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Text written by the curator Tatjana Sirk for the catlogue published by Coastal Galleries Piran with [...]
Text written by the curator Tatjana Sirk
for the catlogue published by Coastal Galleries Piran
with the help of Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the County of Koper - Capodistria
for Tjaša Iris exhibition at Gallery Meduza, Koper - Capdistria
22 Aprli - 30 May 2009
“I don't know; they’re so different ...” an old friend said as she directed me to Tjaša’s paintings. And I don’t know what I expected “different” to mean, but certainly not Tjaša’s kind of paintings.
Considering the interesting path her life has taken, beginning in Škofja Loka and then twisting and turning between Amsterdam, Paris, Venice, San Francisco and other places all over the world, maybe I was subconsciously expecting a greater influence from the contemporary artistic trends which guide numerous artists of our time. That is why my encounter with her paintings was really a surprise. Her paintings definitely are different; they live differently, although they bring back memories of past feelings and experiences.
Tjaša Iris is a passionate traveller. It seems that her world is everywhere she chooses to stop. Where she stops, she sketches in her memory images which become her permanent companions. She likes to wander around in warmer climes, especially the Mediterranean, which inspires her with its light, colours, soft timeless rhythm and relaxed atmosphere. In the direct vicinity of where she is staying, she finds motifs which are ever-present in her work. She loves lush and colourful vegetation, the gardens and atria of the Mediterranean world decorated with rich architectural elements, ornaments and plants, landscapes and views that smell of summer days.
Field of Poppies, Trulli, Garden, Capri, Gardens of Miramare, Blue Palm.
These paintings are like open windows with a view of an exotic palm or of blossoming fields in Provence or in the Vipava Valley, the garden at home or a garden in Tuscany. Or imaginary sights that she would like to see but that she can’t see with her eyes, which float up from the depths of her memory or appear on the horizon like yearning. Her real, objective world becomes a world of dreams and desires.
The motifs, which she perceives with an incredibly positive attitude, are transformed in the creative process through emotive interpretation and are always enriched with the inner expressive power of what has been experienced and what is yearned for. From simple motifs captured on real and imaginary travels, the artist creates magical dwelling-places where a feeling of happiness is captured in the light and colour – moments captured which in her paintings gain a dimension of durability, almost eternity. While gazing upon them, time stops in comfort, tranquillity and optimism. In the chaotic world of today, where there is no longer time to stop and gaze upon soothing sights, these timeless spaces are like luxurious oases of peace and happiness, full of joy and energy. Is reality being deliberately altered here, or is Tjaša’s world really like this? Her positive attitude towards life, which becomes true worship of creation, can be felt in each one of her paintings. They remind us of electromagnetic recordings which glow before us, attracting us and connecting us invisibly. They belong to us, draw us in and become a part of us, even before we become aware of it.
The compositions are true to what has been seen in real life and retain the role of the basic element in the painting. It is a different matter when it comes to the colours that are chosen: the undoubted bearers of the narrative fill the crowded surface of the painting. The image is saturated and made up of intense colours belonging to a pure primary hue which turns into special colour tones when viewed from a distance. The colours are applied freely, with ease and without inhibition, almost simultaneously in warm and cold contrasts. The succulent paintings throb happily with the playfulness of light and shadow, and glow with vitality and infinite energy in a light breeze or wind. When, in the final paintings such as The Gardner’s House (2009), the canvas is replaced by jute, the colours become softer and the painted surface becomes a velvet fabric, inviting to the touch. The energy of pure colours takes us to faraway lands where colours are still a part of everyday life – the decoration of garments, houses, everyday objects – and entrance us on our travels; but when we return we do not really know what to do with them, and they grow distant.
In the more recent works, spontaneous applications of one colour next to another, which remind one of colourful puzzles, increasingly become colour drawings which float on the surface with ease. The artist is more expressive in the individual details, where she consciously sets about decorating the painted surfaces. Sometimes the drawing brings her to abstraction of the subject matter, or it simply fits the aesthetics of different ornaments, which also divert the viewer’s gaze to focus on elements within the whole. The motif gives way to detail, which leads the eye through the labyrinth of colour until the gaze has had enough of the delights of colour. But this decoration still remains subordinated to the primary and genuine message of Tjaša’s paintings: an infinite, almost childlike and therefore so much more authentic joie de vivre. Life is light and light is colour, the symbol of the human soul and the mirror of the human spirit.
