CLARA LARATTA: Curriculum Vitae
Hamilton, Ontario Email: info@claralaratta.com
Canada Instagram: @claralaratta
Education
2014–18 Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts (with distinction), McMaster University
2015 The Royal Conservatory Artist- Educator Foundations Certificate, Brock University
2010-14 BAEd. Program, Brock University
2008 Certificate in Adult Learning (Honours), Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON
Solo, Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2019 "Relational Affects", Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2019 Unleashed, Gallery 4, Hamilton, ON
2019 Liminality, O Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2018 Personal Effects, DVSA Gallery, Dundas, ON
2018 Interconnections, Fitzhenry Atrium Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2017 REALMS, Hamilton Artists Inc., three person exhibition, Hamilton, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 2020 Members’ Exhibition of Selected Works (Online)
2020 Dying. Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2019 A Book About Death: The Last Waltz, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2019 Transformation, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 Manthan: Exhibition of Prints , Kala Srot Art Gallery, Lucknow, India
2019 Stranger Than Fiction, Millepiani Gallery, Millepiani, Rome
2019 MANTHAN, Festival Hall, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
2019 The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE X), SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB,
2018 The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE X), FINA Gallery University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, SNAP Gallery, Dundarave Gallery, Grandville Island, Vancouver, BC, Federation Gallery, Grandville Island,Vancouver, BC
2018 Fresh From The Studio, Fieldcote Museum, Hamilton, ON
2018 FLUX, The McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
2018 Coalesce, The Spice Factory, Hamilton, ON
2018 Interconnections, Fitzhenry Atrium Gallery, two person exhibition, Hamilton, ON
2018 In the Studio: Art by MoMA's online learning community, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2017 Alternatives, President's Corridor, Hamilton, ON
2017 Birth and Its Meanings, Milk Glass Gallery, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
2017 Hamilton: A View from Here, President’s Corridor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
2016 SWARM, Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, ON
2016 Fantasy Art Proposal Exhibition, President’s Corridor, Hamilton, ON
2016 Fight or Flight, New Space Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2016 SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice Student Exhibition (Sculptures), Flex Studio, Hamilton, ON
2016 Sculpture Exhibition, President’s Corridor, Hamilton, ON
2015 Cardboard Sculpture Exhibition, President’s Corridor, Hamilton, ON
Residencies and Invited Artist Talks
2019 Ayatana Artist's Research Program, Chelsea, QC, May - June
2019 Artist Talk, Ayatana, Chelsea, QC, May 27, 2019
2018 Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, ON, Sept. - Dec.
2018 Artist Talk, McMaster Museum of Art, April 11, 2018
2018 Artist Talk, 1st year Studio Art Students - ART 1SI3 - Studio Investigations, McMaster University, March 8, 2018
2018 Artist Talk, 2nd year Studio Art Students - ART 2IS3 - Independent Studio Methods, McMaster University, March 12, 2018
2016 Awakening Residency, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON, August 2016
Publications and Press
2020 Existere - Journal of Arts and Literature, Issue 39.2, October 2020
2020 ART Habens Art Review, Special Edition, May 29, 2020
2019 Must see Exhibits in Long Island and in New York City, Marie Gregory, Newsday, September 4, 2019
2018 Dozens of Local Artists Shine in Fieldcote Museum's Juried Show, Regina Haggo, The Hamilton Spectator, December 8, 2018
2018 Budding Hamilton artists featured at Fieldcote's Fresh From the Studio exhibit, Mark Pearson, Hamilton News, October 18, 2018
2018 City Matters Interview, Cable 14, April 12, 2018
2018 FLUX, McMaster Museum of Art Catalogue, April 2018
2018 Student artists gather to make a presence in Hamilton, Silhouette, March 22, 2018
2018 The art of science, Daily News, March 14, 2018
2018 Missive, Incite Magazine, Again, Volume 20 Issue 2, p. 49, January 2018
2017 McMaster University Faculty of Humanities Christmas Card, December 2017
2017 Birth and Its Meanings Catalogue, June 2017
2017 Expansion, Incite Magazine, Next, Volume 19 Issue 4, p. 27, April 2017
2017 Endure, Incite Magazine, More, Volume 19 Issue 3, p. 78, February 2017
2016 Untitled, Incite Magazine, Imperfection, Volume 19 Issue 2, p. 55, December 2016
2016 Spatiality and Sentience Book, McMaster University, 2016
2016 Untitled, Incite Magazine, The Sonder Issue, Volume 19 Issue 1, p. 38, September 2016
2014 Crazy casts, sexy careers and cool effects, Lisa Grace Marr, The Hamilton Spectator, August 13, 2014
2014 Behind the Profile: Meet Clara Laratta-Gerrard Lifecast Artist, Jenny Gladish, Cobalt Connects, January 23, 2014
Awards
2019-20 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2019 Explore and Create Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2018 Juror's Choice Award, Fieldcote Museum, Hamilton, Ontario
2018 People's Choice Award, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
2018 BMO 1st Art! 2018 Nominee, McMaster University School Of The Arts, Hamilton, Ontario
2017 The Lorna and David Somers Community Contribution Award (Arts)
2016 University Senate Scholarship Award
2016 Golden Key Inductee
2014 Readers’ Choice Award, Hamilton, ON
Professional Art Association Affiliations
2020 Ontario Society of Artists (invited), Toronto, ON
2018-20 CARFAC Ontario, Toronto, ON
2018-20 CARFAC Canada, Ottawa, ON
2014-20 Hamilton Arts Council, Hamilton, ON
2014-18 Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, ON
Related Experience
2018 “MANTHAN” A Collaboration Across Cultures and Aesthetic in Printmaking, Print Exchange with Lucknow University India, Hamilton, ON
2018 Interconnections An interdisciplinary Collaboration across Art and Science, Clara Laratta and Jordan Barker
2017-18 Teaching Assistant, School of the Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Permanent Collections and Commissions
The Musee de la Poste in Paris, France
The MoMA NYC, NY, USA
ARTPOOL, Budapest, Hungary
The Fluxmuseum, St. Louis, MO
The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, USA
The Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
The Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Arts Archive of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
The Waskomium, Burlington, VT, USA
The Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
Museum fur Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany
Museum Schloss Mayland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
Museum fur Kommunikation, Bern, Switzerland
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Lucknow University, Lucknow, India
Various private collections and commissions