Clara Gutsche

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.

She was a founding member of the artist-run Powerhouse Gallery (now La Centrale galerie Powerhouse) in Montreal.

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. Montréal, the Canadian Centre of Photography in Toronto

Her work is held in public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and Library and Archives Canada.

Clara has worked frequently with her spouse, fellow photographer David Miller; they collaborated on her Milton Park series.

Photography series Source: 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 Windows II / Les vitrines II, 2000 – 2008, 2020 – 2021 Siblings, 2008 - 2022