections
Duane Morris, LLP, Philadelphia and Singapore
Wolf, Block, Schorr, and Solis-Cohen, LLP, Philadelphia
NanoSystems, King of Prussia, PA
Numerous private collections in the United States
Affiliations
Artists Space Online
NeoImages.net