Tatjana Sirk
for the catlogue published by Coastal Galleries Piran
with the help of Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the County of Koper - Capodistria
for Tjaša Iris exhibition at Gallery Meduza, Koper - Capdistria
22 Aprli - 30 May 2009
“I don't know; they’re so different ...” an old friend said as she directed me to Tjaša’s paintings. And I don’t know what I expected “different” to mean, but certainly not Tjaša’s kind of paintings.
Considering the interesting path her life has taken, beginning in Škofja Loka and then twisting and turning between Amsterdam, Paris, Venice, San Francisco and other places all over the world, maybe I was subconsciously expecting a greater influence from the contemporary artistic trends which guide numerous artists of our time. That is why my encounter with her paintings was really a surprise. Her paintings definitely are different; they live differently, although they bring back memories of past feelings and experiences.
Tjaša Iris is a passionate traveller. It seems that her world is everywhere she chooses to stop. Where she stops, she sketches in her memory images which become her permanent companions. She likes to wander around in warmer climes, especially the Mediterranean, which inspires her with its light, colours, soft timeless rhythm and relaxed atmosphere. In the direct vicinity of where she is staying, she finds motifs which are ever-present in her work. She loves lush and colourful vegetation, the gardens and atria of the Mediterranean world decorated with rich architectural elements, ornaments and plants, landscapes and views that smell of summer days.
Field of Poppies, Trulli, Garden, Capri, Gardens of Miramare, Blue Palm.
These paintings are like open windows with a view of an exotic palm or of blossoming fields in Provence or in the Vipava Valley, the garden at home or a garden in Tuscany. Or imaginary sights that she would like to see but that she can’t see with her eyes, which float up from the depths of her memory or appear on the horizon like yearning. Her real, objective world becomes a world of dreams and desires.
The motifs, which she perceives with an incredibly positive attitude, are transformed in the creative process through emotive interpretation and are always enriched with the inner expressive power of what has been experienced and what is yearned for. From simple motifs captured on real and imaginary travels, the artist creates magical dwelling-places where a feeling of happiness is captured in the light and colour – moments captured which in her paintings gain a dimension of durability, almost eternity. While gazing upon them, time stops in comfort, tranquillity and optimism. In the chaotic world of today, where there is no longer time to stop and gaze upon soothing sights, these timeless spaces are like luxurious oases of peace and happiness, full of joy and energy. Is reality being deliberately altered here, or is Tjaša’s world really like this? Her positive attitude towards life, which becomes true worship of creation, can be felt in each one of her paintings. They remind us of electromagnetic recordings which glow before us, attracting us and connecting us invisibly. They belong to us, draw us in and become a part of us, even before we become aware of it.
The compositions are true to what has been seen in real life and retain the role of the basic element in the painting. It is a different matter when it comes to the colours that are chosen: the undoubted bearers of the narrative fill the crowded surface of the painting. The image is saturated and made up of intense colours belonging to a pure primary hue which turns into special colour tones when viewed from a distance. The colours are applied freely, with ease and without inhibition, almost simultaneously in warm and cold contrasts. The succulent paintings throb happily with the playfulness of light and shadow, and glow with vitality and infinite energy in a light breeze or wind. When, in the final paintings such as The Gardner’s House (2009), the canvas is replaced by jute, the colours become softer and the painted surface becomes a velvet fabric, inviting to the touch. The energy of pure colours takes us to faraway lands where colours are still a part of everyday life – the decoration of garments, houses, everyday objects – and entrance us on our travels; but when we return we do not really know what to do with them, and they grow distant.
In the more recent works, spontaneous applications of one colour next to another, which remind one of colourful puzzles, increasingly become colour drawings which float on the surface with ease. The artist is more expressive in the individual details, where she consciously sets about decorating the painted surfaces. Sometimes the drawing brings her to abstraction of the subject matter, or it simply fits the aesthetics of different ornaments, which also divert the viewer’s gaze to focus on elements within the whole. The motif gives way to detail, which leads the eye through the labyrinth of colour until the gaze has had enough of the delights of colour. But this decoration still remains subordinated to the primary and genuine message of Tjaša’s paintings: an infinite, almost childlike and therefore so much more authentic joie de vivre. Life is light and light is colour, the symbol of the human soul and the mirror of the human spirit.
Tatjana Sirk
Tjaša Iris - PAINTINGS 2003 - 2010 • 11 opere
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Tjasa Iris is a Slovenian painter that lives between Paris and her home in Mediterranean Slovenia. Her [...]
Tjasa Iris is a Slovenian painter that lives between Paris and her home in Mediterranean Slovenia.
Her painting is a continuation of the concerns of expressionism. Colour is the main concern in her paintings, exploring the emotional and expressive qualities. Her colours are used freely and vibrantly. The paintings vibrate with the contrasts of warm and cold, light and dark, bright and dull. She is an avid traveller, and captures the essence of the places she visits in vibrant abstracted pictures. Gardens with lush vegetation and ornaments, busy landscapes with swirling clouds, a coloured square of Burano island; Through her use of colour and shape she captivate the viewer with her joyful celebration of life through her art.
Her painting is a continuation of the concerns of expressionism. Colour is the main concern in her paintings, exploring the emotional and expressive qualities. Her colours are used freely and vibrantly. The paintings vibrate with the contrasts of warm and cold, light and dark, bright and dull. She is an avid traveller, and captures the essence of the places she visits in vibrant abstracted pictures. Gardens with lush vegetation and ornaments, busy landscapes with swirling clouds, a coloured square of Burano island; Through her use of colour and shape she captivate the viewer with her joyful celebration of life through her art.
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Biografia
Slovenian painter Tjaša Iris, (Formely Tjaša Demšar) was born in Kranj, Slovenia in 1968. Her studies were concentrated outside of Slovenia and from 1988 to 1991 she studied at Fortman Studios Florence (Italy), International School of Fine Art where she earned her diploma in painting and photography. After a short exchange program at the University of Staffordshire, England, she completed her artistic education at the Academie Minerva at Groningen, The Netherlands, initially concentrating her studies in the Audio/Visual department (photography, video, computer animation, painting) and later her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, her final chosen field of study. Tjaša Iris is an avid traveller and has resided in Venice for seven years and lived for two years in California (U.S.A.). A part from these extended residencies she has travelled extensively all over the world and has been invited to several Artist in Residency Programs, as four stays at Cite International des Art in Paris. These travels have allowed her to exhibit her artwork in many European, South African and American Galleries. Her paintings are now to be found in several public and private collections. From 2004 she lived between Paris and Branik, where she worked. Lately she has been very much attracted by explosive energy of the South-East Asia. Followed by stays in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Bali, Indonesia. Collaboration with Asian galleries as Instinc in Singapore, Wina Gallery in Bali and 116 Art Gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She exhibited as well as a “NEW FIND” at Art Singapore 2010 and extensively at AAF Singapore 2010.
She learnt seven languages, five of which she speaks fluently. Apart from her painting she also bought a big ancient family home in Branik, Precoastal Wine Country of Slovenia, about an hour from Venice in 2004. After the initial restoration she converted the villa into an Artist's Residency, where she runs annual Villa Flora Artist in Residency Program.
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- Data di nascita : 1968
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- Gruppi: Artisti Sloveni Contemporanei
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Videos from Singapore exhibition in Feb. 2010, at INSTINC ART GALLERY
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Video from Exhibition at Meduza Gallery in Koper - Capodistria, April - May 2009, Coastal Galleries Piran, video from TV news by TV Koper - Capodistria: (in Italian)
interview to gallerist-curator Tatjana Sirk. (In Italian.)
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Tjasa Iris - founder of Villa Flora Artist in Residency Program, Branik, Slovenia pt. 1/3
Video by TV Primorka, Slovenia. August 2008, (in Slovenian).
