Warren Irwin

Warren Irwin is a New Orleans native who has spent many years as an art educator and practicing artist. Among his credentials are a Bachelor of Arts in Art from Trinity University (TX) and a Master of Arts in Teaching Art from Jacksonville University (FL). He has shown his artwork in many New Orleans venues and is currently represented by Carol Robinson Gallery.

Drawing has always come easily to me. That does not mean that I've always been good at making art. Art is something that has come only with intense study and time. In that process, I've seen many, many folks who have far superior drawing ability, and so the ideas have become critical in my quest to become a relevant artist. In recent years I've inclined toward creating a surface that is as vital to the piece as my mark making, and this particular surface is as appropriate a reflection of New Orleans, LA as I could hope for. The architects have done the design work for me over 300 years. I take on the job of packaging the city's vernacular elements into an image that an audience can assess for themselves.

2019- Present:  Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2023- River Oaks Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA. "Street Seasonings," solo exhibition 

2023- New Orleans Art Association National Painting Exhibition

2023- Ink Only IV, National Printmaking Exhibition, Birmingham, AL

2021- River Oaks Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA. Annual 5x5x5 Competition (Best in Show)

2017- Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA. Alumni and Faculty Exhibition

2016- Mimi's in the Marigny, New Orleans, LA. "Pedestrian Haunts," solo exhibition

2009- Satchmo Summerfest Art Competition, New Orleans, LA, group exhibition (honorable mention)

2009- Art Melt, Baton Rouge, LA. National competition

2009- Acadiana Cener for the Arts Southern Open, regional competition

2009- GSL Art Projects, New Orleans, LA. "The Politics of Us," dual exhibition

2007- The Bean Gallery, New Orleans, LA. "Cultivating the Human Spirit," solo exhibition

2004- Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, LA. "Orleanian," dual exhibition

2004- Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA. Alumni Exhibition, dual

2001- Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. "Absolute Chalk," group exhibition

2000- Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL. "Absolute Space," dual exhibition

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