Iris Perez http://irisperezartistavisual.blogspot.com
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Iris Perez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She studied Art at the National school of Fine Arts and at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). She specialized in painting and attended the sculpture workshops of the masters Leopoldo Perez and Domingo Luz. She also participated in various courses and workshops throughout the country.

Individual Exhibitions and Projects
2007 Iris Perez: Recent Works. Performance Art Forum (PAF), Reims, France.
Artist-in-residence (drawing). Le PARC, Pampelonne, France.
Artist-in-residence (painting). PAF, Reims, France.
2006 Iris Perez: Retrospective of drawings and paintings. Marisall Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia.
Circuit of individual exhibitions:
Raku Women of Fire. Las Casas Reales Museum, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Human Habitat. Arawak Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Strange Body. Santiago Cultural Centre, Santiago, D.R.
Works in Paper and Binders of Love. Cariforum Culture Centre, Santo Domingo, D.R.
After the Fire. Amicus Contemporary Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2003 Marginal States series. Boricua University, New York, U.S.
2000 Hidden Spaces. Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, D.R.
From the series Hidden Spaces. Cuba Collection Fine Art, Miami, Florida, U.S.
1998 Rental Zone. Palacio Consistorial de Santiago, Santiago, D.R. and Palace of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1994 Homage to the Family. United Nations Office, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1993 Scenes from Life. National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.

National and International Events
2007 Women of the World collective exhibition. World tour opened in 2000 (White Columns, New York); most recently at Acadia Art Centre, Lafayette, LA.
2006 The Secret Garden. Primo Piano Gallery, Lecce, Italy.
Anonymous. Exhibition of drawings. Berlin, Germany.
2005 Unclaimed Luggage. Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
Collective exhibition of Dominican artists. Habitat for Humanity, Manhattan, U.S.
2004 Art Olympiads Athens 2004 . Sculpture project selected to represent the Dominican Republic at the Olympic Games, Athens, Greece.
2000 Auction. Venezuela Aids 2000, Miami, Florida, U.S.
1997 Exhibition of Latin American paintings. Bank Atlántida, Cultural Salon, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

National Collective Exhibitions
2006 Drawing Fair. Museum of Contemporary Drawings, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Daughters of the Caribbean. Casa de Espana, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2005 National Biennial of Visual Arts. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Collective Contemporary Exhibition. Gallery Amicus, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2004 E. Leon Jimenez Art Contest. Center Leon, Santiago, D.R.
Homage to Pablo Neruda. Book Fair, Casa de Teatro and Chilean Embassy, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2003 Caribbean In Situ Collective. Casa de España, Santo Domingo, D.R.
22nd National Biennial of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
New Proposals: Exhibition of Installations. Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2002 E. Leon Jimenez Art Contest. Santiago, D.R.
27+27 Freedom Actions. CODAP, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2001 Divergent: Painting Exhibition and Installation for the 4th Caribbean Biennial. Santo Domingo, D.R.
1999 21st National Biennial of Visual Arts. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
12th E. Leon Jimenez Biennial. Santiago and Santo Domingo, D.R.
1997 Performance-Installation of Hunger Dance. Casa de Bastidas, CODAP and Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Artists for the Homeland. CODAP, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2nd Visual Arts National Festival. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1996 Collective Exhibition. Altos de Chavon School of Design, La Romana, D.R.
1994 8th March: The Dominican Woman and Her Art. Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1991 18th National Biennial of Visual Arts. Modern Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, D.R.
Seven Women Against Violence. Modern Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1990 Expo-Art UASD. Museum of Dominican Man, Santo Domingo, D.R.

Murals and Sculptures:
2007 Where the Spring of Life Dwells. Nuñez De Caceres Park, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2006 Collective Mural. Produced with the collaboration of the United Nations, Cabreto, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2005 Collective Mural. Rehabilitation Centre, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2004 Ceramic Mural. San Francisco de Asis Retirement Home, Santo Domingo, D.R.

Awards and Honours
2004 Certificate of Recognition, Ford Conservation and Environment Prizes, Santo Domingo, D. R.
2003, 2004 Certificate of Recognition, National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, D.R.
2002 Second prize, Pinta de la Paz Contest, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1998 FAO Medal for performance-installation Hunger Dance, Santo Domingo, D.R.
1997 Distinguished Guest of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1994 Certificate of Recognition for the Advancement of Women, Santo Domingo, D.R

Iris Pérez works as a teacher in the National School of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Drawing and the Latin Academy of Visual Arts. She has also taught in the Faculty of Humanities of the INTEC University, done children’s workshops in the Museum of Contemporary Drawing and given classes in the Central Bank, amongst others. She is an external consultant in the area of capacity building of teachers in the Department of Art Education of the Ministry of Education.
Since 2001 she has been involved in the project of Public Art: Contemporary Actions, doing community work and interventions together with other artists, students of Art and members of the country’s communities. As a result of this project, she was selected to be a member of the jury of the Ford’s Foundation and the Environment International prizes. She has received numerous awards and token of gratitude both within the country and abroad.
She has participated in specialized courses and workshops in ceramics, engraving and Art History in the following institutions: The National School of Fine Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, Amaco Caribe, the School of Design of Alto de Chavón, the Dominican College of Plastic Arts, the Spanish Cultural Centre, the Pedro Henríquez Ureña University and the Ingerís Foundation amongst others. She is a technical and Web designer as well.
She participated in the 1st Latin American Workshop in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and in the Regional Symposium “Incidence of Pre-Columbian Culture in Art, Arawak Inc., Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.