Irene Rousseau

Artist Statement:

My artwork is mathematically inspired-geometrically complex that often merges art, science, and nature. My work spans drawings, paintings, sculptures, and installations. It explores the relationships between form, structure, and space.

Geometric and Mathematical Influence: My work is rooted in geometry, topology, and mathematical patterns. I incorporate concepts such as tessellation, symmetry, fractals and self-similar shapes that vary in size.

Repetition of Modular Design: The artwork is a sum of multiples and becomes tessellation patterns. Color creates visual rhythms.

Space-time, 3D+Time Drawing: Hand-dotted ink marks create visual 3D interweaving concave/convex forms, that change spatial locations and metaphorically represent the curvature of warped space and space-time.

Painting: Explores the dichotomy between patterning and spatial fractures, the fragmented pattern yet interconnected nature of space-time.

Hyperbolic-mosaic sculptures: Non-Euclidean, negative-curved space, where mass or energy cause distortions in the structure of space. It depicts that space-time can be infinite yet bounded.

Artist Biography:

Irene Rousseau earned an MFA from Claremont Graduate University, CA and a Ph.D from New York University, NY. Her work has been exhibited internationally for more than 20 years.

Rousseau states “Patterns Interpret the Universe”.
Her work shows the interconnectedness of mathematics, science, and art, offering a bridge between scientific reasoning and artistic intuition.

-Tekniska Museet (National Museum of Art and Technology) acquired sculpture to show that art can teach mathematics. Stockholm, SE;
-Invited artist to exhibit and lecture at SCIENCE and ART FESTIVAL, “Artists Meet Science”, Sponsors: Hellenic Physics Society and British Council, Athens, Greece GR. catalogue;
-Selected artist, Ecole Polytechnique, “Art & Mathématíque”, Sponsors The Ministère of Culture of France and Sociètè Mathématique, Traveling Exhibit, catalogue, Paris, FR;

AAA:

Member Since: 1978
President: 1981

painting titled Rotational Symmetry Open Quadrant by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Rotational Symmetry Open/Quadrant*, 2025, oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches

painting entitled Dots + Ribbons 180° Symmetry by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Dots+Ribbons 180° Symmetry*, 2022, oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches

painting entitled Verdant Attractor by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Verdant Attractor*, 2025, oil paint on canvas, 39 x 39 x 1.5 inches

painting entitled Red Portal to a Distant Light by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Red Portal to a Distant Light*, 2022, oil paint on canvas, 39 x 39 x 1.5 inches

painting entitled Visual Symmetry Overtones by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Symmetry + Visual Overtones*, 2025, oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches

painting entitled Layered Space by Irene — Irene Rousseau — *Layered Space*, 2022, oil paint on canvas, 39 x 39 x 1.5 inches

mosaic wall sculpture entitled Towards Infinite Smallness by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Towards Infinite Smallness*, 2016,
mosaic wall sculpture,
handmade and hand cut glass and marble tesserae,
18 inch diameter

drawing entitled Entwined Ribbons+Self-similar Patterns by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Entwined Ribbons + Self-similar Patterns*, 2010, hand dotted ink dots on vellum, 21 x 25 x 0.04 inches

painting entitled Symmetry+Randomness by Irene Rousseau — Irene Rousseau — *Symmetry + Randomness*, 2025,
oil paint on canvas, 39 x 39 x 1.5 inches