Dorothy is a painter and printmaker whose studio is in an old telephone switching station in downtown Indianapolis.
She has shown her work in New York, Denver, Chicago, Indianapolis and throughout the midwest. To read her cv please scroll to the bottom of this page.
View a list of galleries that represent her work as well as and public and private collections below.
Artist statement: Making art is a way for me to delve into subjects that intrigue me and try to find connections between seemingly disparate ideas and images. I have recently explored subjects ranging from psychological testing, poetry, historic textiles, islamic architecture, and the urban landscape. I also love to investigate different materials and see how they react/interact. The fusion of these interests is what keeps me excited to be in the studio--to see what unexpected alchemy may result.
Dorothy Stites Alig
White River Studio LLC
Dorothyalig@gmail.com
Education
MFA 2013 Attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Provincetown, MA
MA 1990 Art History, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
BA 1981 History, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Selected Exhibitions
One and two person shows
2022 Celestial/Terrestrial, solo show, Edington Gallery Indianapolis, IN
2021 The Anthropause, solo show, Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL
Errare, solo show, Gallery 411, Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus, IN
2020 Postcards from My Backyard, solo show, Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL
2019 The Shape of Things Left Behind, solo show, Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL
Lost Terrain, Part II, solo show, Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2017 Lost Terrain, solo show, Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL
2016 Full Circle, two-person show, Deborah Berke Partners, New York, NY
A Certain kind of Eden, Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL
2015 SPIN, solo show, Basile Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design,
Indiana-Purdue University in Indianapolis
Dorothy Stites Alig-Recent Work, Edington Gallery, Indianapolis IN
2012 Two Ghazals, solo show, Heartland Printworks Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN
2011 Nocturnal Noon, solo show, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Alig/Garmen, two-person show, Wright Gallery, Northport, MI
2006 False Garden, two-person show, Indianapolis Art Center,
Indianapolis, IN
Group shows
2018 Art from the Heartland (juried), Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Installation at the Ambassador’s residence, Curated by the Art in Embassies
Program, Freetown, Sierra Leone
2017 Elements, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Pulp—Works on Paper, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Cities, like dreams, swamps where the cedars grow, The Provincial, Kaleva, MI
Summer show, Wright Art Gallery, Northport MI
2016 Group Show, Wright Art Gallery, Northport MI
ESL Group Show, Indianapolis, IN
2015 20th Anniversary Group show,--AXIS architecture, Art+Space, Indianapolis, IN
Group Show, Wright Art Gallery, Northport MI
2014 Group Show, Heartland Printworks, Indianapolis, IN
2013 MFA show, Hudson Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Three Artists, Edington Gallery at Heartland Printworks, Indianapolis, IN
2011 The Painted Word, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
IDADA Members Show (juried), Laku Studio, Indianapolis, IN
Subtle Complexities, Garvey Simon Art Access, Carmel, IN
Group Show, Edington Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2010 IDADA Members Show (juried), Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
Group Show, Wright Art Gallery, Northport, MI
2009 Group show, Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Digital Print Portfolio Project, One of six Indiana artists invited to participate in a
portfolio of digitally generated prints. Ruschman Art Gallery.
2008 Works on Paper--six artists, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Hansel and Gretel: Never eat a House, IMOCA, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Three Artists, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
27th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Juried group show, Fort Wayne, IN
2006 Works on Paper, Group show, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
26th Annual National Print Exhibition,Artlink, Juried group show, Fort Wayne, IN
Honors
2018 Invited to participate in the Art in Embassies Program organized by the U.S.
Department of State.
Publications and Reviews
Molly George, “Pattern Play”, Sheridan Road Magazine, no. 113, pp.57-59, November 2021
Glenda Winders, “Dorothy Stites Alig’s Errare”, Arts in Columbus.org web site, 2021
Art in Embassies Program, Publication for the Sierra Leone Embassy, US Department of State, 2018
Dan Grossman “DorothyStites Alig, Two Ghazals”, NUVO Newsweekly, May 8, 2012
Dan Grossman, “Subtle Complexities at Garvey Simon”, NUVO Newsweekly, May 16, 2011
Susan Watt Grade, “Dorothy Alig: Nocturnal Noon” , NUVO Newsweekly, June 14, 2011
Juliana Thibodeaux, “ Looking closer: Works on Paper” , NUVO Newsweekly, May 14, 2008
Other Media
2018 Sense of Self Installation interview, on WFYI Public radio’s
“The Art of the Matter”
2017 “Good Bones” HDTV series featured several works.
Corporate Commissions and Collections (partial list)
Cummins Engine Headquarters, Columbus, IN
Marott Center, Indianapolis, IN
Community Hospital North-Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
Cummins Engine Distribution Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN
Claro Healthcare, Chicago, IL
Community Hospital South, Indianapolis, IN
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
Bamberger, Foreman, Aswald and Hahn, LLP, Indianapolis, IN
Indiana State Museum (permanent collection), Indianapolis, IN
Gallery Affiliations
Vivid Gallery, Winnetka, IL, vividartgallery.net
Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Wright Art Gallery Northport, MI
Garvey Simon Art Access, New York City, NY