Enid Legros-Wise (born 1943) is a Canadian

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artist working mainly in

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Early life

She was born in 1943 in

Gaspé, Quebec Gaspé is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec in Canada. Gaspé is located about northeast of Quebec City, and east of Rimouski. As of the 2021 Canadian Census, the city had ...

. She studied at the

École des beaux-arts de Montréal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région ...

, from 1961 to 1964 and then at the Institut des Arts-Appliqués, also at Montréal, from 1964 to 1966. When she finished her studies in Montreal she went to live and study in

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. From 1966 to 1969 she studied in the

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of Francine DelPierre.

Work

The artist worked in fine porcelain beginning in the 1970s. Her recent work includes a large installation entitled "Veritas" which consists of one thousand porcelain cups representing the collective search for truth. This work uses a simple everyday object to engage the public in the artistic process. Enid Legros-Wise lives and works in her native Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. Her works cover a wide spectrum of ceramics, although her main interest is in fine porcelain Her work has gained her international recognition for the scope and quality of her porcelain creations.

Exhibitions

2007 ″Seduced by Clay″, Lambton Art Gallery

Awards

Enid Legros-Wise has earned a number of awards and honours including * The Croix de Chevalier in France (two distinctions), * The Sarajevo Prize awarded at the First World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Yugoslavia 1984 * Gaspesian Cultural Merit Award, Gaspé, Quebec, 1996 *

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, Induction 2007

Publications

By the Artist

* The Creative Process by Enid LeGros-Wise, 1st edition, 1997

About the Artist

*Gaspésie des artistes By Line Goyette, Christian Lamontagne Les Editions Fides, 2006, 123 pages, Legros-Wise at pages 105–109. *"Working with Clay, 2nd Ed.," Susan Peterson, 2002. *"Containment: The Space Within."

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, Waterloo, Ontario, 1994. *"Gaspésie, Visages et Paysages," Jules Bélanger, 1984. *"Ceramic Spectrum," Robin Hopper, 1984. *"The Craftsman's Way," Hart Massey and John Flanders, 1981.

References

External links

Official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Legros-Wise, Enid 1943 births Canadian ceramists Living people People from Gaspé, Quebec École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni Canadian women ceramists Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts