Enid Legros-Wise

Enid Legros-Wise RCA (born 1943) is a Canadian ceramic artist working mainly in porcelain.

She was born in 1943 in Gaspé, Quebec.^[1][2] She studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, from 1961 to 1964 and then at the Institut des Arts-Appliqués, also at Montréal, from 1964 to 1966.^[1] When she finished her studies in Montreal she went to live and study in Paris. From 1966 to 1969 she studied in the studio of Francine DelPierre.^[1]

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.^[3] 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 ^[2] Her work has gained her international recognition for the scope and quality of her porcelain creations.^[2]

2007 ″Seduced by Clay″, Lambton Art Gallery

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
• Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Induction 2007

• The Creative Process by Enid LeGros-Wise, 1st edition, 1997^[4]

• Gaspésie des artistes By Line Goyette, Christian Lamontagne Les Editions Fides, 2006, 123 pages, Legros-Wise at pages 105–109.^[5]
• "Working with Clay, 2nd Ed.," Susan Peterson, 2002.
• "Containment: The Space Within." Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, 1994.
• "Gaspésie, Visages et Paysages," Jules Bélanger, 1984.^[6]
• "Ceramic Spectrum," Robin Hopper, 1984.
• "The Craftsman's Way," Hart Massey and John Flanders, 1981.

• Official web site