Warren Irwin

Warren Irwin
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

STATEMENT

A native of New Orleans, I draw the great majority of my artistic inspiration from the city I call my home. In my most recent phase as an artist, I start by creating ink drawings of the city’s vernacular. After scanning and printing the drawings, I cut up the prints into smaller pieces and collage them into new imagery. With the leftover paper, I further collage it into a surface upon which I draw new images using ink. The images that I create organically reflect the imperfect nature of our city streets while capturing our unique urban landscape. It is the greatest representation I have been able to produce in terms of the joy and sorrow that we all experience by living here.

BIO

Born in 1976, Warren Irwin’s teachers recognized his drawing ability when he was very young. After winning the Rhode Island School of Design Book Award as a senior at Metairie Park Country Day School, he then completed a Bachelor of Arts in Art at Trinity University in Texas. In 2001, he completed his Master of Arts in Teaching Art at Jacksonville University and began his teaching career. His students have won Congressional awards and art scholarships while Mr. Irwin has been accepted into numerous competitive art exhibitions including Louisiana Contemporary 2024 and New Orleans Art Association Painting Exhibition each of the last two years. In 2022 he won best in show at the River Oaks Square Small Works Competition in Alexandria, Louisiana and then followed that with solo exhibition in the same venue in 2023. Since 2019, he has been showing and selling his work at Carol Robinson Gallery in Uptown New Orleans.

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