Clarissa Beothy
Address: 5 Harbour Terrace,
Falmouth, Cornwall
TR 11 2 AN; U.K.
E-mail: klarabeothy2002@yahoo.co.uk

Falmouth College of Arts B.A. Hons. Fine Art (Sculpture) 1996

2009

Falmouth Art Gallery; group show, selected
Plymouth Society of Artists, group show, invitation
Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, selected

2008

Plymouth Society of Artists, springshow, selected
Plymouth Society of Artists, summershow, selected
Falmouth Art Gallery, group's summer show, invitation
Penzance, Exchange, “The Drawing Show” selected
Falmouth Art Gallery, group's wintershow, invitation
Cornwall & Devon, “Open Studios”
Plymouth Society of Artists, Xmas show
Maynart Highschool, (350 years celebration), invitation.
Morvah: Cornawall, group show, invitation
Newlyn Exchange, Penzance, selected

2007

Penzance, Exchange,“The Abolition of Work” group show, invitation
Penryn , “Level 2” group exhibition, invitation
Cornwall & Devon; “Open Studios”
Newlyn Art Gallery, in St.Ives: spring show

2006

Cornwall in Hayle, group Show (Red Cell)
Newlyn Art Gallery, Christmas Exhibition
Plymouth Society of Artists, Xmas Show, invitation
Falmouth Art Gallery, invitation "Sergeant Pepper"
Falmouth Art Gallery, invitation Children’s Delight
Cornwall & Devon, Open Studios
"Red Cell", in Truro

2005

Plymouth Society of Artists, S.W.Open Exhibition, Plymouth
Christmas Exhibition "red cell", Penzance
Christmas Exhibition "red cell", Penzance
Plymouth Society of Artists, S.W.Open Exhibition, Plymouth

2004

Christmas Exhibition "red cell", Penzance
Plymouth Society of Artists, S.W.Open Exhibition; Plymouth
Penryn, Open Studios
London; CRAIC Gallery,The "A" Project, invitation

2003

Newlyn Art Gallery, Xmas group show, invitation
Three months residential in Morocco, invitation

2002

Plymouth Art Centre "HISTORY REVISION", invitation
"Open Studios" Cornwall & Devon, summer exhibition
Tresillian, ArtActs (five contemporary female artists), "EDGING DIFFERENCE"

2001

"Open Studios 2001", Cornwall-Devon.
Newlyn Art Gallery , "Obsession", invitation
Newlyn Art Gallery, (Critics' choice) Easter Exhibition

2000

"Up and About Gallery", in Falmouth - XMas Show
"Open Studios", Cornwall & Devon
Newlyn Art Gallery, Summer Exhibition, invitation
Falmouth Art Gallery, "20 years of contemporary Art", invitation

1999. Tresahor Gallery, (Cornwall) Christmas Exhibition.
1999. Market St. Gallery, Penryn, Christmas Exhibition
1999. "Open Studios" Summer, Falmouth-Penryn
1999. 21.Anniversary on Space x Gallery, Exeter, invitation
1999. "Open Studios" Summer exhibition in Falmouth-Penryn
1999. Falmouth Art Gallery, invitation with two contemporary artists "Secret Cow"
1998 "Open Studios 98", The Tall Ships exhibition in Falmouth
1998 Tresillian, Woodland Sculpture trial and Site specific works "Extending Level II"
1998. Royal West of England Academy, in Bristol by the N.S.A, invitation
1998. Newlyn Art Gallery, group show Newlyn, Cornwall
1997. Newlyn Art Gallery, Christmas Open exhibition, invitation. Newlyn Society of Artists
1997. Newlyn Art Gallery, Summer Open exhibition, invitation
1997. Newlyn Art Gallery, Easter Open exhibition, invitation
1997. Apex Gallery, in Portsmouth "Barriers", invitation
1995. Gee Street, Gallery in London

1994. Ferdinand Zweig Scholarship. This scholarship enabled me to travel extensively through out Hungary and Romania, recording a series of video and audio-tape interviews with contemporary artists. A resulting one hour video documentation titled "Denied An Audience" was presented publicly and is now housed at the Falmouth College of Arts Library.

Clarissa Beothy is a full member of the Newlyn Societies of Artists, the Plymouth Societies of Artists, the artist group "ArtActs" and full member of the "Red Cell" artist organisation. She was short listed for S. W. A. award in 2001, awarded a residency in Morocco for three months from October 2002.

Languages : Hungarian, German, English.

Clarissa’s formative years were shaped by the conflict of an old world, cultured and religious family trapped in the hands of a new repressive authoritarian Eastern European regime. Her fate sometimes decided by the trigger of a gun in her face, sometimes by committee decisions blocking education in favour of heavy metalwork.

These personal reference points provide an extremely sharp focus to her investigation of the limitations, both spiritually and materially, that we place on our lives.

Her insights are made more urgent by being a stranger in a strange land. The effect has been to free her spirit and refine her powers of observation. As an outsider she can navigate and articulate ideas with clarity and precision.