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TJAŠA IRIS - Radio Koper, 8. 9. 2009_0001 (interview)
Interview by journalist Tatjana Gregorič. Radio Koper, (Sloveninan National Radio). (In Slovenian.)
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Tjaša Iris, painter
Slovenian painter Tjaša Iris, (Formely Tjaša Demšar) was born in Kranj, Slovenia in 1968. Her studies were concentrated outside of Slovenia and from 1988 to 1991 she studied at Fortman Studios Florence (Italy), International School of Fine Art where she earned her diploma in painting and photography. After a short exchange program at the University of Staffordshire, England, she completed her artistic education at the Academie Minerva at Groningen, The Netherlands, initially concentrating her studies in the Audio/Visual department (photography, video, computer animation, painting) and later her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, her final chosen field of study. Tjaša Iris is an avid traveller and has resided in Venice for seven years and lived for two years in California (U.S.A.). A part from these extended residencies she has travelled extensively all over the world and has been invited to several Artist in Residency Programs, as four stays at Cite International des Art in Paris. These travels have allowed her to exhibit her artwork in many European, South African and American Galleries. Her paintings are now to be found in several public and private collections. From 2004 she lived between Paris and Branik, where she worked. Lately she has been very much attracted by explosive energy of the South-East Asia. Followed by stays in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Bali, Indonesia. Collaboration with Asian galleries as Instinc in Singapore, Wina Gallery in Bali and 116 Art Gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She exhibited as well as a “NEW FIND” at Art Singapore 2010 and extensively at AAF Singapore 2010.
She learnt seven languages, five of which she speaks fluently. Apart from her painting she also bought a big ancient family home in Branik, Precoastal Wine Country of Slovenia, about an hour from Venice in 2004. After the initial restoration she converted the villa into an Artist's Residency, where she runs annual Villa Flora Artist in Residency Program.
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Tjaša Iris- most important personal exhibitions, most important group exhibitions
most important personal exhibitions
(* indicates a publication)
2011 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, UCSI Kuala Lumpur University.
2010 UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA, Wina Gallery. (two women show)
2010 SINGAPORE, AAF – The Affordable Art Fair Singapore, E7.
2010 SINGAPORE, As NEW FIND at ART SINGAPORE 2010. *
2010 SINGAPORE, Instinc Art Gallery. *
2009 KOPER, SLOVENIA, Gallery Meduza, Coastal Galleries Piran. *
2005 BRANIK, SLOVENIA, Villa Flora. Open Studio "PARIS PAINTINGS".
2005 PARIS, FRANCE Two man show Tjaša Demšar and Diek Grobler (South Africa), Cite´Internationale des Arts.
2000 MURSKA SOBOTA, SLOVENIA, Gallery Murska Sobota. *
1999 SKOFJA LOKA, SLOVENIA, Gallery Groharjeva. *
1998 IZOLA, SLOVENIA, Gallery Insula.
1998 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA. Gallery Krka. *
1998 PAESE, TREVISO, ITALY, Municipal Gallery.
1997 CAERANO DI SAN MARCO, TREVISO, ITALY. Gallery Villa Benzi Zecchini.
1996 AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, ART EXPO, Amsterdam RAI.
1993 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, “Yellow Labyrinth”, Gallery »S«.*
