Irene Monique Salehi

Irene Monique Salehi was born in 1954 in Paris. She studied art in Paris, Tehran, and Canada, and now lives in Toronto with over thirty years of experience in silk painting.

Since 1998, she has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada and has received several prestigious awards, including the Dr. Marcel Lemyieux Award from Sheridan College in the field of craft and design, and the Martys Award in the visual arts category from the Mississauga Arts Council.

Themes of life, death, and the mystery of existence are central and powerful in Irene Monique Salehi’s paintings. Her works, with their vibrant colors and modern techniques, take the viewer on a visual journey toward inner truth and illumination. In her writings as well, she has sought to explore the meaning of life through words, drawing from her personal experiences. For her, this meaning is inseparable from color.