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Irene Christensen - Affiliate

Irene Christensen

Nature is our Home

Nature is our Home

20”x16” oil on canvas 2019

$1500.

Human head set in stylized botanical forms

“Nature’s Totem”,

“Nature’s Totem”,

64”x30” oil on plywood, 2019

$7000.

Child’s winged figure with organic shapes

Perilous Journey

Perilous Journey

60”x 36” oil on canvas, 2019
$9000.

Five female heads and boat in a beach landscape

Irazu, I See You

Irazu, I See You

60”x36” oil on canvas, 2019

$9000.

Stylized botanical and landscape forms in bright colors

Maori Woman

30”x30” oil on canvas, 2019

$5000.

Female figure with Maori facial tattoo surrounded by plant and animal forms

Metamorphosis

64”x39” oil on five canvases, 2019

$6000.

Female head floating above organic shapes on five panels

In the Deep Water

In the Deep Water

16x16” oil on canvas, 2019

$1400.

Disk with floral abstraction

I am Not That Great in Opening Up

I am Not That Great in Opening Up

30”x10” triptych, oil on canvas, 2020

$2500.

Aquatic landscape on three panels with vertical plant forms

Highline Chit Chat

Highline Chit Chat

30x10” $900.

blank conversation bubbles in stylized urban landscape

Silver Lake

4x6x22" pages, Fine Arts Giclee print on Arches Rag, 2021” $300.

accordion book image with stylized natural forms and patterns

Artist Statement

My work explores the relationship between nature, memory, imagination, and the human experience. Growing up in Norway near the fjords, I developed a lasting connection to water, birds, and the natural world. These influences continue to appear in my paintings, drawings, and assemblages, where organic forms, human-made elements, and personal symbols come together to create imagined landscapes. I am interested in the space between reality and dreams, and in the way images can carry both beauty and contradiction. My work often develops through layers of densely worked forms, found objects, color, and recurring symbols that create a personal mythology. Nature is both a subject and a reminder of our connection to the world around us. Through painting and mixed media, I explore ideas of transformation, memory, vulnerability, and hope, creating visual worlds where the familiar and the imagined can exist together.

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Biography

Irene Christensen is an internationally exhibited visual artist who divides her time between studios in New York City, Oslo, Norway, Costa Rica, and the Florida Everglades. Born and raised in Norway, she came to New York City at the age of 22 and has exhibited her work throughout the United States, Europe, and internationally since 1983. Her work has been featured in museums, galleries, and collections in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including the Galeria Nacional in Costa Rica, Norsk Skog Museum in Norway, and museums in New Jersey. In 2017, she participated in Personal Structures, organized by the Global Art Affairs Foundation and hosted by the European Cultural Centre during the Venice Art Biennale. Christensen studied at the Art Students League in New York with Richard Pousette-Dart and Joseph Hirsch, as well as at the Voss School of Fine Arts and the Institute for Rom Kunst in Oslo. Her practice encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture, assemblage, and concertina books, with recurring themes of nature, mythology, memory, and the relationship between the human and natural worlds. She is a member of the Norwegian Association of Professional Visual Artists, the Newark Art Council, and the National Arts Club, and serves on the board of Artists in Residence in the Everglades (AIRIE).