Friday, October 06, 2006

Since 2001 she has been involved in the project of Public Art: Contemporary Actions, doing community work and interventions together with other artists, students of Art and members of the country’s communities. As a result of this project, she was selected to be a member of the jury of the Ford’s Foundation and the Environment International prizes. She has received numerous awards and token of gratitude both within the country and abroad.
She has participated in specialized courses and workshops in ceramics, engraving and Art History in the following institutions: The National School of Fine Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, Amaco Caribe, the School of Design of Alto de Chavón, the Dominican College of Plastic Arts, the Spanish Cultural Centre, the Pedro Henríquez Ureña University and the Ingerís Foundation amongst others. She is a technical and Web designer as well.
She participated in the 1st Latin American Workshop in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and in the Regional Symposium “Incidence of Pre-Columbian Culture in Art, Arawak Inc., Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.

MURALS AND SCULPTURES:
Iris Pérez has executed murals and sculptures such as the “Piece of the Poet Lowesky Medina”, unveiled in the Central Park of Duvergé in 1994, the mural by a collective of Dominican and Peruvian artists, Area infantil of Robert Reid Cabral,
Mural colectivo de artistas Dominicanos y cubanos, Santiago de Cuba, 1991, Mural colectivo donado a la Fundación Chang Aquino, 1997 y el gran Mural realizado en el Teatro Nacional, Como registro de el Dialogo Nacional en 1998, mural realizado para el Asilo de Ancianos San Francisco de Asís con la cooperación de la embajada de Japón en el \n2004.2005- Mural colectivo realizado en el Cabreto coordinado en conjunto con las naciones unidas, UNICEF ,Mural Colectivo Centro de Rehabilitación coordinado por el MUDIC.a mural by Dominican and Cuban artists in Santiago de Cuba in 1991, a collective mural donated by the Chan Aquino Foundation in 1997 and the grand mural of the National Theatre in 1998. To commemorate the National Dialogue in 1998, she realized a mural for the San Francis of Assisi Old Age Home with the help of the Embassy of Japan during 2004-2005. Participated in a collective mural done in El Cabreto in coordination with the United Nations, UNICEF and a mural in the Rehabilitation Centre coordinated by MUDIC.

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