Clarissa Schmidt Inglis
Clarissa.Inglis@gmail.ca
Born: Pécs, Hungary
Languages: English, French, Spanish, German and Hungarian (spoken and written)
Media: Mixed media sculpture, installation with sound, painting, drawing, photography, computer generated imagery
Education – Solo and Two-person Exhibitions – Trio Exhibitions – Selected Group Exhibitions – Selected Bibliography – Grants & Awards – Public Collections – Publications – Video Tapes and the Media – Professional Affiliations – Links
Education
1987: Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1979: A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Experimental Sculpture)
1961: Atelier de Dessin et d’Arts Décoratives, Paris, France
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2011
Gallery 44: Members’ Space, Toronto,ON: Shame; Photographs, Curated
2010
Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Café: Cootes Paradise, Photographs
You Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON: Go Forth and Multiply
Centre d’exposition Val-d’Or, QC: Racines non-identiques; Curated
Alliance Française, Mississauga, ON: Des Vosges au Luxembourg; Curated
2009
Alliance Française, North York, ON: Des Vosges au Luxembourg; Curated
Centre national d’exposition, Jonquière, QC : Raciness non-identiques; Curated
Alliance Française, Toronto, ON: Des Vosges au Luxembourg; Curated
2008
Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON: CSI: Affective Icons; Curated, Publication
2007
JW Bush Gallery, Hamilton, ON: San Miguelense Scenes
2006
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON: Devotion; Curated
2004
Hamilton Artists Inc. Third space, Hamilton, Ontario: Drawings; Publication
2003
Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario: Saint Suaire/The Shroud; Curated, Publication
2001
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario: Clarissa Schmidt Inglis; Curated
2000
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario: Waiting
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Devoured; Curated, Publication
A Space, Victor Comas Vitrines, Toronto, Ontario: Trilogy
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario: Clarissa Schmidt Inglis; Curated, Publication
1999
Glendon Gallery, North York, Ontario: A la recherche du temps perdu
Galérie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: Dominum; Curated, Publication
1997
JM ArtSpace, Mississauga, Ontario: Time Lost, Time Regained; Publication
1991
Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario: Celebrating Eve
1990
Roundup ’90, Toronto, Ontario: The Gates
1989
The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario: Relative Constructions; Curated, Publication
1988
Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario: Sculpture
1987
Quan-Schieder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Survey Exhibition
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Clarissa Inglis Sculpture
1986
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario: Five Years; Curated, Publication
Art Gallery of Kitchener/Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario: Five Years; Curated, Publication
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario: Five Years; Curated, Publication
1985
Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario: True Stories
White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario: Self Transfigurations
1984
Hennepin Art Gallery, Welland, Ontario: Self Transfigurations
Womanspirit, London, Ontario: Self Transfigurations
Niagara Artists’ Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario: Self Transfigurations
1982
S.A.W. Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario: Waiting
White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario: Tables in Tension
1981
Glendon Gallery, North York, Ontario: Confinement and Ismétlés
Washington Square East Galleries, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Sculpture
Art Gallery of Cobourg, Cobourg, Ontario: Clarissa Inglis
1980
A.C.T., Toronto, Ontario: Sculpture 2 + 2
The Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario: Tedious Chores
Hart House Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Tedious Chores
The Funnel Film Theatre, Toronto, Ontario: Waiting
1979
Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario: Sculpture
YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: New Work – Old Chores
1978
Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario: Sculpture
Trio Exhibitions
2005
Le Laboratoire d’Art Inc., Toronto ON: Façons de voir, manières de croire; Curated
2002
V.A.C.C., Clarington, Bowmanville ON: Women of Steel; Curated, Publication
1998
JM ArtSpace, Mississauga ON: 1st Spring Art Show and Sale; Curated, Publication
1997
DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto ON: The Nature of Representation; Curated
1979
Glendon Gallery, Toronto ON: Artist’s Choice/New Faces; Curated
Factory 77, Toronto ON: Imaginary I; Curated
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
You Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON: 54/58
Workers Art & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, ON: Hammering away at one diverse community; Curated
YouMeGalley, Hamilton, ON: Christmas Show
Gallery 44, Toronto, ON: Wall to Wall, Photographs
Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB: Re-InSitu; Curated
2010
YouMeGalley, Hamilton, ON: Christmas Show
Gallery 44, Toronto, ON: Wall to Wall, Photographs
Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, QC: Re:InSitu; Curated
2009
YouMeGalley,Hamilton, ON: Christmas Show
Gallery 44, Toronto, ON: Wall to Wall, Photographs
Müvészetmalom, Szentendre, Hungary: Re-InSitu; Curated
Helikon Kastély Múzeum, Keszthely, Hungary: Re-InSitu; Curated
2008
Gallery 44, Toronto, ON: Wall to Wall
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON: Members’ Show
Ecole Monseigneur de Charbonnel, North York, ON: Ose porter ton identité
2007
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON: Artopia ‘07
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby ON: Visions: Gallery Royale 007; Juried
Alliance Française, Ottawa ON: Ose porter ton identité
Junction Arts Festival, Toronto ON: San Miguelense Scenes; Juried
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON: Exposed! New Works from Art Rental
2006
Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury ON: Le Nouveau Louvre
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON: Members’ Show
Le Laboratoire d’Art Inc., Toronto ON: Le Labo-show 2006
transit gallery, Hamilton ON: Start ‘06
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON: Artopia 2006
2005
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario: The Art of Music
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Members’ Show
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Artopia 2005
Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario: Le Nouveau Louvre
Le Laboratoire d’Art Inc. / AGAVF, Toronto, Ontario: Arts plastiques
2004
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario: Reference Check
Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario: That Obscure Object of Desire
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Members’ Show
2003
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Members’ Show
2002
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario: Reverence: Concepts of the Sacred in Contemporary Art
Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario: Le Nouveau Louvre
Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, Ontario: Salon
Mississauga Arts Council at Novotel, Mississauga, Ontario: Finalists, Artists of the Year
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario: International Mail Art & Artistamp
2001
Peel Regional Museum, Brampton, Ontario: 100 Years at the Table
Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: Contact 2001
Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario: Le Nouveau Louvre
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Salon
2000
A Space, Toronto, Ontario: Pret a porter
Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario: Convergence: 10 Body Contexts
Galerie d’art Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, Ontario: L’art et le papier IV
Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: La confusion des sexes
Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, Ontario: Silver
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario: Art History 101
1999
Burlinton Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario: This Decade of Days
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario: Chairs, Pears and the Great One
Canadian Museum of Civilisation, Hull, Ontario: Post Art II
Galérie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: Contact ’99
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario: Re-Imagining Modernism
A Space, Toronto, Ontario: Art by Design
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario: Y2K Members Exhibition
Glendon Gallery, North York, Ontario: Dernières retrouvailles du millénaire
Visual Arts Brampton, Brampton, Ontario: International Mail Art Show
Galerie La Gaum, U. de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick: Poste Art II
Niagara Artists Company, St. Catharines, Ontario: The Fruits of Women’s Labour
Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: Lumière du jour/Daylight only
Peel Regional Museum, Brampton, Ontario: Telling Stories
1998
Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: A la carte
Kariya Art Museum, Kariya, Japan: Borderlines
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario: Contemporary Women Artists
Woodstrock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario: Women and Their Tools
Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: Les enveloppes d’art de B.R.A.V.O. Provincial
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines: Ontario, Women in Art
Sudbury Art Gallery, Sudbury, Ontario: Post Art I
Galerie 815, Hearst, Ontario: Poste Art I