upcoming personal exhibitions
2011 CHIANG MAI, THAILAND, 116 Art Gallery, (three women show), 12 Nov. – 30 Dec.
2012 BANGKOK, THAILAND, Rotunda Gallery, Nielson Hays Library, 31 Jan. – 26 Feb.
2012 SINGAPORE, “The Substation” Cultural Art Center, 22 May – 2 June 2012
2012 CHIANG MAI, THAILAND Chiang Mai Art Center, Art Museum at Chiang Mai University, in November
2013 TRIESTE, ITALY, Serra della Rivoltella, City Contemporary Art Exhibition Space.
2013 BAGKOK, THAILAND, Jamuree State Art Gallery, at Chulalongkorn University.
2013 DUBAI, U.A.E., Dubai International Art Center
upcoming group exhibitions
2011 AJDOVSCINA, SLOVENIA, Slovenia Opened for Art, Sivceva hisa 30 June
2011 SINJI VRH, SLOVENIA, Slovenia Opened for Art, 2 July
2011 BREZICE, SLOVENIA Franc Les Art Collection at Brezice Posavski Museum, 11. Nov. – 11. Dec.
most important group exhibitions
(* indicates a publication)
2011 CATEZ OB SAVI, SLOVENIA, “Franc Les” Artist Colony at County Hall.
2010 SENCUR, SLOVENIA, “Zlata Ribica” Art Collection at Sencur Museum.
2010 BOVEC, SLOVENIA, “Zlata Ribica” Art Collection, Fortress Kluze Exhibition Space.
2010 HONG KONG, “Unwrap Your Mind”, That Gallery.
2010 HONG KONG, “4x6”, That Gallery.
2010 TOLMIN, SLOVENIA, “Zlata Ribica” Artist in Residency, Tolmin Public Library Exhibition Space. *
2009 PIRAN, SLOVENIA, Ex-Tempore Piran, Coastal Galleries Piran.
2009 BRANIK , SLOVENIA, Villa Flora Artist's Residency Program. Villa Flora.
2009 CASTAGNO, TUSCANY, ITALY, Artist's Colony Atelier d'Artista, "Il Genio Fiorentino Art Festival". Villa Castagno.
2009 GAMBASI TERME, TUSCANY, ITALY, Artist's Colony Atelier d'Artista. "Il Genio Fiorentino Art Festival". Piazza Gambasi Terme.
2008 MEDANA , SLOVENIA, “MMM art” Artist's Colony. Klinec.
2008 BRANIK , SLOVENIA, Villa Flora Artist's Residency Program. Villa Flora.
2008 BARCELONA, SPAIN, "Artterre Group", Galeria Zero.
2008 PIRAN, SLOVENIA, Ex-Tempore Piran, Magazin Monfort.
2008 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, “Members of Kranj Artist's Association”, Galerija ZDSLU.
2007 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, “December Holiday Sale”, Galerija ZDSLU.
2007 PIRAN, SLOVENIA, Ex-Tempore Piran, Magazin Monfort.
2007 MURSKA SOBOTA, SLOVENIA, Majski salon, Galerija Murska Sobota
2006 CAMPELLO SUL CLITUGNNO, ITALY, “Vita bellissima”, Studio Lithos.
2004 CAMPELLO SUL CLITUGNNO, ITALY, “Ecce Uomo”, Studio Lithos.
2003 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, "BRAKE A SILENCE ARROUND HIV/Aids", Mind’s I Art Space.
2003 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, "FINE LINE", Mind’s I Art Space.
2002 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA "MAIL ART", Mind’s I Art Space.
2002 KRANJ, SLOVENIA, Kranj Biennal. France Prešern House, Kranj Museum. *
2002 PASIANO DI PORDENONE, ITALY, "FOUR WOMAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION", Villa Saccomani,
2000 KOPER, SLOVENIA, “December Exhibition”, Galerija Meduza.
1998 KRANJ, SLOVENIA, “May Days”, Mala Gallery, Kranjski Museum.
1997 IZOLA, SLOVENIA, “Marine Universe”. Gallery Alga.
1997 IZOLA, SLOVENIA, EX TEMPORE – Korte nad Izolo.
1995 MARIBOR, SLOVENIA, First Slovenian Festival of Computer art, Maribor Contemporary Art Center.
1995 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, “Minerva Artists”, Martini Zichenhuis.
1995 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, “Minerva Artists”, Martini hall.
1994 ORVELTE, DRENTHE, THE NETHERLANDS, “The Path of Painters”, Orvelte, 12th century village – museum orders her a painting (1,5 x 2,5 m), that will remain exhibited in the country – side near Orvelte for the following ten years.
1992 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, »Blue Labyrinth«. Gallery »Biemonds Belang«.
