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IRENE MONIQUE SALEHI
Silk Artist

About Irene

Irene Monique Salehi was born in Paris, France and lived intermittently in Iran as well as France throughout her young adult life. She currently lives in Mississauga, Canada.

In her youth, her passion for arts and crafts emerged and by her mid-twenties she had begun training in France, Iran and eventually Canada in order to develop her skills as a Silk Painter.

Over the last 30 years, she has continued to enthusiastically produce unique Silk Paintings all the while teaching her skills, displaying her art at galleries as well as taking part in arts shows throughout Ontario.



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Silk Painting

Irene's silk paintings are unique in that she meticulously draws on a blank sheet of silk using gutta (paint resist). She then colours the silk with French dye before steam setting the result. Her silk paintings last a life-time. Here are some photos from her tools and not-yet-framed paintings.





Awards

2014 - Mississauga Arts Council - Winner of MARTY Award for Established Visual Artist
Canada

2012/01 - Heritage Mississauga Art Contest - Second Place 175 Anniversary of the Rebellion of 1837
Mississauga, Canada

2012 - Mississauga Arts Council - Nominated for MARTY Award for Emerging Visual Artist
Canada

2003 - Betty Kantor Sheridan Workshop Scholarships Award - Outstanding achievement in Crafts and Design Program
Sheridan College, Canada

2003 - Dr. Marcel Lemieux Award - Outstanding achievement in Crafts and Design Program
Sheridan College, Canada

List of Exhibitions

2015/10Solo Exhibition - Art Square, Toronto, ON
2015/09Solo Exhibition - Heritage Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2014/05Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, ON
2013/03Solo Exhibition at Iranian House of Culture (Farhang Khaneh Irani), Toronto, ON
2013/01Heritage Mississauga Aggregation 11, Mississauga, ON
2012/06Heritage Mississauga Aggregation 9, Mississauga, ON
2006-2010Gallery Streetsville (Permanent Collections), Mississauga, ON
2008/11Annual Celebration of Hope Breast Cancer Luncheon (Juried Show), Markham, ON
2008/11Annual Oakville Christmas Craft Fair (Juried Show), Oakville, ON
2007/11River Cayote Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2007/11Heintzman House Craft Show and Sale (Juried Show), Thornhill, ON
2007/11Annual Celebration of Hope Breast Cancer Luncheon (Juried Show), Markham, ON
2007/11Christmas Marketplace Craft Sale, Civic Centre, Mississauga, ON
2007/10Flare for Fashion, The Lupus Flare Foundation, Mississauga, ON
2007/07Credit Village Marina Art Show (Juried Show), Mississauga, ON
2006/11Heintzman House Auxiliary Boutique and Jewellery Sale (Juried Show, Thornhill, ON)
2006/11Gallery Streetsville, Annual Artisan Showcase, Mississauga, ON
2006/09Annual Art and Craft Market, Burlington (Juried Show), Burlington, ON
2006/07Credit Village Marina Art Show (Juried Show), Mississauga, ON
2006/04Heintzman House Auxiliary Boutique and Jewelry (Juried Show), Thornhill, ON

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