Leya Evelyn

Leya Evelyn
Born
Washington, D.C., United States
NationalityCanadian
EducationBrown University; Yale University
StyleAbstract art
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts (2011)
Websiteleyaevelyn.com

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
  1. "Leya Evelyn". Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. "Leya Evelyn". Secord Gallery. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. "Leya Evelyn". Vanguard. 1987. p. 42.
  4. "New Members" (PDF). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
  5. "Leya Evelyn". Retrieved March 11, 2015.


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