Leya Evelyn

Leya Evelyn
Born1937 (age 88–89)
Washington, D.C., United States
EducationBrown University; Yale University
StyleAbstract artist
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts (2011)
Websiteleyaevelyn.com

Leya Evelyn (RCA) is a Canadian artist.

Life and work

Born in Washington, DC, Evelyn attended Brown University and Yale University (studying under Josef Albers).[1] She emigrated to Nova Scotia in the 1980s.[2] She is noted for her abstract art integrating pieces of photographs.[3] Evelyn teaches at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.[1] She was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2011.[4] Her paintings are shown by galleries in Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, San Francisco, New York, Switzerland and Denmark.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leya Evelyn". Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "Leya Evelyn". Secord Gallery. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Leya Evelyn". Vanguard. 1987. p. 42. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "New Members" (PDF). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Leya Evelyn". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.

Further reading

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leya_Evelyn