Irmelin Slotfeldt was born (1933) and brought up in Oslo.

She studied art in Paris, Oslo and Rome. Her first showing was at Høstutstillingen (Oslo) in 1959, and her first solo exhibition at Kunstnerforbundet (Oslo) in 1960.

In 1960 she married Alberto Papafava dei Carraresi and moved to Italy. First to Rome, then Milan and finally Padua, her husband’s home town, where she now lives and works as a painter.

She has a large production, has been presented in a number of personal and collective exhibitions and is represented in museums and private art collections.