Irene Pijoan (1953 – 2004) was a Swiss-born American painter, sculptor, and educator.
Her mother was Swiss, her father was a Spanish architect, art historian, philosopher, and poet in the Catalan language.
[5] One of her early solo exhibitions was in 1977 at Off-Brand Gallery (formerly Acme) in the former North Sacramento City Hall.
[6] Starting in 1983, she began teaching at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) where she remained until her death in 2004.
She created public art in the form of large scale aluminum cut-out screens on display at Highland Hospital in Oakland; Santa Clara Public Library; Victoria Manalo Draves Park in SOMA, San Francisco; and at the Harborview Medical Building in Seattle.