Interrogation
Wood, steel, and paper, 18 x 14-3/4 x 3-1/2"
Adjustable
20 x 9-1/2 x 4"
Iren Schio was born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1952 and studied at the Arts School of Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich. Since 1976 she has been a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, notably as a longtime artist-in-residence at the Little Earth School in Santa Fe. She currently teaches children and youth in Abiquiu, NM. Schio specializes in mixed media, including books, prints, paintings, sculptures, and particularly monotypes, which she embellishes with collage elements to build up a layered texture. In an artist statement, Schio offers a succinct description of what inspires her: “I am interested in creating visual poetry. The visual act of assembling the found objects is important to me. I play, work, and turn them, until the whole means more than the sum of the parts.” Her work can be seen in many private and museum collections, including the Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico and The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.