Galerie de l’Ile de Hawkesbury, Ontario: Poste Art I
Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario: Poste Art I
Salon du livre de Toronto, Toronto, Ontario: Poste Art I
Galerie Eugène-Racette, Orléans, Ontario: Poste Art I
1997
White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario: The Salon Show
Bravo-sud at Riverdale, Toronto, Ontario
1995
Art Gallery of Peel: Recent Acquisitions
1994
MacMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario: MacMaster Collects
Laurentian University Museum & Art Centre: New Works in the Permanent Collection
Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Art Fair ’94
1989
Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, Ontario: Maquettes to Major Works
1987
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario: Black and White
Quan-Schieder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Gallery Artists
1986
Quan-Schieder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Gallery Artists
1983
The Pauline McGibbon C. C., Toronto, Ontario: Seventeen Art Transfusions
1981
Centennial Gallery, Oakville, Ontario: Director’s Choice
The Funnel Film Theatre, Toronto, Ontario: The Funnel Group Show
1980
Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec: A.C.T. at Powerhouse
1978
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario: Aspects of Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
Jeff Mahoney, Go Forth and Multiply: The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON, February 17, 2010
Regina Haggo, Icons for Another Era: The Hamilton Spectator, p.13, Hamilton, ON, August 5, 2008
Annik Chalifour, Sous le charme des squares parisiens: L’Express Toronto, Toronto, ON, June 5, 2009
Camille Lamarche, Identité renouvelée, Liaison nº 136, p. 21, Ete 2007, Ottawa ON
Staff, Browse Issues – What’s On In the Rest of the World : The Art Newspaper , p. 17, Online, March, 2006
Elaine Hujer, Post-modern women: The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, March 25, 2006
Jacqui Bester, The feminine mystique: The Silhouette, McMaster University’s Student Union, Hamilton, Ontario, March 9, 2006
Gary Michael Dault, These doors of reverence are truly eye-opening: The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont., July 27, 2002
Sandy Millar, Feminist speaks out through her art: The Mississauga News, p.34, Mississauga, Ont., December 15, 2000
Elaine Hujer, Going out on a limb for art’s sake; Group installation effort crosses boundaries and questions dogma: The Hamilton Spectator, N05, Hamilton, Ont., December 22, 2000
Regina Haggo, Repressed woman in Hell’s kitchen: The Hamilton Spectator, W6, Hamilton Ont., November 18, 2000
Ryan Whyte, Point of View: art/text 62, p.87-88, Los Angeles, Ca. USA, 1998
Ron Rankin, An eclectic gathering of contemporary Canadian women: The Silhouette, p. 17, Hamilton, Ontario, March 5, 1998
Elaine Hujer, The irony and the ecstasy of daily life: View Magazine, p. 14, Hamilton, Ontario, March 29, 1998
Elaine Hujer, Campus shows feature variety of media: The McMaster Courier, Hamilton, Ontario, Aug 16, 1994
Ellen McIntosh, Women can identify with art exhibit: The Simcoe Reformer, Simcoe, Ontario, Apr 16, 1988
J. H. Colby, Everything but the kitchen sink: The Detroit News, Detroit, Mich., U.S.A., Jan 28, 1986
N. DeBono, Stridency mars feminist’s work, The Saturday Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, Feb 1, 1986
J. Wilson, Homemade art: The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Mar 15, 1986
Trevor Gould, Clarissa Inglis: Parachute 27, p. 45, Montreal, Quebec, July, 1982
John Bentley Mays, Vision of household as hell make mockery of real anguish: The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Jun 20, 1981
Patrick McGrath, Clarissa Inglis: Vanguard, Vol. 19, No. 9, p. 45, Vancouver, B. C., Nov, 1981
Jim Tiley, “Imaginary I”: Pauline Choi, Clarissa Inglis & Janet Jones at Gallery Factory 77: Artist’s Review, Vol. III, No. 2, Toronto, Ontario, Jan 16, 1980
John Bentley Mays, Exhibit vents decades of housewife’s discontent: The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Dec 11, 1980
Jim Purdie, Gallery Reviews: The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Jun 30, 1979
Grants & Awards
2012: Ontario Arts Council Jury Panel, Toronto, ON: Grants to Franco Ontarian Artists
2012: Chosen participant in the Super Auction by Sotheby’s at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
2009: Self Directed Creative Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff AB
2008: Ontario Arts Council Jury Panel: Grants to Senior Visual Artists
1998-2010: OAC Exhibition Assistance Grants
2002: Mississauga Arts Council, Finalist, Artist of the Year Award
1998-2006: Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grants
1999: Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Grant (mid-career)
1989: Canada Council, Project Cost Grant
1980-86: Ontario Arts Council, Material Assistance Grants
1980: Canada Council, Project Cost Grant
