Prof. Irene Hohenbüchler has been a professor of Cooperative Strategies at the University of Fine Arts Münster since 2011. She studied painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. This was followed by postgraduate studies at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. Between 2002 and 2005, she was a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. 

In the 1990s, she worked together with Christine Hohenbüchler to involve marginalized groups in artistic projects through collective working processes. This collaborative effort was carried out with the support of the Kunstwerkstatt in Lienz and culminated in 1997 with a presentation at documenta X in Kassel. 

For her work, she has been awarded a DAAD scholarship, the Mies van der Rohe Scholarship from the City of Krefeld, and the Honorary Award of the State of Lower Austria.

The list of her works and projects can be found at the website of the Universityf Fine Arts Münster.