Iris Hauser was born in 1956 in Cranbrook, British Columbia. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the 1970s, and then came to Saskatoon to study at the University of Saskatchewan. She then moved to Kassel, Germany to study independently for a year before returning to Canada. Hauser has taught art at the Mendel Art Gallery and at the University of Saskatchewan's Certificate of Art and Design program. Iris continues to live and work in Saskatoon.
Hauser's paintings have been exhibited nationally and collected by the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Canada Council Art Bank, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina, the Saskatchewan Appellate Court, the Remai Modern and the Mann Art Galleries.
Hauser's paintings have been exhibited nationally and collected by the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Canada Council Art Bank, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina, the Saskatchewan Appellate Court, the Remai Modern and the Mann Art Galleries.