Virginia Christopher Fine Art

 

Leya Evelyn

Artist Biography

 

Education
B.A., cum laude, Brown University, Providence R.I., 1959
Yale University School of Fine Arts, New Haven, Conn., 1959-60
Pratt Graphic Arts Center, New York, NY, 1964-83
 
Grants and Awards
2005  Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2005  Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation Grant
2003  Canada Council for the Arts, Juror
2002  Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2001  Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation Grant
2000  Canada Council Creations/Productions ("A") Grant for Established Artists
2000  Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation Grant
1999  Nova Scotia Arts Council Presentation Grant
1997  Nova Scotia Department of Culture Travel Assistance Grant
1996  Nova Scotia Department of Culture Travel Assistance Grant
1995  Canada Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Visual Arts
1995  Canada/Nova Scotia Cooperation Agreement on Cultural Development Grant
1994  Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture, Exhibition Assistance Grant
1991  Nova Scotia Art Bank Juror, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1990  Canada Council Project Grant, Visual Arts
1987  Nova Scotia Department of Culture Exhibition Assistance Grant, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1980  New York State Council on the Arts, Exhibition Assistance Grant, New York
1960  Painting Second Year Honor Award, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1959  Minnie Helen Hicks Art Award, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005  FarbenSpiel, Halde Galerie, Widen, Switzerland
2004  Subject to Change, Linda Fairchild Contemporary Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2004  Exactly, Alelier 585, Annapolis Royal, NS
2004  New Works, Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
2003  coLor, Halde Galerie, Widen, Switzerland
2003  Fragments, Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ont
2003  New Works, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2001  New Works, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1999  New Works, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1999  Familiar Shadows, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
1999  Revisiting, ARTSsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS
1998  New Works, Windhorse Arts Centre, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
1997  New Works, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1995  New Works, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1995  Conjunctions: New Works, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1995  Paintings, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
1992  Paintings, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1990  Tib's Eve, Condes/Lawler Gallery, New York, New York
1990  Recent Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1987  Stations, Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1987  Recent Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985  Paintings & Collagraphs, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
1983  Books, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
1982  West Deutsche Landesbank, New York, New York
1981  Santa Cruz Art Center, Santa Cruz, California
1977  Fund for the City of New York, New York, New York
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006  New Gallery Artists, Virginia Christopher Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2005  Ports of Entry, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2004  Advent Vernissage, Halde Galerie, Widen, Switzerland
2004  Coast to Coa, Galerie d'Avingnon, Montreal, Quebec
2004  Gallery Artists, Susan de Witt Gallery, Naples, Florida
2003  Gallery Artists, Linda Fairchild Contemporary Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003  New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
2003  Toronto International Art Expo, Toronto, Ontario
2002  Toronto International Art Expo, Toronto, Ontario
2002  New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
2002  First International Abstract Exhibition, Intercultural Museum Art Gallery
2002  Gallery Artists, Susan de Witt Gallery, Naples, Florida
2000  New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
2000  Contemporary Perspectives, De Witt-Padulo Contemporary Fine Art, Naples, Florida
1999  Autumn Gold, St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Hailfax, NS
1998  Far and Wide, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1997  New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
1996  New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
1996  Far and Wide, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1995  New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York
1994  Far and Wide, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1994  Sue Lawerence Gallery, Fredricton, New Brunswick
1994  Taming the Goat, University of New Brunswick, Fredricton, NB
1994  Taming the Goat, Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, NS
1993  Bookworks by Women, NS College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1992  Gallery Artists, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
1991  Gallery Artists, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1990  Three, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario
1989  Gallery Artists, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1989  Gallery Artists, Geraldine Davis Gallery, Toronto, Ont
1989  Three, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
1989  Inaugural Show, Christina Parker Fine Arts, St. John's, Newfoundland
1988  Gallery Artists, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1987  Eastern Perspectives, Quan-Scheider Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1987  Post-Pythagoreans and Pluralists, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1986  Gallery Artists, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1986  Visual Facts, Nova Scotia, Dalhousie Univ. Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
1986  First International Miniature Art Exhibition, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ont
1985  10th International Miniature Print Exhibition, Pratt Graphics Center, NYC
1983  4x27/Women Collaborate, Gallery 345, New York, NY
1980  On Paper, Alternative Museum, NYC
1978  Gallery Artists, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
1978  Arte Fiera '78, Bologna, Italy
1977  Holiday Wrapping Paper Invitational, Nobe Gallery, New York, NY
1977  Art in Public Spaces, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY
1971  Print and Drawing Show, Dickenson College, Dickenson, NC
1962  Washington Area Artists Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1960  Yale University Museum of Art, New Haven, Conn.
 
Collections
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Nova Scotia Art Bank, Halifax, NS
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Maritime Tel & Tel Collection, Halifax, NS
Royal Bank, Toronto, Ontario
Citibank, Toronto
British Airways, Montreal, Quebec
Gerber Foods, Toronto, Ontario
Toyota Canada Ltd., Halifax NS
RCA Corp., New York, NY
Eveready Batteries, St. Louis, Missouri
Singer Corp., New York, NY
INA Insurance Co., New York, NY
CIGNA Corp., New York, NY
Fund for the City of New York, NYC
Murdoch Magazines, Secaucus, NJ
Hackensack General Hospital, Hackensack, NJ
Equitable Life Insurance Co., Chicago, Ill
Arthur Anderson Accounting Firm, Chicago
Amoco Oil Co., Denver, Co
Ralston-Purina, St. Louis, Missouri
McGinnis, Cooper & Robertson Law Firm, Halifax, NS
Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, NS
Nova Gold Resources Ltd., NS
Bell Canada Enterprises, Montreal
Teleglobe Canada Ltd., Montreal
Worthington Software, Halifax, NS
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Stupay, Shaker Heights, Ohio
William Hahn, Washington, DC
Herrick Jackson, Wilton, Conn.
Susan Foshay, Halifax, NS
Dr. Clarence Felderhof, New Glasgow, NS
And many other corporate and private collections
 
Website
http://www.leyaevelyn.com
 
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