Madame Stawinska studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, where she obtained a prize of excellence. She also received a medal and a trophy in Rome, Italy. Her paintings are in many private collections in Poland, in Italy, in France, in Sweden, in Great Britain, in Germany, in the USA and in Canada. Museums in Poland also have collections of her paintings: The National Museum of Warsaw, the Regional Museum of Plock, Warsaw Town Hall, Warsaw Ministry of Culture. The Charlevoix Museum has one of her icons called "The God Father" Pope John Paul II had in his possession one of Irena Stawinska's Icon of Christ.