Irmgard Parth was born in Tirol, Austria. In 1967 she moved to England; she studied at Hammersmith College of Art from 1970 to 1974 and at Chelsea School of Art from 1974 to 1975. During her studies with Peter Baer and Birgit Sciold she became fascinated  by colour woodcut and this became her principal vehicle of expression. Her main source of inspiration is landscape, and for her interpretations she uses a method derived from a combination of Western and Japanese procedures.

Irmgard Parth`s works have been exhibited in Austria, England, Switzerland, Germany and America. She has participated in mixed  shows such as the Royal Academy SummerExhibition and the Society of Wood Engravers. Between 1975 and 1980 she produced editions of prints for Ernst Hilger, Vienna, who showed her work at international art fairs in Basel, Duesseldorf and Washington.

Her prints are held in the collection of the city of Vienna, in the Albertina, the Turmmuseum Oetz, the Land Tirol and in private collections around the world.

She was invited to exhibit a cycle of prints inspired by the story of the “Creation” as told in Genesis and was later commissioned to produce a series of prints on the theme of “The Passion” for the Museum Gallery in Oetz, Tirol. Both cycles were also shown at Clare College, Cambridge.
Her latest exhibition took place in Spring 2013 at the “Galerie Notburga” in Innsbruck.