EXHIBITS
Sep 2023
New Edinburgh Studio Tour (NEST)
Urban Ottawa Art, 115 Beechwood Av, Ottawa
May 2023
Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Juried Exhibition
Award winner - Juror's Choice Award
May 2022
Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Juried Exhibition
Award winner - Juror's Choice Award
Nov 2021
Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Juried Exhibition
Virtual show
Award winner - "Best Expression"
Nov 2017
Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Juried Exhibition
Gallery Coté Créations, 98 Richmond Rd., Ottawa
May 2017 and Nov/Dec 2019
"Celebrating Clay" Ottawa Guild of Potters curated exhibitions
Gallery Coté Créations, 98 Richmond Rd., Ottawa
19 October, 2017
Group Show "Shifting Ground" by The Clarence Street 5
Gallery 66, 66 Muriel St., Ottawa
Nov22 - Dec4 2016
Figureworks 2016 - juried show
St Brigid's Centre for the Arts, 310 St Patrick Street, Ottawa
June 2015
Group Show "Personal Palettes" by The Clarence Street 5
Gallery 66, 66 Muriel St., Ottawa
Nov 2014
Limmud Ottawa art exhibition,
Soloway Jewish Community Centre, Ottawa
Oct 2014 Gladstone ClayWorks Annual Open House, Ottawa
March 2014-present Gladstone ClayWorks gallery
May-Aug 2014
Bloomfields Flowers, Ottawa - artist representation
Jun 2014
Glebe Strutt Your Stuff Art Show,
Glebe Community Centre, Ottawa
Dec 2012, Dec 2011
Ottawa School of Art Holiday Fundaraising Art Sale
Sept-Oct 2011
Figureworks second annual jusried award show,
Orange Art Gallery, Ottawa
Sept-Oct 2010
Figureworks first annual jusried award show,
Rothwell Gallery, Ottawa
ABOUT
Iris is a multi-disciplined Ottawa artist, working both as a painter and a ceramic artist. After obtaining university degrees in engineering, a brief career as an engineer and another as a full-time mother, Iris rekindled her passion for art. She shared this passion with the children of Ottawa Jewish Community School as a volunteer art teacher for many years. In 2007 she began to study figure drawing and painting at the Ottawa School of Art and in 2009 she started exploring the world of clay; she had the privilege of studying with Jim Thomson until 2012. Over the years she has studied with and been mentored by numerous artists, in Canada and abroad.
Iris has been a member of Gladstone ClayWorks since 2014, the cooperative ceramic studio where she works. She handbuilds sculptural pieces in clay. Iris also pursues painting and mixed media work in her home studio. Much of her work is on mylar, a translucent drawing film. She uses oil sticks, paint, graphite, charcoal and other media.
Iris works expressively and gesturally in both clay and painting. Her work tends toward abstraction, often exploring contrasts and tensions. The human figure is a favourite subject and she returns to it again and again. Iris works intuitively, dialoguing with the work as it emerges. Each work starts with an idea but is ultimately a journey of exploration and discovery.