Iris Schreven

About Iris
During her childhood she did a lot of crafting and drawing. She grew up in a wooded rural area in the Netherlands and thus playfully discovered the colours and shapes of nature. She actually has had a remarkable youth; her deaf father was continuously building and renovating the house which was the perfect playground for a creative kid. Over the years she worked a lot with him, which gave her the skills and insight needed to work with different materials and tools.
After attending the art academy in Den Bosch, Iris Schreven first entered the business world before becoming an artist in 2007. Since then she has been working full-time on her paintings, which have continuously grown with her over the years.

About her work
Iris creates women with elegance. They seem to be dreaming away in a hopeful story. Fearless in her experimentations, she searches for the balance between realism and abstraction in a way that keeps the viewer intrigued. Music, lyrics and nature are her favorite instruments to find the right mysterious atmosphere. Her portraits are built up layer by layer, starting in an abstract styleworking her way to realism until a face reveals itself.
The surface is processed to create fine structures and spotty acc...

Royal Academy of Art, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
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NIMA A, Marketing, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Art Event in Castle of Zeist, June 2025
The Art of Living, Rosmalen, May 2025
Masters Expo, RAI, Amsterdam, Dec 2024
Tres Chic, Hasselt, Belgium, Nov 2024
Naarden Art & Antique Fair, Naarden, Jan 2024
Masters Expo, RAI, Amsterdam, Dec 2023
Tres Chic, Hasselt, Belgium, Nov 2023
Masters Expo, RAI, Amsterdam, Dec 2022
Excellent Fair, Ahoy, Rotterdam, Nov 2022
First Art Fair Amsterdam, Jan 2022
Art Fair Paris, France, Sep 2021
Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain, July 2021

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