Irena Aizen was born in Russia.Grown up in a family of artists, she is the third generation of artists in her family. In 1981, Irena graduated in arts from Yaroslavl Art college. In Russia, she worked as an illustrator in a book publishing house. Since 1990, she has lived in Israel. Her artworks are exhibited in the Museum of Russian Art (Jersey City, USA), the Naive Art Museum of Latvia (Riga), the Tula Museum of Fine Arts (Russia), Galerie Natalie Boldyreff (Paris, France), Danielle Peleg Gallery (USA), Tribes Fine Art Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel), Egozi Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel) and may be found as part of private collections in the USA, Australia, Germany, Russia, Israel, Great Britain, China, etc.