David Douglas has been creating art for over thirty-five years. He lives with his wife and two children at Episcopal High School, a boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia, where he teaches painting, drawing, and photography. He received his B.A. in painting from Virginia Intermont College in 1981 and his M.F.A. in painting from James Madison University in 1984.
David Douglas’s work is held in numerous public, private, and corporate collections, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Chrysler Museum, the Academy Art Museum,and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. His work has been shown in various group exhibitions with Chuck Close, Robert Mapplethorpe, Diane Arbus, Sally Mann, Lee Friedlander, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, among others.
Lives and works in Alexandria, VA
Education
1984 MFA Painting, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
1981 BA Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Small Studies from Virginia Landscapes” National Institute of Health , Washington D.C.
2022 “New Works” Angie Newman Johnson Gallery , Alexandria VA
2021 “Selections from Shadows of Place” Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA
2021 “Shadows of Place” Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, Danville, VA
2020 “Come Together Right Now:“The Art of Gathering” Chrysler Museum of Art
2019 “Marcy’s Yard” Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria Va. {solo exhibition)
2019 “View Find” Page Bond Gallery, Richmond Virginia, (group exhibition)
2018 “Looking for a Trace” Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, (solo exhibition)
2018 “Refresh Summer” Longview Gallery, Washington DC
2018 “AAA@60 The Diamond Exhibition”, The Academy Art Museum, Easton Maryland
2018 “Those Who Can” , Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria Virginia
2018 “View Find” Page Bond Gallery, Richmond Virginia, (group show)
2017 Selected Works, Longview Gallery, Washington D.C.
2017 Governors Mansion, Virginia landscapes as part of garden week celebration Richmond Virginia
Garden Week Celebration, Governor’s Mansion, Richmond, VA
2016 Moving Through, The McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2013 These Places That I Know, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2013 Selected Works, Gallery One, Nashville, TN
2013 Selected works from These Places That I Know, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2009 Made in Virginia, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2003 Recent Digital Prints, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD
2002 Selected Works, T. Rowe Price Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2001 Large Digital Prints, Washington Gas Company, Washington, DC
2001 Digital Prints, Slayton House Gallery, Columbia, MD
2000 Interiors & Exteriors, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD
2000 New Works, The Cultural Center at the Palace of le Granja, Segovia, Spain
2000 Selected Works, A&A Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1996 Selected Works, Stewart Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1995 Influences, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
1994 Selected Works 1984-1994, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 Selected Works, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
1991 Selected Paintings, White & Case Law Firm, Washington, DC
1990 Selected Works, Courthouse Place, Arlington, VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Garden Week Celebration, Governor’s Mansion, Richmond, VA
2016 Two-person exhibition with William Mebane, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandra, VA
2014 New Year, New Artist, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
2012 Circa 1839, Pride Fine Art, Alexandria, VA
2011 The Fleeting Glimpse: Selections in Modern and Contemporary Photography from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
2010 The Fleeting Glimpse: Selections in Modern and Contemporary Photography from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Elanor Wilson Museum, Roanoke, VA
2010 Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
2009 New Works, Gallery One, Nashville, TN
2008 Juried exhibition, The Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA
2007 Equus Curatio, Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 New Works, Gallery One, Nashville, TN
2007 Inspired By, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2007 New Works, Elm Tree Gallery, Franklin, TN
2006 Selected Works, Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 The Africa Works, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2005 New Works, Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 New Works, Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Incidents and Accidents/Hints and Allegories, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2004 Differences in Common, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2003 Art on the Digital Edge, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2002 The “Pencil of Nature” in Our Digital Age: Photoimagery in Recent Art, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
2002 Heaven, Hell, and the Garden, Howard County Center for the Arts
2002 The Art of the Print, Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD
2000 Art Making 2000: David Douglas & Lynn Myers, Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD
2000 Baltimore Exposure, Baltimore, MD
2000 Connections, Stewart Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Selected Bibliography
Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: Finding new ways to take in the natural world,” The Washington Post, January 2017
Norusis, Lynn. “Buzz,” Northern Virginia Magazine, January 2017
Trompeter, Brian. “Works by local photographer feature haunting, moody landscapes,” Inside NOVA, December 27, 2016
Jenkins, Mark. “New Year New Artist,” The Washington Post, January 31, 2014
McCoy, Mark. “Academy Arts Museum Hosts David Douglas,” Chesterfield Spy, September 30, 2013
Jones, Michelle. “Artist meshes memories,” The Tennessean, August 23, 2009
McCaslin, John. “Gift of Africa,” The Washington Times, May 19, 2006
Cullum, Jerry. “Artist’s Layers Create Patina of Nostalgia,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 6, 2005
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Digital Doings On The Eastern Shore,” The Washington Post, March 14, 2003
McNatt, Glenn. “New realms of possibility,” The Sun, November 19, 2002
Giuliano, Mike. “Reality Bytes,” Baltimore City Paper, November 20, 2002
Giuliano, Mike. “Surrealism Blooms in This Garden,” Columbia Flyer, February 14, 2001
Giuliano, Mike. “Slayton House offers Dueling Visions,” Columbia Flyer, January 18, 2001
Massoni, Carla. “Processes of art making explored in Chestertown,” Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA, September 2000
Mazariegos, Jesus. “La (re)presentacian de lo (i)rreal,” El Norte de Castilla, June 27, 2000
Selected Collections
Chrysler Museum of Art
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Academy Art Museum
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Georgetown University Collection of Art
Shepherd Center
The Christopher and Beverly With Collection
The Richard Marks Collection
James Madison University
Virginia Intermont College
Dominion Energy
The Washington Post
NewMarket Corporation
Marriott Corporation
Episcopal High School
White and Case
Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske L.L.P.
Bishop Mark Andrus
David Douglas creates large-scale landscapes using a combination of photography, drawing, and painting. Pieces read as unified photographic images, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear in the details that there’s a lot more at play. Douglas often layers dozens of photographs in each piece, blending all the different elements together by working and re-working areas with paints, varnishes, and drawing tools to create dream-like landscapes. It’s possible to get lost in the details of each piece, but take a step back and the landscape itself will transport you.
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View Find 8
January 18, 2019 to February 16, 2019
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VIEW FIND 7
January 26, 2018 — February 17, 2018
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Looking For A Trace: David Douglas
September 7, 2018 to September 29, 2018