Cecilia Whittaker-Doe
miniMAC is a project of MAC (Mount Airy Contemporary) in Philadelphia. A tiny dollhouse-sized gallery installed on the street presents printed reproductions of artwork, mounted and installed in the miniature gallery. The actual physical gallery, run by Andrea Wohl Keefe and Colleen Keefe is currently on hiatus. You can visit MAC's website to access the online version of the exhibit.
If you are in Philadelphia, there is a display panel accompanying this small model, with a press release and a QR code directing you to an online representation of the work.
Current Projects
Future Projects
Serdar Arat
Erick Baltodano
Joel Carreiro
Cless
Vincent Dion
Don Doe
Yeon Jin Kim
Paul Loughney
D.Dominick Lombardi
T. Michael Martin
Creighton Michael
Kevin Mutch
Max-O-Matic
Margaret Roleke
Lydia Viscardi
Cecilia Whittaker-Doe
Altered Logistics: Redux
August 20 - September 20, 2024
The Clara M. Eagle Gallery
Murray State University
S 15th St, Murray, KY 42071
Curated by D.Dominick Lombardi
I will have three paintings included in this group exhibit opening in August, 2024
Cecilia Whittaker-Doe, Other Beliefs, 20x16", oil on panel
Cecilia Whittaker-Doe, Looking Everywhere, 16x20", oil on panel
Cecilia Whittaker-Doe, Wintery Spring, 20x16", oil on canvas
Past Projects
I curated an exhibit of still life paintings for Red Fox Contemporary in Pound Ridge, NY.
Table Talk
Curated by Cecilia Whittaker-Doe May 19 – June 23, 2024
Opening Reception: May 19, 1-3pm. Red Fox Contemporary
55 Westchester Ave. Pound Ridge, NY 10576
“The forms of still life are strong enough to make the difference between existence and human life; without them there is no continuity of generation, no human legacy, only an intermittent and flickering chaos; with them, there is cultural memory and family, an authentically civilized world.”
Norman Bryson, Looking at the Overlooked
The creation of a painting from still life resides in the artist’s ability to imbue a sense of familiarity while alluding to much more than the description of inert objects.
To paint is to invent, whether it be photo realism, abstraction, plein air, landscape, or any other genre or style.
Still life paintings leave an aura of the artist’s silent presence amidst the transitory frailness of nature; the theme of vanitas, our mortality, is evident in these paintings.
The artists included in this exhibit, whether working from observation, photograph, or a combination of the two, pay homage to overlooked moments. As the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard pointed out, “Representation becomes nothing but a body of expressions with which to communicate our own images to others.”
-Cecilia Whittaker-Doe
Some highlights from
2021 -2023
2021
Catherine Fosnot included four of my paintings in Art For Your Collection along with Brandon Anschultz, Jassmen Lee Johnson, Jordan Seaberry, Gina Werfel, Bicheng Liang, Yixuan Shao, Judith Modrak, Fred Gutzeit, Lisa Corinne Davis, Stephen Lack, Charity Baker, Sono Kuwayama, Clintel Steed, Martin Dull, Joanne Mattera, and Donna Moylan.
Jennifer Coates curated Further Into Summer Than the Birds for Platform Project Space in Brooklyn, NY. Artists included: Jennifer Coated, Nancy Diamond, Colin Brandt and myself.
Re-ordering of Place with Rachel Youens, Cathy Nan Quinlan, Ying Li, Sahand Tabatabai and myself at Husdon Beach Glass Upstairs Gallery, Beacon, NY.
LandX curated by D. Dominick Lombardi at Red Fox Contemporary, Pound Ridge, NY with artists Todd Bartel, Don Doe, Inness Hancock, Patrick Jacobs, China Marks, Creighton Michael, Brant Moorefield, Maggie Robertson, Annie Varnot, Martin Weinstein, Shari Weschler.
2022
In the summer of '22 I had a three person exhibit with Cathy Nan Quinlan and Rachel Youens at the Hurley Gallery, Princeton University. The show was titled Amor Mundi, inspired by the writing of Hannah Arendt. It was a great success, with many visitors form the neighboring community. The show traveled to Red Fox Contemporary in Pound Ridge, NY.
In March of '22 Don Doe, Mike Ballou, Wendy Klemperer and I had a show Flow Glow at Red Fox Contemporary, Pound Ridge, NY.
In February of '22 Cathy Diamond curated Earth Matters at Green Door gallery in Brooklyn, NY. with artists Gregory Amenoff, Cathy Diamond, Julian Hatton, Ro Lohin, Garry Nichols, Evelyn. Twitchell, myself and Alice Zinnes.
2023
So Happy Together, a group exhibit at Artego gallery, Queens, NY. with artists Joel Carreiro, Yeon Jin Kim, Don Doe, Matthew Garrison, Margaret Roleke and myself.
Artful Partners, (Dec. '22 through Jan. '23) a group exhibit at Shiva gallery, NY, NY with artists
Cecilia Whittaker-Doe and Don Doe
Bill Pangburn and Renee Magnanti
Vincent Ciniglio and Tina Mochon
Bill Hall and Stephanie deManuelle
Maria De Los Angeles and Ryan Bonilla
Ron Morosan and Miriam Bloom
Eirini Linardaki and Vincent Parisot
Joanne Ross and Michael McKeown
Panos Charalampidis and Mary Chairetaki
Martha Dimitropoulou and Apostolos Karakatsanis
Phyllis Merriam and Victor Merriam
Neal Adams and Andis Applewhite
Myong Hi Kim and Tchah Sup Kim