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• Hanover Theater, Worcester, MA. Eight Large works on corporate loan Jan-July 2023.
• York Public Library, York, ME. "Anita Loomis; The Last Ten Years", over 40 paintings shown in this solo exhibition; July & August of 2022.
• Morgan Gallery at the Kittery Community Center. Solo exhibition of 28 paintings in oil and watercolor. January through March 2022. 
• Union of Maine Visual Artists member exhibition, Portland, Maine. November 2021.
• New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH. Colors of Summer; member show. July/August 2021.
• Fountain Street Gallery, Boston. "TENacious" alumni member show. 3/3/21 to 3/28/21. New watercolors exhibited.
• Kittery Art Association, Kittery ME. "Resiliance" member show. 2/4/21 to 3/7/21. Watercolors exhibited.
• National Association of Women Artists; Winter Small Works Exhibit; Online exhibit hosted by TheNAWA.org through Feb. 2021.
• Loomis Gallery, Kittery Maine. Running exhibit of work in oil, acrylic and watercolor. November 2020 onward. 
• Silver Circle Gallery, Watercolor paintings on exhibit Mar-June 2020. Putnam, CT 
• Solo exhibit of 12 oil paintings at Christopher’s, a restaurant in Cambridge, MA, May to July 2019.
• Solo exhibit of of 18 oil and watercolor paintings at the Harris A.Berman art gallery at Tufts Health Plan headquarters, Watertown, MA. April-May 2019.
• Breaking the Rules, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. November 2018 member exhibition curated by Allison Maria Rodriguez.
• Boston International Fine Arts Show, Cyclorama: The Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. October 18-21, 2018. Represented by Fountain Street gallery, Harrison St., Boston, MA. 
• Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT. Available paintings in oil and watercolor on exhibit Sept-Dec. 2018.
• Solo exhibit of 14 oil paintings. Oficio at 30 Newbury St., Boston, MA Aug 2018 - Feb. 2019.
• Untold Stories. Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Two person exhibition with work by artist Alexandra Rozenman. Aug. 29-Sept. 30, 2018.
• Solo exhibit of 12 oil paintings at Cambridge Common restaurant, Mass Ave in Cambridge. Curated by Hilary Tait Norod. June 27-Aug. 9, 2018.
• The Sixth Annual One. Arts Worcester annual member exhibit July 2018. 
• Thrive!: Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. February 2018. Oil painting included in exhibition. 
• The One: Arts Worcester 5th annual member exhibit, Worcester, MA. July 2017. Landscape painting, A Nice Place, exhibited.
• Yellow Too: Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Core member exhibit August 2017. Interwoven series oil painting exhibited.
• Miller White Fine Art Gallery, South Dennis, MA. April 28 thru June 9, 2017. Three paintings selected for exhibition in season opening show, Freedom of Expression; Transcendence Through Art.
• Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA - Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition: New England Collective V. Juried by Edmund Barry Gaither. Watercolor "Copper" included in the exhibition. August 1-30, 2014
• Lancaster County Arts Association, Strasburg, PA - Watercolor selected by juror Lilly Wei for the association's LCAA National Juried Exhibition 2014: June 15 to July 24, 2014.
• Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China - Two watercolors from the 'Interwoven' series were on display in the GNWP's international exhibition taking place from March 28-Apr. 6th 2014. Exhibition organized by the GNWP, Global Network of Watercolor Painters.
• La Boniche Restaurant Exhibit, Lowell, MA – Solo exhibit of six large works on display from November 2013 through January 2014 as part of the Brush Gallery’s art Partnership Business Program.
• Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA - Painting #2020 accepted into the Massachusetts Artists 2013 exhibit March 9 - April 13, 2013. Juried by Dina Deitsch of the DeCordova Museum
• International Exhibition of Watercolor Painting, Hamamatsu, Japan. Exhibit hosted by Create Gallery Hamamatsu. Feb. 28 - May 4, 2012.
• Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA - New Member show participant. Work on display in Kathryn Shultz Gallery from June 24 - July 7, 2011.
• Lancaster County Arts Association, Strasburg, PA - Work selected by juror Anita Shapolsky for the association's national juried exhibition; June 12 - July 21, 2011.
• Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA - Participating artist in the Worcester Windows Community Gallery Exhibition, "Dreaming in Color;" April 4 - July 31, 2011 
• South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA - Work selected by juror Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston. National exhibit Sources-Origins, April 15 - May 22, 2011.
• Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA - Several works selected as part of the Massachusetts Artists 2011 exhibit March 16 - April 29, 2011. Juried by Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of contemporary art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
• Tufts Community Gallery; Arlington Center for the Arts. Solo exhibition May 23 - July 8, 2011
• Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT. Paintings for exhibit and sale Mar-Dec. 2011. 

Anita Loomis (b. 1964: Weisbaden Germany) is a painter who lives and works from her home in Kittery, Maine. After earning a BA in studio art from Framingham State College of Massachusetts in 1989, she worked primarily in the medium of stained glass. Establishing a small glass studio after graduation, she offered custom residential stained glass windows and lighting from 1989 until 1995. 

Pursuing work on a grander scale in the field of architectural stained glass, Anita accepted a position as office manager and design/studio assistant with nationally recognized stained glass artist James T. Piercey of J. Piercey Studios, Orlando, Florida. With her husband, Paul, and two children, Anita’s family relocated to Florida in 1995. Anita remained with the J. Piercey Studio for 10 years, enjoying a very fulfilling career in the architectural stained glass industry.

In 2004 Anita changed course, returning to college to pursue an MA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in arts management from the University of Central Florida. During her studies, she returned to drawing and painting, working primarily in oil pastel and watercolor. Following graduation in 2006, she and her husband Paul moved to Webster, MA, where Anita built a reputation as an accomplished contemporary painter and briefly worked as a middle school art teacher.  During Covid, she redirected her focus to make better use of her business, teaching and creative talents. She and her husband moved to Kittery, Maine where Anita continues work as a professional painter and has opened her own art gallery. Loomis Gallery opened in Kittery in 2020, and offers original art created by Anita and other regional artists.

• 2018 - State of MA Provisional Teaching License: Visual Art 5-12 Issued 9/26/18  License# 507283 
• 2019 SEI Teacher's Certification
• 2006 -  University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.  Masters in Liberal Studies with concentration in Arts Management.
• 2006; - University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Masters certificate in Public Administration.
• 1989 - Framingham State College Framingham, MA. Bachelors of Arts in Studio Art.

CURRENT:

   Kittery Art Association

   New Hampshire Art Associaton

   National Association of Women Artists

   New England Watercolor Society

   Union of Maine Visual Artisis

   American Association of Watercolor Artists 

  FORMER:

     Global Network of Watercolor Painters, International   

     Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA; Associate artist (former Core)   

    Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA Cambridge (MA) Art Association

    Stained Glass Association of America 

• Artscope Magazine – July August 2021 Issue. "Someday is Now; Kittery’s Loomis Gallery". Cover article; pgs 30-31 with images. 
• Maine Union of Visual Artists: Spring 2021 issue. Member Showcase Anita Loomis, Marcie Bronstein and Eric Taubert. A conversation about Covid's effects this artist's development.
• ArtScope Magazine - Sept/Oct 2018 Issue. A Participatory Guessing Game - Untold Stories at Fountain Street. An exhibit review.
• Boston Voyager - Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative. Article on Anita Loomis' life and work. 8/13/18. pdf file available. 
• Exhibition Catalogue - Thrive group exhibition for Fountain Street Gallery August 2017.
• ArtScope Magazine - May/June 2017 Issue. Expressing Freedom at Miller White. Article reviews gallery and exhibit, 'Expressing Freedom; Transcendence Through Art', and features images from exhibit including watercolor painting  'Argument'. 
• Exhibition Catalogue - Global Network of Watercolor Painters 3rd exhibition; 2014 Shanghai, China. Shanghi Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum. 
• Exhibition Catalogue - Global Network of Watercolor Painters 2nd exhibition; 2012 Hamamatsu, Japan. Cultural exchange exhibition