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

CV

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: Art of Conversation, Gateway Gallery at the Great Bay community College, Portsmouth, NH.
Paintings from her Chatter Box and Couples painting series. February - March.
Tomorrowland, Stonewall Gallery, at the Yarmouth History center, Yarmouth, ME. Solo show.
Oil paintings from her Tomorrowland series. March - April.

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-April.

2021: Shadows. Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME. Spotlight Artist in member group show. March-April
Resiliance. 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; juried by 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

2023:

  • 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.