Art for All

B.A.A. (Filme e Fotografia), Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
Cinematografia, Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Canada.
Theatre Arts Certificate, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

PRÉMIOS

Nova Scotia Arts Council, Presentation Grant, 2002
Nova Scotia Arts Council, Creation Grant, 2001

COLECÇÕES PÚBLICAS

UCCB Art Gallery, Sydney, 2002
Nova Scotia Art Bank, 2001
Nova Scotia Art Bank, 1999

EXPOSIÇÕES SELECCIONADAS

SURFACE TENSION/TENSION SUPERFICIELLE, Inverness Centre for the Arts, Inverness, 2004
THE OTHER SIDE, Dartmouth Heritage Museum, Dartmouth, 2002
SURFACE TENSION/ TENSION SUPERFICIELLE, UCCB Art Gallery, Sydney, 2002
PHOTOGRAPHY AT VANS, Corridor Gallery and Cultural Federations, Halifax, 2001.
ARTISTS IN A FLOATING WORLD, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2001
MARION McCAIN ATLANTIC ART EXHIBITION 2000, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B. 2000.
TABLEAUX VIVANTS, 1889 Gallery, Fraser Cultural Centre, Tatamagouche, N.S. 1998
FAR AND WIDE, Third Biennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S. 1998
HANDS DANCING, Inverness, N.S., 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003,2004, 2005.
SHOW OF HANDS, Inverness, N.S. 1997, 1995, 1994
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS EXHIBITION, Baddeck, N.S. 1996, 1995
FOURSIGHT, The Gallery, Hazelton Lanes, Toronto, 1994
25th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF ARTISTS OF POLISH DESCENT, Marie Curie Sklodowska Association, Toronto
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS, Burton Gallery, Toronto
RYERSON ALUMNI EXHIBITION, The Photography Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto.
CANADIAN COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, Burton Gallery, Toronto
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, Photographic Arts Gallery, Ryerson, Toronto.
YEAR OF THE CHILD, Madison Gallery, Toronto
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS STUDENT EXHIBITION, Canadian Perspectives Conference, Ryerson, Toronto.

PUBLICAÇÕES

Rare Earth Catalogue, Acadia University, Wolfville
Visual Arts News, Halifax
Views, Toronto
Photo-Communiqué, Toronto
Monday Magazine, Victoria
Inverness County Council of the Arts Newsletter, Inverness
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Newsletter, University of Toronto, Toronto

CONSERVADORA

Rare Earth, Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S. 2000
Hands Dancing ‘99, Inverness, N.S. 1999
Personal Alliances, exposição de fotografias de Jim Allen, Toronto, 1984.
Burton Gallery of Photographic Art, Curator and Assistant Director, Toronto, 1981-1983

INSTRUTORA DE FOTOGRAFIA

Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax Campus, Halifax, 1997 – 1998
University of Toronto, Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Toronto, 1987 – 1989
Seneca College, Toronto, 1983 – 1988
Toronto Board of Education, Continuing Education Department, Toronto, 1985 – 1987

«Sempre me fascinou a representação da personagem feminina em termos visuais e todos os desdobramentos subordinados a estes tais como: dicotomia entre objecto e sujeito, conceitos de beleza, preocupações feministas, a fêmea como símbolo e metáfora universais (a mãe, a anciã, a virgem, a sacerdotisa, a deusa, etc.), referências históricas à forma feminina na arte (em particular os nus), características culturais atribuídas à mulher, e a linha fina que separa o erotismo da pornografia.»
– IRENA SCHON

«Irena Schön recria, a partir do natural, a representação encenada dos mistérios da mulher. Filtra-lhe o rosto e o corpo com véus ou com as águas, plasma-a no mundo natural ou fá-la dançar estonteante no fio do vento. Expõe-lhe a nudez, a graça, enquadrada no simbolismo da vida e da morte.»
– MARIANA INVERNO