Irene Daxboeck-Rigoir

 

Born in Marseille/France, but has lived in Graz since early childhood.

 

Although she trained and worked professionally as achemist for many years.

She also attended several art workshops and art academies under renowned

professional tutors in Austria and abroad like
Prof. Otte, Prof. Karl, Prof. Kirschner, Rasema Santic, Arthur Redhead, Albrecht Volk
and more before taking up painting full time in 1984.

Since 1996 she has also been working as a sculptor.

 

She experiments with different techniques using pastel, oil and acrylicas her

medium. She describes her source of inspiration as

„reflecting mood and atmosphere through the use of color and shape“

 

Now, having gained recognition as a freelance artist, she belongs to several arts

associations in Austria – including

 

Kunstvereinigung Malerei und Grafik Schiene Graz

Berufsvereinigung der Bildenden Kuenstler Oesterreichs

Kunstverein FOCUS-EUROPA

 

Former and recent exhibitions in different European countries

like Austria, England, France, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary.