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Iris Hauser | |
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| Born | 1956 |
| Education | Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, University of Saskatchewan |
| Known for | painter |
| Website | Official website |
Iris Hauser (born 1956) is a Canadian artist and painter. She is best known for her use of narrative and symbolism within portrait paintings and works primarily with oil paints. She currently resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Hauser was born in 1956 in Cranbrook, British Columbia. [5] She studied in Victoria in from 1973 to 1974 before attending the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax where she graduating in 1975. She continued her studies in the department of Art and Art History at the University of Saskatchewan from 1977 to 1979. Hauser then spent a year studying independently in Kassel Germany from 1980 to 1981. [6]
Hauser has taught art at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon and at the University of Saskatchewan's Certificate of Art and Design program. She has served on the board of CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/Front des Artistes Canadiens) Saskatchewan and served as a juror for the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils. [7] Hauser's work is held in several collections including at the Mendel Art Gallery, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, and the Stall Gallery in Saskatoon, The Mann Gallery in Prince Albert and The Art Gallery of Regina as well as on many Canadian book covers. [8]
Hauser showed an early interest in fine art, often mentioning an especially vivid dream she had as a toddler and her immediate attempt to recreate it in crayon. [9] She incorporates symbolic and iconic imagery. She works primarily with oil paint. [10]
Hauser often reuses her models for multiple works. [11] One of her series Dancing with Hell Hounds compassionately depicts her bi-polar brother as various characters on his journey of healing. [12]
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