Clara Gutsche
American-born Canadian photographer, educator and art critic
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Clara Gutsche (born April 20, 1949) is a Canadian photographer, educator and art critic living and working in Montreal, Quebec.
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She studied visual arts at Concordia University and obtained a MA in photography. She teaches photography part-time in the Studio Arts department at Concordia.[1]
She was a founding member of the artist-run Powerhouse Gallery (now La Centrale galerie Powerhouse) in Montreal.[1]
In 2024, Gutsche won the Scotiabank Photography Award.[2]
Work
Gutsche's work portrays the relation between people and their environments. Her series La série des couvents ("The Convent Series") shows nuns in various convents in Quebec.[1]
Her photographs have been exhibited at the McCord Museum, the Musée d'art de Joliette, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,[3] Montréal, the Canadian Centre of Photography in Toronto[4] and the Americas Society building in New York City.[5]
Her work is held in public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,[6] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[7] and Library and Archives Canada.[4]
Clara has worked frequently with her spouse, fellow photographer David Miller; they collaborated on her Milton Park series.[8]
Photography series
Source:[9]
- Milton Park, 1970 - 1973
- Six Sisters / Les six soeurs, 1974 - 1976
- Inner Landscapes / Les paysages vitrés, 1976 - 1980
- Parkscapes / Les paysages domestiques, 1982 - 1984
- Sarah, 1982 - 1989
- The Lachine Canal / Le canal de Lachine, 1985 - 1990
- Convents / Couvents, 1990 - 1998
- High School Series / Les collèges, 1993 - 1998
- The Bedroom Series / La série des chambres, 1999 - 2001
- Windows / Les vitrines, 2000 - 2002
- Inhabited Landscapes / Les paysages habités, 2004 - 2005
- Sonoran Desert Landscapes, 2003 - 2007[10]
- Windows II / Les vitrines II, 2000 – 2008, 2020 – 2021 [11]
- Siblings, 2008 - 2022 [12]