Leya Evelyn
- Name
- Leya Evelyn
- Born
- 1937
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Education
- Brown University; Yale University
- Elected
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (2011)
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- artist · painter
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• Name — Leya Evelyn • Born — 1937 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., United States • Education — Brown University; Yale University • Style — Abstract artist • Elected — Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (2011) • Website — http: leyaevelyn.com/ Leya Evelyn is a Canadian artist.
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Life and work
Born in Washington, DC, Evelyn attended Brown University and Yale University (studying under Josef Albers). She emigrated to Nova Scotia in the 1980s. She is noted for her abstract art integrating pieces of photographs. Evelyn teaches at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2011. Her paintings are shown by galleries in Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, San Francisco, New York, Switzerland and Denmark.
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- 1.Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Leya Evelyn.
- 2.Secord Gallery. Leya Evelyn.
- 3.Leya Evelyn. Vanguard. 42. 1987.
- 4.Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Dead link. New Members. November 2018.
- 5.Leya Evelyn.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Affleck, Jane. "It's Not what You Think." C : International Contemporary Art, no. 131, Autumn, 2016, pp. 68-69. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/magazines/not-what-you-think/docview/1832801178/se-2.
- Chinsky, Miriam. "[Evelyn, Leya. Familiar Shadows. Justina M Barnicke Gallery. Toronto]." Canadian Jewish News, 10 June, 1999, pp. 48. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/evelyn-leya-familiar-shadows-justina-m-barnicke/docview/351441922/se-2.
- Bouchard, Gilbert A. "Colourful Layered Abstracts Access Emotions: [Final Edition]." Edmonton Journal, 25 Mar., 2005, pp. G5. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/colourful-layered-abstracts-access-emotions/docview/253217385/se-2.
- Metcalfe, Robin. "Three: Wayne Boucher, Leya Evelyn and Richard Mueller. Saint Mary's University Art Gallery. Halifax // Review." ArtsAtlantic, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1990, pp. 24-24,26. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/magazines/three-wayne-boucher-leya-evelyn-richard-mueller/docview/200609710/se-2.
- Smulders, Marilyn. "Body & Soul: Artist Leya Evelyn Throws Herself into Her Work: [Daily Edition]." Daily News, 19 Aug., 1995, pp. 17. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/body-soul-artist-leya-evelyn-throws-herself-into/docview/342787965/se-2.
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