BIO

Irene Pérez is an emerging visual artist making work that explores place, perception, cultural identity, and language. Irene works on projects in many media, including works on paper, fiber pieces, and installations.

Born in 1975 in Terrassa, Spain, near Barcelona, she currently lives in North Aurora, near Chicago, Illinois. Her studies include work in art history at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, photography and fine arts at the College of Dupage in Illinois, and studio arts with a focus in sculpture and painting at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

In addition to her practice as an artist, Irene has worked on a number of curatorial projects, serving as the Assistant Director at the Orleans Street Gallery in St. Charles, Illinois since 2007, co-curating RE:FUSE with Anni Holm there. She worked as the curator of the Library Art Exhibition Series at the College of DuPage Library from 2004 to 2006, and as the assistant organizer on artXposium 2007 and co-curator of artXposium 2008. She recently co-founded the Second Bedroom Project Space in Chicago together with Christopher Smith, with the aim of offering creative and exhibition opportunities to emerging artists working in installation media. CONSTRUCTIONS, her most recent solo curatorial work will open in January 2009.

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