Anita (Haddad) Loomis (b.1964, Wiesbaden, Germany) creates paintings that explore facets of human dialogue and people’s relationships with each other and the world around them. Through paint, humor, and a deep curiosity about human imperfection, she investigates what it means to navigate communication with people who see the world through different cultural lenses. She paints to shine a light on the common threads that connect our human experiences and to spotlight the social value of empathy.

Loomis grew up in Massachusetts. She earned her BA in Studio Art from Framingham State University in MA, an MA with a concentration in Arts Management and her GCPA from the University of Central Florida, FL. She worked in the field or architectural stained glass for many years at a renowned FL studio, but has focused on her own painting practice since 2004. Anita looks to exhibit at museums and international venues. Her work has been exhibited at Miller White Gallery, South Dennis, MA, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, and various exhibitions in New England, Pennsylvania, China, and Japan. Her work is collected privately. Anita lives and works from her home in Kittery, Maine.

Anita Loomis

BIO

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2018 License State of MA Provisional Teaching License Visual Art 5-12 with SEI Certification.

2006 MA University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Master's in liberal studies

2006 GCPA University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Graduate Certificate in Public Administration.

1989 BA Framingham State College, Framingham, MA. Bachelors in Studio Art.

EDUCATION

SELECT EXHIBITS

2024         Embracing Uncertainty. The Art Gallery, New England Center for the Arts, Harrison Ave., Boston, MA. 2023.
Group show. October.
NIGHT, Juniper Rag publications, Boston MA. An international online art exhibition. September-Oct
                  Inaugural Exhibition – The Gallery at Jimmy’s, Jimmy’s on Congress, Portsmouth, NH.
Group invitational exhibition. July-Oct.
                  PULP, Juniper Rag publications, Boston MA. International virtual exhibit curated by
Marie Craig and Lauren Szumita. April-May.
                  Tomorrowland, Stonewall Gallery at the Yarmouth History Center, Yarmouth, ME. Solo show
curated by Director, Katherine Worthing. March-Apr.
                  Art of Conversation. Great Bay Community College, Gateway Gallery. Solo exhibition, Portsmouth, NH.
Curated by Thomas Devaney. Feb-March.

2023: Anita Loomis, Hanover Theater and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Worcester, MA. Exhibit through Arts
Worcester’s corporate loan program, Jan.- June.
Viewpoints, 100 Market Gallery, Portsmouth NH. Viewpoints; 5 Artist Exhibit. Group show, April to July.

2022: Anita Loomis; The Last Ten Years, York Public Library, York, ME. Solo exhibit. July - August.
Stories of Color by a Practiced Hand, Morgan Gallery, Kittery Community Center, Kittery, ME. Solo exhibit. March.

2021: Shadows. Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME. Spotlight Artist in member group show. March-April
Resilience. UMVA Member Show, Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland, Maine. February.
TENacious, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Alumni gallery member show. January.

2020: Anita Loomis, Loomis Gallery, Kittery Maine. Artist’s gallery and studio established. Exhibits began November.

2019: Anita Loomis, Harris A. Berman Diversity Gallery at Tufts Health Plan headquarters, Watertown, MA. Solo exhibit.

2018: Breaking the Rules, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Exhibition curated by Allison Maria Rodriguez.
Boston International Fine Arts Show, Cyclorama: The Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. Represented by
Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA.
Anita Loomis, Officio, 30 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Solo exhibit.
Untold Stories, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Two artist exhibit with Alexandra Rosenman.
Yellow Too, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Core member exhibit curated by Sorin Bica.
2017: Freedom of Expression: Transcendence Through Art. Miller White Fine Art Gallery, South Dennis, MA.
Season opening invitational group show.

2014: Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition: New England Collective V, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA; juror Edmund Barry Gaither.
GNWP International Exhibit, Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China. Global Network of
Watercolor Painters exhibition.

2013: Massachusetts Artists 2013; Artists to Watch. Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA. Juried by Dina Deitsch of
the DeCordova Museum, MA.

2012: GNWP International Exhibit, Create Gallery, Hamamatsu. Japan. International exhibition of member work.

2011: LCAA Regional juried exhibit. Lancaster County Arts Association, Strasburg, PA.; juror Anita Shapolsky.
Sources-Origins, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. National juried exhibit with juror Howard Yezerski,
Yezerski Gallery, Boston.
Massachusetts Artists 2011, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA. State exhibit juried by Jen Mergel, Senior
Curator of contemporary art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Memberships / Awards

  • Co-Juror - Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA. 8 Visions exhibition. Aug 2023.

  • Curator - Managed the Ogunquit Playhouse’ Lobby Art Project; 2022. Ogunquit, ME.

  • Associate Member - Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA.

  • Curator - Side-by-Side; The work of Russell and Merrill Aharonian. Morgan Gallery,
    Kittery, Maine. Sept.-Dec. 2023

  • Committee Member - Visual Arts Committee, KCC of Kittery, Maine.

  • Kittery Art Assoc., Maine; New Hampshire Art Assoc. & Arts Worcester, Massachusetts.