Tjaša Iris is a European artist. Slovenian born and Italian by adoption.
Noted for her joyful use of color and paintings that celebrate life and the joy
of life. As a painter, Tjaša Iris is one of the leading contemporary Slovenian
artists.
See Tjaša
Iris on WIKIPEDIA pages:
- in Slovenian http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjasa_Iris
to view her
paintings:
WWW.TJASAIRIS.COM
Photo of Tjaša Iris
in which galleries you
can purchase her work:
- Galerija Meduza, Koper, Slovenia
- Galerija Artes, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- Studio Lithos, Campello sul Clitunno, Spoleto, Umbria, Italy
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- on the web:
www.tjasairis.com
curriculum vitae
Born Tjaša Iris (as Tjaša Demšar until 2006) in Kranj, under the Alps in Northern Slovenia, she led a happy and careless childhood in Žiri,
a small Pre-Alpine village in the house built by her grandfather (a local
doctor and a dentist as well as musician) and her grandmother (owning shoe industry
and designing lace patterns for women producing famous local lace of Idrija). Until 2006 her last
name was Demšar. In 1987 she went to Ljubljana
to study international relations. In 1988 she moved to Florence, Italy to study fine art. She left the family and
gained total financial independency by doing student jobs since then. She first
studied photography followed by a double study photography with Tony Metz and
painting & colour theory with Leo Forte. Spent a semester at Staffordshire University, England in spring 1991 and continued her studies at Academie Minerva in Groningen, the Netherlands 1991
- 1995, studying multimedia art first with Bert Schrutter (video art) and Rob
Nypels (photography) and later decided just for painting - her biggest love and
studied with Johann Van Oordt, Asaf Ben Menahem and Frank Huchinson. She earned
her M.F.A. in Painting in 1995.
She is a member of Slovenian Artist Association and
AIAP Association Internationale des Arts Plastique since 1996.
Her first sold painting was bought by Academie Minerva in 1995. (Blue garden 1994, 130 x 150 cm ).
She moved back to Italy Venice Slovenia Italy Cres , Croatia 1996. In
1997- 8 she moved to Venice
where she lived 7 years in beautiful Venetian palace Palazzo Ottolenghi in
Quartiere di San Marco. In Venice she loved to
paint the Armenian monastery gardens at San Lazzaro degli Armeni island as well as the Arab garden in the heart of historical Hotel
Excelsior at Lido. Her most known
paintings from this time are Arab garden
of Lido Arab garden
of Lido 1997, Armenian Garden
In Venice
In 2000 she spent her first winter in Paris Italy ,
Austria and Slovenia 2004 in
Marocco that inspired her a lot, the detailes, ornaments and colors first of
all changed her paintings a lot. And she spent winters of 2005 and 2006 in Paris
Since 2005 her works became more detailed.
Tjaša Iris is known for her intense use of color, especially via working
through warm and cold, bright and dull and light and dark colors. Her often
complex compositions—typically of gardens with lush vegetation —are both
narrative and autobiographical. She also painted several landscapes, which
usually depict dramatic skies and light situations, starlight nights and
flowers and fruit. She has a special love for ornaments.
Tjaša Iris mostly does not paint from life but rather draw her
subject—sometimes photographing it as well—and making notes on the colors and
the composition. She then paints the canvas in her studio from her notes.
Her work has a base and inspiration in
paintings among many by Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, The Fauves, Kandinsky,
the Society of Six
For the last years her favorite places
to paint are the ancient gardens. Her most favorite ones are: Hanbury gardens near Ventimiglia,
Even if she is being away from strong Mediterranean light, she carries it with
her wherever she goes. This vivid light always stays inside of her, no matter
if she finds herself in Northern Europe or Paris
Tjasa Iris je bila rojena v Kranju, Slovenija
1968. L. 1989 začne v Firencah, Italija, na International School of Fine
Arts Fortman Studios, dvo letni študij fotografije in slikarstva. En semester
študira fotografijo na Staffordshire Polytecnic-u, stoke-on-Trent, Anglija.
Kasneje nadaljuje študij v Groningenu, Nizozemska, na Likovni Akademiji
Minerva, kjer študira dve leti na audio-vizuelnem oddelku in zadnje leto na
slikarskem oddelku. Konca Akademijo leta 1995. Zadnje leto je gost Likovne
Akademije v Benetkah. Dela in živi med Slovenijo, Italijo in Francijo.
Tjasa
Iris nasce a Kranj, Slovenia nel 1968, (al origine Tjasa Demsar). Comincia i
suoi studi artistici a Firenze, nel 1989. presso
most important personal exhibitions
1993 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS Personal
exhibition with eight paintings and one installation »Yellow Labyrinth« at the
Gallery »S«
1996
1997 CAERANO DI SAN MARCO, TREVISO, ITALY
Personal painting exhibition at the Gallery »Villa Benzi Zecchini« in November.
1998 PAESE,
1998
1998
1999 SKOFJA LOKA, SLOVENIA Personal painting
exhibition at the Gallery »Groharjeva« in September
2000 MURSKA
2005
2005
2009
most important group exhibitions
1990-2
1992
1994 ORVELTE, DRENTHE, THE NETHERLANDS Orvelte,
12th century village – museum orders her a painting (1,5 x
1995
1995
1995
1996
1997
1998
2000
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2007 MURSKA
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
GAMBASI
publications, scholarships, prices
1990
1992
1992 LJUBLANA, SLOVENIA Article on Virtual
Reality published in the »Periodical for the Critique of Science« (Časopis za
kritiko znanosti), n.150 – 151, page 99 – 109. Publishing as well her computer
graphic work.
1994
1997
2000 PARIS, FRANCE She receives a grant from Slovenian
Art Association for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts.
2005 PARIS, FRANCE She receives a grant from Slovenian
Art Association for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts.
2006 PARIS, FRANCE She receives a grant from Slovenian
Art Association for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts.
2008 NOVA GORICA, SLOVENIA 8 min long TV Program by TV
Primorka, Interview and First Artis's Residency at Villa Flora Session, 30
August.
2009
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catalogue CIP: KATALOŽNI ZAPIS O PUBLIKACIJI Narodna Univerzitetna Knjižnica v Ljubljani 75(497.4):929Iris.T IRIS, Tjaša Tjaša Iris :
slike = dipinti = paintings / (tekst Tatjana Sirk; prevod Devana
Jovan Locovich, Neva Zajc, Amidas ; fotografija Tjaša Iris). - Piran : Obalne Galerije 2009 ISBN 978-961-6394-36-9 245140224
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public collections
1994 ORVELTE VILLAGE, THE NETHERLANDS,
Commissioned Work - Large painting on the "Path of Painters".
1995
1996 IZOLA,
SLOVENIA Korte nad Izolo, Town Hall Art Collection.
1997 CAERANO DI SAN
MARCO,
1998 PAESE,
2009 GAMBASI TERME, ITALY Atleier d'Artista Association Art Collection.
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