Iris Hauser (born 1956) is a Canadian artist and painter. She is best known for her use of narrative and symbolism within portrait paintings and works primarily with oil paints. She currently resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hauser was born in

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. She studied in Victoria in from 1973 to 1974 before attending the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax where she graduating in 1975. She continued her studies in the department of Art and Art History at the University of Saskatchewan from 1977 to 1979. Hauser then spent a year studying independently in

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Germany from 1980 to 1981.

Career

Hauser has taught art at the

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in Saskatoon and at the University of Saskatchewan's Certificate of Art and Design program. She has served on the board of

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(Canadian Artists Representation/Front des Artistes Canadiens) Saskatchewan and served as a juror for the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils. Hauser's work is held in several collections including at the Mendel Art Gallery, Kenderdine Art Gallery,

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, the Canada Council Art Bank in

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, and the Stall Gallery in Saskatoon, The Mann Gallery in

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and The Art Gallery of Regina as well as on many Canadian book covers.

Work

Hauser showed an early interest in fine art, often mentioning an especially vivid dream she had as a toddler and her immediate attempt to recreate it in crayon. She incorporates symbolic and iconic imagery. She works primarily with oil paint. Hauser often reuses her models for multiple works. One of her series ''Dancing with Hell Hounds'' compassionately depicts her bi-polar brother as various characters on his journey of healing.

Exhibitions

* ''Iris Hauser: Grounded in the Body'', September 17 - October 8, 2022, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK * ''Duet: A Partnership in Life and Work,'' September 3-November 12, 2022, Saskatoon Craft Council, Saskatoon, SK * ''Small Quirks'', May 28, 2022 - August 27, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, SK * ''Figureground,'' June–August 2018, group exhibition, The Gallery/Art Placement Inc., Saskatoon, SK * ''Narratives,'' Spring 2018, Collaborative Exhibition with Cate Francis,The Mann Gallery, Prince Albert, SK * Exhibition, December 2017-February 2018, Godfry Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, SK * Exhibition, November 2015-January 2016, The Mann Gallery, Prince Albert, SK * ''Dress Codes,'' September–October 2015, The Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK * ''The Evolution of the Imagination,'' August 2013, Station Art Center, Rosthern, SK. * ''Altered States,'' June–September 2013, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK * ''Only Human'', 2010–2011, Estevan Art Gallery,

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, SK, and The Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, SK * ''The Stall Gallery Presents Iris Hauser,'' 2010, The Stall Gallery, Saskatoon, SK * ''A Delicate Balance,'' 2010, Collaborative exhibition with Ruth Sulatisky, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hauser, Iris 1956 births Artists from Saskatoon Canadian women painters 20th-century Canadian painters Living people People from Cranbrook, British Columbia 21st-century Canadian painters Artists from British Columbia 20th-century Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian women artists University of Saskatchewan alumni Academic staff of the University of Saskatchewan Canadian portrait painters 20th-century women painters 21st-century women painters