Bio Irene Smirnova is a Canadian artist and a writer, author of "Iriada Tales: poetry collection". Born in former USSR, Irene lived in Moscow till 90s, studied journalism and literature  in Moscow University. Moving to Montreal, Canada in the 90s, she studied arts, visual effect and 3d animation design in NAD.  She was working as a traditional and digital artist for many years and has contributed to numerous film projects, including awards winning.  Connecting art, technology and poetry is behind the creative projects that Irene is currently working on. Irene uses charcoal, oils, wax and raisin in painting, 3d printing among other techniques as a base for her art projects.