is an European artist artist. Slovenian born, Italian by adoption.

She started organizing and holding painting workshops in 1996.

She studied Fine Art in Florence, Italy, at the International School of Fine Art Fortman Studios, later on at Staffordshire Polytecnic, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy and she earned her M.F.A. in Painting from Fine Art Academy Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands. 

 
She had numerous exhibitions in Slovenia, Italy, The Netherlands, France and South Africa.

She was sent by her government to represent Slovenia at the prestigious residency for artists Cite’ International des Art in Paris, France in 2000 and she returned in Nov. and Dec. 2005 for a personal show at the Gallery of the Cite'.

Now she lives and works between Venice, Paris and her Villa Flora in the Mediterranean Wine Country of Slovenia. Her Villa Flora is also a Bed & Breakfast as well as an Artist Retreat.

Tjaša got a new last name Iris in 2006. At origin her last name was Demsar.

During the course of 15 years spent in Italy, she has acquired a fluency in Italian and a wealth of knowledge in art history, food, wine and general tourism that will provide invaluable assistance to anyone planning to visit this historic part of the world.

And of course she knows very well Venice. It is one of her homes. And she spent 7 years of her life there.

During her stay abroad she has also acquired a fluency in English and French.

For more information as well as to see photos of her work,  please visit:

www.TjasaIRIS.com

Tjaša Iris on WIKIPEDIA pages:

- in Slovenian http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjasa_Iris

Tjaša: "I hold my first workshop in 1996. The Gallery - Cultural Foundation Fondazione Villa Benzi Zecchin from nearby Venice, Italy organized my first personal exhibition. And with the intention to promote my first show they also organized painting workshops conducted by me. I liked the experience very much. And the summer after that I organized my first workshop in Tuscany. Since than I made quite a way. I hold today up to 15 workshops per year at different locations as in Italy, France and Slovenia. In 11 years of career I had participants from all 6 continents and from about 23 countries...

Most of my participants are from United States, Canada and European countries. But I had participants also from Australia, New Zeland, South Africa, Belize, Argentina, Anguilla, Israel, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Lebanon as from Great Britain, The Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Romania, Germany, Macedonia, Norway, France...

.... and many who returned second, third and even for the forth time."

Tjaša Iris

Photo from Piran exhibition, Sept. 2007.

Photo of Tjaša with Diek Grobler from two-man show at the Gallery of Cite' Internationale des Arts, Paris Dec. 2005.

Photo or Tjaša’s exhibition at Villa Saccomani, Pasiano di Pordenone, Italy with the curator of the exhibition Alessandra Santin, March 8 2002.