• 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

• 1987: Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 1979: A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Experimental Sculpture)

Solo and Two-person Exhibitions

2010


• Centre d'exposition Val-d'Or, QC: Racines non-identiques; Curated
• Alliance Française, Ottawa, 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

2010

• Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON: Re-InSitu; Curated
• Saint John Arts Centre, Saitn John, NB: Re-InSitu; Curated
• Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, QC: Re:InSitu; Curated

2009

• 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

• 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

• 2009: Self Directed Creative Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff AB
• 2008: Ontario Arts Council Jury Panel: Grants to Senior Visual Artists
• 1998-2008: 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-present)
• Member, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario (1999-present)
• 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 - present)

Links

• www.nationhood.ca
• www.gn-o.org
• www.hamiltonartistsinc.on.ca
• www.gallery44database.org
• www.chaccanada.org/en/artists