About Leya Evelyn
Born 1937. Leya Evelyn is a Canadian artist and painter.
Leya Evelyn is a Canadian artist.
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. Her paintings are shown by galleries in Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, San Francisco, New York, Switzerland and Denmark.
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Canadian artist
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Leya Evelyn was born in 1937 in Washington, D.C..
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Leya Evelyn is an artist and painter.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Leya Evelyn. https://biography.guide/leya-evelyn/
MLA: "Leya Evelyn." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/leya-evelyn/.
Chicago: "Leya Evelyn." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/leya-evelyn/.
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