Born: 1963, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Irénée Shaw is an artist living and working in Trinidad. A figurative painter, the artist has shown her work locally and internationally since her return from study in the United States in 1988. Shaw has done numerous commissions in the Caribbean and also Germany. Most notably the CLICO “Pioneers of the Caribbean” calendar series in 1995. She has  participated in the Big River International Workshop,  the Santo Domingo Biennial, the Biennial of Cuenca and co-curated Lips Sticks and Marks – an exhibition of contemporary women artists and was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center in 2002. Shaw has taught art at Holy Name Convent, Port of Spain, since 2003