Irene Dogmatic, born Nancy Maass Mosen, studied at Occidental College, Los Angeles, followed by the University of California, Berkeley where she earned a BA in Painting in 1967, and San Francisco State University, earning her MA in Painting in 1971. She formally began her art career in 1972 under her given name, and in the early 1980s she became involved with the San Francisco punk scene, performing in the band The Beautykillers as Irene Dogmatic.

In addition to painting, Dogmatic has worked in printmaking and has a mural at the Carlton Arms Hotel in New York City. She continues to work and exhibit throughout the U.S. and abroad.

ONE AND TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2018: Pro Arts Oakland CA., Project Space
2016: Animania, A Visual Journal, Garage Gallery, Berkeley CA
2013: Garage Gallery, Aug. 30 - Sept 15, Berkeley CA
2010: San Francisco Public Library:  'Dog Me Around', comic dog portraits by Irene Dogmatic
1998: YWCA, Berkely CA
1989: California State College, Hayward CA
1988: Galerie du Bout Du Monde, St. Hippolyte du Fort, France
1979: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA

GROUP SHOWS
2022: RealArt January show Agoura Hills CA, video YouTube
2021: Triton Museum 2D Salon Show, Santa Clara CA; JCOS Arthaus BIG, group show, Los Gatos CA
2020-2021: Gallery 30 South, The Coaster Show, Pasadena CA; A.I.R Gallery, FE*MAIL*ART post card exhibition, Brooklyn NY; Au Naturel, Royal Nebeker Gallery, Catsop Community College, Astoria OR
2018: Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA
2016: Marin Society of Artists, CA : 'In Your Dreams'; National Juried Show Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA; Spring Inspiration, juried exposition Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA
2013, 2014: Statewide competition and exhibition, Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2006: Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, 'Dog Show, Every Artist Has Their Day', Carmel CA
2001: Patricia Correia Gallery, juried exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica CA
1999: San Diego Art Institute, 43rd annual juried award exhibition (award), San Diego CA
1988: Carlton Arms Hotel NYC , 'The Jungle Room'

PUBLICATIONS
1992,1993: Elle Décor Magazine, cover Pet Portrait, Dec-Jan issue
1989: Brutus Magazine Japan, article about the Carlton Arms Project, May issue
1989: New York Woman Magazine cover, dog portrait, July issue
1975: A WOMAN'S SENSIBILITY, Miriam Shapiro, director of Feminist Art Programme, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (noted as Nancy Maas Mosen)
1974: Esquire Magazine, 'Their Arts Belong to Dada', August issue

OTHER
2021: Residency, Chateau Orquevaux 2021; residency, Dorland Mt. Arts Colony, Temecula, CA
2018: Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Maine
2001: Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Artist’s Grant
2000: KTEH Auction, San Jose CA. First Prize, Painting/Drawing
1988: Award winner Marshall Cummings and Associates, Corporate Art Competition, painting purchased by the Canadian-Imperial Bank of Commerce, NYC
1986: Artists’ Colony Community of the Arts, Cummington MA; Correspondence Art collection from Dadamatic Art Exhibition, SF Main Library, owned by the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley CA