Biography

Since the age of 12, Iris has been trained in the art of understanding human behavior, connecting people to their feelings and being in the truth of the moment in word, action, and behavior. “When we feel recognized, we transmit and receive infinite energy. Energy sparks creation, imagination, understanding and joy.”

Iris Klein is an artist who paints and sculpts. Iris sees paintings in most everything and enjoys the journey of putting paint to paper, sheet metal or canvas. Her first years painting were of landscapes, real and imagined. Flowers like pink and red roses, plumeria, tumbleweeds and leaves of palm and oranges filled her mind with colors and shapes. Her “Mostly Women Series” tells stories of women and their relationship to themselves, their society and each other. Her paintings tell the truth, painful or joyous; they are revealing and honest. Iris has a series of “Collaborative” paintings in which artist Jim Klein and Iris co-created, simultaneously working on one piece at a time. These works explore the human condition, the journey of life from The Wedding and Refugees to Blind Faith and The Questions Posed By Time. Iris says of art, “I don’t understand it and it makes all the sense in the world.”

Iris Klein’s paintings and sculptures are collected by Hollywood’s major celebrities as well as top fashion corporations. Her work hangs in boutique hotels in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and Nashville, Tennessee. She has been included in galleries in DTLA and Playa Vista, and select collaborative works are included in the Adam D. Weinberg collection at The Whitney Museum.

She is thrilled to be sharing this work with WuuM Gallery.