1979: Ontario Arts Council, Project Cost Grant
1979: Ontario College of Art, George E. Reid Scholarship
Public Collections
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario
Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
London Regional Art and Historical Museums, London, Ontario
Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Women’s College Hospital Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum, Sudbury, Ontario
Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Meadowvale Branch Library, Mississauga, Ontario
Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario
Publications
Brochure: Affective Icons, 2008, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Essay by Elaine Hujer, ISBN 1-897052-50-2
Brochure: Embodied Matter, 2006, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Essays by Janice Hladki and Mary O’Connor, Curators
Brochure: Drawings, 2004, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, Essay by Dawn White-Beatty, ISBN 0-9683058-4-9
Brochure: Saint Suaire/The Shroud, 2004, Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario, Essay by Lisa Fitzgibbons ISBN 0-9683058-5-7
Catalogue: Women of Steel, The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, Essay by Margaret Rodgers, ISBN0-9730520-5-8
Catalogue: Clarissa Schmidt Inglis: Twety-One Years, 2000, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario, Essay by Judy Daley, ISBN 0-9694274-8-4
Brochure: Devoured, 2000, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, Essay by Ivan Jurakic
Catalogue: L’Art et le Papier IV, 2000, Galerie d’art Jean-Claude-Bergeron, Ottawa, Ontario, ISBN 0-9680968-2-4
Brochure: Convergence 10 Body Contexts, 2000, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario, ISBN 919752-75-6
Catalogue: Dominum, 1999, Galerie Céline-Allard, Toronto, Ontario, Essay by Judy Daley, ISBN 0-9683058-0-8; Self-published
Catalogue: This Decade of Days, 1999, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Essay by V. Jane Gordon, ISBN 0-919752-64-0
Brochure: Rites of Passage: Ritual and the Work of Clarissa Schmidt Inglis, 1998, Essay by Judy Daley, ISBN 0-9683058-2-2; Self published
Catalogue: Clarissa Schmidt Inglis: Time Lost, Time Regained, 1997, Essays by Michael Burtch and Judy Daley, ISBN 0-9683058-0-6; Self published
Catalogue: Decalog, 1992, YYZ Books, p. 35, ISBN 0-920397-08-5
Catalogue: Relative Constructions, 1989, The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario,Introduction by Robert Freeman, ISBN 0921125-22-4
Catalogue: Clarissa Inglis: Five Years, 1986, Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Essay by David Burnett, ISBN 0-88920-194-3
Brochure: Director’s Choice, 1981, Centennial Gallery, Oakville, Ont.
Brochure: Clarissa Inglis, 1981, Art Gallery of Cobourg, Cobourg, Ontario, Essay by Patrick McGrath
Catalogue: Société des artistes indépendants, 1884-1964, 75e exposition, p. 55, Paris, France
Video Tapes and the Media
2009, June 15, Interviewed by Marjorie Roulmann, Des Vosges au Luxembourg, CBC, Radio Canada, Toronto, ON
2006, production of the videotape ‘Life Stories’ animating 200 of my mixed media drawings, by Alex Loukos
2003, November 5, Interviewed by Isabelle Fleury, Saint Suaire/The Shroud, CBC, Radio Canada, Sudbury, ON
1999, interviewed by Alexandra Diaz, Radio Canada (CBC-TV), North York
1997, interviewed by Rogers Cable TV,Mississauga
1985, interviewed by Rogers Cable TV, North Bay
1984, production of a 10 minute documentary videotape of my art practice
February 1980, interviewed by Hanna Gartner, Take 30 CBC TV, Toronto
January 1980, interviewed by Global TV,Toronto
Professional Affiliations
Member, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ont. (1998 – 1999)
Associate Member, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ont. (1997 – 1998)
Member, W.A.R.C., Toronto, Ont. (1997 – 1998)
Member, Mississauga Arts Council, Mississauga, Ont. (1997 – 2003)
Volunteer, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ont. (1995 – 1996)
Member, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ont. (1994 – 1998)
Exhibition Assistance Selection Committee, W.A.R.C., Toronto, Ont. (1989 – 1990)
Board of Directors, The Funnel Film Theater, Toronto, Ont. (1981 – 1982)
Member, C.A.R.F.A.C., Toronto, Ont. (1979 – 2007)
Member, Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario (2001-2010)
Member, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario (1998-2011)
Member, A Space, Toronto, Ontario (1999-2001)
C.A.R.C.C. Inc., Christopher Lake, Sask. (1998 – present)
Advisory Council, B.R.A.V.O. sud, Toronto, Ont. (1998 – 1999)
Member, B.R.A.V.O. sud, Toronto, Ont. (1997 – 2007)
Member, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, Ont. (1986 – 2002)
Member Le Laboratoire d’Art, Toronto, Ont. (2007 – 2008)
Member, Canadian-Hungarian Artists Collective, Montreal, QC, (2006 – present)
Member, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ont. (2008 – 2011)
Links
www.nationhood.ca
www.chaccanada.org/en/artists