1990-2 FLORENCE, ITALY “Photography Exhibitions”, International School of Fine Art Fortman Studios.
recent publications, press, radio, TV
2011 KOPER, SLOVENIA, One Hour Radio Interview with Tjaša Iris, Tatjana Gregoric, Slovenian National Radio & Radio Koper, 10 May at 8 pm.
2010 BALI, INDONESIA , “Happy Place”, 3. dec.
2010 BALI, INDONESIA, The Beat Magazine, Bali and Jakarta Event Guide, “Happy Place”, 3. Dec.
2010 BALI, INDONESIA, article, Bali Post, “Happy Place”, 1 Dec.
2010 BALI, INDONESIA, article, Henny Handayani, Bali Voice Art Magazine, “Happy Place”, Jan.
2010 SINGAPORE, video, Gim Shum, “Tjaša Iris NEW FIND at Art Singapore 2010”, YouTube
2010 SINGAPORE, The Straits Times, “Singapore Art Fair 2010”, 9 Oct.
2010 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, radio interview, Tatjana Gregoric, Slovenian National Radio & Radio Koper, “Interview with Tjaša Iris”, 28 May
2010 TOLMIN, SLOVENIA, TV video, “Zlata Ribica Artist Colony”, Mavricna Hiša Production, May
2010 SINGAPORE, video, Gim Shum, “Garden of Eden”, YouTube
2010 SINGAPORE, ARTS Beat, 25 Feb. – 3 Mar. “Garden of Eden”
2010 SINGAPORE, ARTS Beat, 11 – 24 Feb. “Garden of Eden”
2010 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, web interview, Giovanna Pasculli, Tjaša Iris in Singapore “Garden of Eden” exhibition, , 22 feb.
2009 KOPER, SLOVENIA Catalogue published in the occasion of personal exhibition at Gallery Meduza, Coastal Galleries Piran. ISBN 978-961-6394-36-9, text Tatjana Sirk
2009 KOPER, SLOVENIA, article national daily newspaper, Alenka Penjak, “Healty Mind in the Crimson of Fire”, Primorske novice, 3. May
2009 KOPER, SLOVENIA, magazine publication, “Vrtnarjeva Hiša”, photo of a painting, Bonbon Magazine, 12 May
2009 KOPER, SLOVENIA, national TV evening news video, Emanuella Gherardi Seppi, “Painting Exhibition of Tjaša Iris at Gallery Meduza”, Slovenian National TV – Koper – Capodistria, 6 May
2008 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, radio interview, Tatjana Gregoric, “Interview with Tjaša Iris”, Slovenian National Radio & Radio Koper, 8 Sep.
2008 NOVA GORICA, SLOVENIA 8 min long TV Program by TV Primorka, Interview with Tjaša Iris about her work and the First Artis's Residency Program at Villa Flora Session, 30 August.
…. other art critics who wrote about the work of Tjaša Iris: Govanni Bianchi (Italy), Alessandra Santin (Italy), Polona Hafner (Slovenia), Robert Inhof (Slovenia), Anamarija Stibilj Šajn (Slovenia).
grants, scholarships, prices
1997 LJUBLANA, SLOVENIA In February she receives by Ministry of Culture the title »Status of Artist Sponsorized by Slovenian government«.
1994 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA Scholarship by the Republic of Slovenia for talented students »Zoisova«.
1992 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS Grant by the Foundation De Groot – Brughman fonds, for the participation at the International Performance Art Workshop in Spain.
1990 FLORENCE, ITALY Scholarship from International School of Fine Art Fortman Studios, for excellent results gained.
residencies
2011 CATEZ OB SAVI, “Franc Les” Artist Colony
2011 CHIANG MAI, THAILAND 116 Gallery Residency
2011 UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA Villa Flora in Bali Artist in Residency Program
2010 SINGAPORE Instinc Artist in Residency Program
2010 TOLMIN, SLOVENIA Zlata Ribica Art Colony
2009 BRANIK, SLOVENIA Villa Flora Artist in Residency Program
2009 GAMBASSI TERME, TUSCANY, ITALY Atelier d’Artista Artist’s Residency, “Il Genio Fiorentino Festival”
2008 MEDANA, SLOVENIA MMM Art, Artist’s Colony
2008 BRANIK, SLOVENIA Villa Flora Artist in Residency Program
2007 PARIS, FRANCE Grant from French Ministry for External Affaires for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts.
