Leya Evelyn
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Leya Evelyn | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., United States |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Brown University; Yale University |
Style | Abstract art |
Elected | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (2011) |
Website | leyaevelyn |
Leya Evelyn 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
- ^ a b "Leya Evelyn". Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "Leya Evelyn". Secord Gallery. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "Leya Evelyn". Vanguard. 1987. p. 42.
- ^ "New Members" (PDF). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Leya Evelyn". Retrieved March 11, 2015.
Categories:
- Canadian women painters
- Living people
- Artists from Washington, D.C.
- Abstract artists
- Brown University alumni
- Yale University alumni
- NSCAD University faculty
- 20th-century Canadian painters
- 21st-century Canadian painters
- 20th-century Canadian women artists
- 21st-century Canadian women artists
- Canadian artist stubs