{{Short description|American-born Canadian photographer, educator and art critic}} {{blp sources|date=November 2018}} '''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.<ref name=concordia>{{cite web |url=https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/margaret-griffin-and-clara-gutsche-collection |title=Margaret Griffin and Clara Gutsche collection |work=Archives & Special Collections Catalogue |publisher=Concordia University}}</ref>
She was a founding member of the artist-run Powerhouse Gallery (now La Centrale galerie Powerhouse) in Montreal.<ref name=concordia/>
In 2024, Gutsche won the Scotiabank Photography Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montreal-based artist Clara Gutsche wins 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award |url=https://www.scotiabank.com/content/scotiabank/ca/en/about/perspectives.articles.impact.2024-05-scotiabank-photography-award-spa.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.scotiabank.com |language=en}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=concordia/>
Her photographs have been exhibited at the McCord Museum, the {{ill|Musée d'art de Joliette|fr}}, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=An Industrial Landscape Observed: The Lachine Canal|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2772/an-industrial-landscape-observed-the-lachine-canal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201023229/https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2772/an-industrial-landscape-observed-the-lachine-canal |archive-date=2018-02-01 |access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}}</ref> Montréal, the Canadian Centre of Photography in Toronto<ref name=mmfa/> and the Americas Society building in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/09/arts/photography-review-a-radiant-spirit-at-home-in-quiet-geometries.html |title=A Radiant Spirit at Home in Quiet Geometries |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 9, 1999}}</ref>
Her work is held in public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=Clara Gutsche Photographs|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015223141/http://www.cca.qc.ca:80/en/search |archive-date=2009-10-15 |access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}}</ref> the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600004952 |title = Gutsche, Clara}}</ref> and Library and Archives Canada.<ref name=mmfa>{{cite web |url=http://expositionvirtuelle.ca/artiste-artist/gutsche_clara-eng |title=Clara Gutsche |publisher=Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |access-date=2018-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113431/http://expositionvirtuelle.ca/artiste-artist/gutsche_clara-eng |archive-date=2018-06-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Clara has worked frequently with her spouse, fellow photographer David Miller; they collaborated on her Milton Park series.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lafortune |first1=Marie-Josée |title=Exhibition Notes from Children. Portraits d'Enfants |url=https://optica.ca/decades/thumb/communiquegutsche22_web.pdf |website=OPTICA Centre d"Art Contemporain |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
=== Photography series === Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Fonds documentaire de la photographie québécoise |url=http://www.centrevox.ca/fd/fondsdocumentaire_en.html |accessdate=28 November 2018 |publisher=Vox, Contemporary Image}}</ref> *''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''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-01 |title=Sonoran Desert Landscapes |url=https://claragutsche.com/sonoran-desert-landscapes/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Clara Gutsche |language=en}}</ref> *''Windows II / Les vitrines II, 2000 – 2008, 2020 – 2021'' <ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-28 |title=Windows II / Les vitrines II |url=https://claragutsche.com/windows-ii-les-vitrines-ii/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Clara Gutsche |language=en}}</ref> *Siblings, 2008 - 2022 <ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-28 |title=Siblings |url=https://claragutsche.com/siblings/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Clara Gutsche |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{cite web |url=https://claragutsche.com/ |title=Clara Gutsche's website}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutsche, Clara}} Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian women photographers Category:Concordia University alumni Category:Academic staff of Concordia University