I use animal imagery to describe people and, naturally, the relationship between men and women. After all, we’ve all got a bit of the animal in us…
Biography
Irena Aizen was born in Russia.
Grown up in a family of artists, she is the third generation of artists in her family.
In 1981, Irena graduated in arts from Yaroslavl Art college.
In Russia, she worked as an illustrator in a book publishing house.
Since 1990, she has lived in Israel.
Her artworks are exhibited in the Museum of Russian Art (Jersey City, USA),
the Naive Art Museum of Latvia (Riga),
the Tula Museum of Fine Arts (Russia),
Galerie Natalie Boldyreff (Paris, France),
Danielle Peleg Gallery (USA),
Tribes Fine Art Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel),
Egozi Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Art & About Gallery (Israel)
and may be found as part of private collections in the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Russia, Israel, Great Britain, China, etc.
Influences
Memling, Durer, Leonardo da Vinci
Education
The artist at work
Solo Expositions
2021 Lewinsky College of Education Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Estonian Children's Literature Centre Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Danielle Peleg Gallery West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
2015 Egozi Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 Ein Hod Artists Village Ein Hod Artists Village, Israel
2011 Naive art museum of Latvia Riga, Latvia
Collective Expositions
2019 Freshpaint 11 Tel Aviv, Israel
2017 Freshpaint 9 Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Beffroi-de-Bruges Bruges, Belgium
2015 Art About - Israeli Worldwide Exhibition Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Art About - Israeli Worldwide Exhibition Munich, Germany
2013 Imagination Israeli Art Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 Museum of Russian Art Jersey City, NJ, United States
2011 Imagination Israeli Art Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Salon d’art Contemporain Business Art, l’Espace Pierre Cardin Paris, France
2009 Imagination Israeli Art Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 Imagination Israeli Art Tel Aviv, Israel
Permanent Collections
2012 Tula Regional Art Museum Tula, Russia
2012 Museum of Russian Art Jersey City, NJ, United States
2011 Naive art museum of Latvia Riga, Latvia