2006 PARIS, FRANCE Grant from Slovenian Art Association for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts
2005 PARIS, FRANCE Grant from Slovenian Art Association for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts.
2000 PARIS, FRANCE Grant from Slovenian Art Association for a 2 month stay at Cite´ International des Arts.
up coming residencies
2011 SINJI VRH, SLOVENIA, Slovenia Opened for Art, (invitational art symposium), 27 June – 2 July
public collections
2011 CATEZ OB SAVI, “Franc Les” Art Collection
2011 NOVA GORICA, SLOVENIA, National Health Insurance Organization.
2010 TOLMIN, SLOVENIA, “Zlata Ribica” Art Collection,
2009 GAMBASI TERME, ITALY, “Toscana In Art Collection”, Atelier d'Artista Association.
2008 MEDANA , SLOVENIA, “MMM Art Collection” . Klinec.
2002 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA Public City Library Art Collection.
1998 PAESE, ITALY County Hall Art Collection.
1997 CAERANO DI SAN MARCO, ITALY Cultural Foundation Villa Benzi Zecchin Art Collection.
1996 IZOLA, SLOVENIA Korte nad Izolo, Town Hall Art Collection.
1995 GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANS, Hanse Hooghe School.
1994 ORVELTE VILLAGE, THE NETHERLANDS, Commissioned Work - Large painting on the "Path of Painters".
writtings
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.
lecture
2011 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, UCSI Kuala Lumpur University.
workshops
1997 CAERANO DI SAN MARCO, ITALY Cultural Foundation Villa Benzi Zecchin
1998 – 2011 TUSCANY, PUGLIA, PROVENCE, VENICE, SLOVENIAN ALPS, PRIMORSKA PRECOASTAL SLOVENIA, BALI… Intensive one week to ten days painting workshops. Seven to eleven workshops per year, for ARTw.org and for many other cultural art organizations worldwide.
See Tjaša Iris on WIKIPEDIA pages: in Slovenian wiki/Tjasa_Iris
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Tjaša Iris - Artist Statment
"I view my work as a continuation of the concerns of expressionism.
Colour is the main concern in my paintings, exploring the emotional
and expressive qualities. My colours are used freely and vibrantly.
The paintings vibrate with the contrasts of warm and cold, light and
dark, bright and dull.
I am an avid traveller, and I capture the essence of the places I visit
in vibrant abstracted pictures. Gardens with lush vegetation and
ornaments, busy landscapes with swirling clouds, a coloured square
of Burano island; Through my use of colour and shape I
captivate the viewer with my joyful celebration of life
through my art."
Aggiunto il 6 apr 2010
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This workshop is going to open your eyes on fine art. It will make you discover your own creativity. Creativity in general with emphasis on: Your own visual creativity. Make you aware of it, and about how for you to use it. It is an educational painting vacation. The beginners will learn how to paint. If you are more advanced Tjaša will work with you so that you develop your own personal painting style.You will learn a lot about painting, other painters. About colour. About the visual. It is as well an art appreciation course for those of you who love art and will wish to know more about it. It is also a cultural, art & gourmet tour. You will get to know a lot about the country that you will be visitng. About its painting, architecture & history. It is for you to enjoy their best wines & cuisine. It will be an art class about plein air landscape painting. About pleasurable painting. With highly intellectual approaches to questions about creativity, visual language, analysis of numerous paintings by famous painters... Four hours of painting classes per day and one hour of an evening slide lecture - art appreciation course. It will be about relaxing and learning by having fun. Many art museum & cultural sites visits. In Tuscany you can also join Tjaša on her afternoon trekkings, and more...
FOR WHO THIS WORKSHOP IS GOOD FOR:
- For business people, corporative, investors, entrepreneurs, business owners.
- For scientists.
- For art collectors and investors.
- For those of you who are in Education.
- For artists, painters of all levels.
