Iris Kensmil

Iris Kensmil (born 1970) is a Dutch artist of Surinamese descent. Her work includes paintings, drawings, murals, and installations. She obtained her degree from the Academie Minerva in Groningen in 1996. In 2014, she became a juror for the Dutch Royal Award for Modern Painting. She became a member of the Akademie van Kunsten, an organization founded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2023. Additionally, her art has been acquired by Dutch cultural institutions like the Amsterdam Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Black Archives, Centraal Museum, Museum Catharijneconvent, Van Abbemuseum, and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Outside of the Netherlands, her work can be seen in the collections of the Surinaams Museum in Paramaribo, Suriname and the FRAC Picardie in Amiens, France.