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Born 1971, Winchester, Virginia. Childhood in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Lives and works in Philadelphia.

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.
2008
M55 Art, Long Island City, NY
2006
Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA.
Red Door Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2005
Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2002
Peng Gallery, Philadelphia.
Goshen College, Goshen, IN.
1997
University City Arts League, Philadelphia.
1998
University of Montana—Western, Dillon.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Minus Space, P.S.1/MoMA, New York, NY.
ReLoad, M55 Art, Long Island City, NY.
Considerable, University of Dayton, OH.
2007
Escape from New York, Sydney Non-Objective, Sydney, Australia
Survey, 2007, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia
Across the Borderline, University of Dayton, OH. (2-person, collaborative works with Chris Ashley)
I Walk the Line—Three Abstract Artists in the 21st Century, University of Maryland, College Park. (with Mary Early and Linn Meyers)
2006
Suitcase, Bus-Dori project space, Tokyo, Japan.
2005
Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster. (2-person with Sandi Lovitz)
The Urban Canvas, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia.
2004
From the Studio, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia.
Repetition and Transformation, The Philadelphia Cathedral.
2003
Peng Gallery, Philadelphia. (3-person with Dennis Lo and Leslie Wagner)
2002
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.

RESIDENCIES | LECTURES | CRITIQUES

2007
Lecture, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York
Visiting Artist/Critic, University of Dayton, OH
2006
Artist-in-Residence/Critic/Lecture, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City
2005
Artist-in-Residence, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore / Glen Arbor Art Association, Glen Arbor, MI.
2002
Visiting Artist/Lecture, Goshen College, IN
2000
Vermont Studio Center, Residency Grant, Johnson

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007
Collaizi, Vittorio, “A Vigilant Turn from Complacency,” Brick Weekly, Richmond VA, January 11.
Koo, Li, “Gallery Notes: I Walk the Line,” podcast interview, University of Maryland, March.
Newhall, Edith, “Summery Summary,” The Philadelphia Inquirer,” August 3.
Wagner, Laura, “‘Art Pals’ Feature Works in Rike,” Dayton Flyer News, January 19.
2006
Gierschick, P. Timothy, “Douglas Witmer at Gallery Siano”, Gierschickwork (on-line), November. www.gierschickwork.blogspot.com
Strickland, Heather, “Eclecticism on Display at Red Door Gallery, The Collegian, University of Richmond, December 7.
2005
Ashley, Chris, “In Conversation with Douglas Witmer,” Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY. December.
Hallard, Brent, “X Marks the Spot,” Project 131 (on-line), July 2005. www.brenthallard.com
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, “Douglas Witmer,” on-line video documentary, www.vincentromaniello.com/vlog, Winter 2005.
Silverthorne, Alexandra, “Artists Interview Artists,” Thinking About Art (on-line), August. www.thinkingaboutart.blogs.com
2004
Doering, Elizabeth H., “Repetition and Transformation,” essay for exhibition of the same title, The Philadelphia Cathedral, January.
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.
2001
Knapp, Tom, “Uncommon Ground,” Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, August 3.