- For art lovers.
organized in
- ITALY (Venice, Tuscany, Puglia),
- SOUTHERN FRANCE (Provence – Arles and Saint Remy),
- SLOVENIAN ALPS and the WINE COUNTRY OF SLOVENIA
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In 14 years of career Tjasa Iris had participants from all 6 continents and from about 25 countries.
"Most of my participants are from United States, Canada and European countries. But I had participants also from Australia, New Zeland, South Africa, Belize, Argentina, Anguilla, Israel, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Lebanon as from Great Britain, The Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Romania, Germany, Macedonia, Norway, France...
....and many who returned second, third and even for the fifth time."
Aggiunto il 6 apr 2010
Healthy mind in the crimson of fire, KOPER > Inviting gardens in the magical realism of painter Tjaša Iris at the Meduza Gallery, 3 May 2009, Primorske Novice
KOPER > Inviting gardens in the magical realism of painter Tjaša Iris at the Meduza Gallery
Healthy mind in the crimson of fire
“Soft, warm, alive, gentle, yellow like straw, yellow like the flame of matches, it enters through the open window without you knowing where it comes from…” Thus the Nobel prize winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio describes in his poem L’Inconnu sur la terre the sensing of light, the kind that emanates currently from the Meduza Gallery in Koper and in which the paintings of Tjaša Iris are bathed.
In this most beautiful of lights, the colours produced by Tjaša Iris have acquired a different kind of sparkle, quivering and unclear, such that the viewer, who stands before it after coming in from the grey outdoors, is at first gently blinded by yellow, green, pink, purple and red. Timeless moments of absolute peace are captured in magical realism. It seems as if photographs have been fused into commemorative painting that has melted onto the canvas from a daydream.
“In today’s chaotic world, where there is no longer time for soothing gazes and pauses for breath, these timeless spaces are a luxurious oasis of peace and happiness, packed with joy and energy. Is this perhaps a deliberate altering of reality, or is Tjaša’s world really like that? Her positive attitude to life, which becomes a true veneration of physical reality, can be sensed in all her paintings. They bring to mind electromagnetic recordings that glow before us, drawing us in and linking us invisibly. They belong to us, they suck us into them and become part of us even before we are aware of it” writes exhibition curator Tatjana Sirk of her experience of seeing the paintings, which bear the titles Poppy Field, Trulli, Garden, Capri and Blue Palm, in her accompanying text for the exhibition.
Her acrylics on canvas, sometimes also on jute, are full of images from the real world, painted in a way that has nothing in common with possible painting trends. “It is important to me that the paintings are really mine,” says Tjaša Iris of the transformations of colour perceptions that alter the laws of the universe. Sometimes she has changed landscapes, and today she is in the gardens of Ravello, Miramare and Tuscany. “The energy of pure colours leads us off into distant lands, where colours are still a part of the everyday – the decorations on clothes, homes, and everyday objects that captivate us so much when we travel, then when we come home we do not actually know what to do with them, and they become distant,” continues Tatjana Sirk. The paintings of Tjaša Iris are truly different, they live in a different way, “although they recalled for me already known feelings and experiences.”
The Kranj-born painter graduated in painting and photography at Fortman Studios, the International School of Fine Arts in Florence, then at the painting department of Minerva Academy in the Netherlands she completed a postgraduate course, and after living in Venice and California she now commutes between Paris and Branik. Previously she painted, but now her medium is closer to drawing. The brushes are finer, and there is greater detail. Some paintings are still not finished. There is something elusive that hovers around her, calling on the artist to be allowed to stay beside her. Yet the decorativeness that is present – as Tatjana Sirk concludes – is always subordinate to the primary and sincere message of an almost child-like and for that very reason all the more credible joie de vivre. “Life is light and light is colour, the symbol of the human spirit and the mirror of its spirit.”
Photo caption:
Colours play without rest in the gardens of painter Tjaša Iris
3 May 2009, Primorske Novice
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Aggiunto il 6 apr 2010
Tjasa Iris "NEW FIND" at ART SINGAPORE 2010
Tjasa Iris "NEW FIND" at ART SINGAPORE 2010
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