Born in Washington, DC in 1927, Irene V. Clark studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and first gained recognition as an artist in Chicago while working during the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Clark studied screenprint printmaking with William McBride at the South Side Community Art Center and with John Miller at the 414 Workshop in Chicago. She also studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and in Haiti. Clark worked as the gallery director of the Exhibit Gallery and Studio in Chicago, and was a member of the African-American Historical and Cultural Society. Clark moved to California, living in both Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. She exhibited at the Oakland Museum in 1968, the African Historical Society in 1972, and in numerous galleries in northern California. Much of Clark's work is in the permanent collections of the Oakland Museum of Art and Atlanta University. Biography notes courtesy of Aaron Galleries; Dover pl. 49; p. 123.