Irene Christensen

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Irene Christensen divides her time between Oslo, Norway and New York City.
Her artworks are represented by Viridian Gallery in New York City and Galleri Schaeffersgate5 in Oslo, Norway.
Irene Christensen is a certified Jersey City Artist, Newark Art Council, New Jersey Artists, NY Sculptors Guild, The National Arts Club, Long Island City Artists, New York Artists Circle and former board member to Everglades Artists in Residence (AIRIE), Florida and Artists Talk on Art (ATOA), New York City and the Art Students League, where she studied with Richard Pousette-Dart and Joseph Hirsch. She is a member of Norwegian Association of Professional Visual

Her art has been shown in many museums such as Newark Museum, NJ, Galeria Nacional, Costa Rica, Norsk Skogbruks Museum, Norway, Norwegische Tage, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, EFTA, Brussels, Belgium, Bergen Museum, NJ, USA, Paterson Museum, NJ, USA, Noyes Museum, NJ, USA, USA as well as many art centers and galleries including in Brazil, Israel and Argentina.
In 2017 she participated in the Personal Structures exhibition organized by the Global Art Affairs Foundation and hosted by the European Cultural Center in the context of the Venice Art Biennale of 2017. There she showed an installation of 9 accordion books.
Her work is represented in many museums and personal collections in
Europe and USA.

She is collaborating with a poet, Eileen P.Kennedy for a book “Dread and Splendor -Paintings and Poems for a New Earth” to be published in January 2026 by Shanti Press. Two exhibitions are scheduled for 2026 September at Galleri Schaeffersgate5 in Oslo and at the National Arts Club, New York City in October 2026