Marie-Emily Sendrea

My Artwork
A Window to My Life

Living the first part of my life under a dictatorial communist régime that controlled art in the same manner as all other country’s fields, my creativity had been limited. After I graduated the art college in Bucharest, Romania, I displayed my artwork, for the most part, in group exhibitions, having only two solo shows, which were also organized and controlled by a communist institution. In the same period of time I also made a very large mural for an official building. During the time I moved and lived in Paris, my main goal was to enjoy liberty and also to study the masters’ techniques, trying to employ them in my artwork. I also visited museums and art galleries in Belgium and Holland and tried to stay in contact with artists, aiming to build up a new style; one free of the communist influence.

Once I had moved to Canada, I struggled for the first years to integrate well into the new culture. Unfortunately, as an artist, having the time to work on my own art suffered once more. Instead, my activity was restricted to private art lessons and working on commission, participating only in a few in-group art shows. Concomitantly, I graduated from the University of Waterloo, receiving a...

MARIE-EMILY SENDREA
385 Matthew Brady Blvd.
Windsor, ON, N8S 3J4
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E-mail address: doremican@gmail.com


BORN BUCHAREST, Romania

EDUCATION ELEMENTARY and HIGH SCHOOL, Bucharest, Romania,
Diploma,1963.

C.F.R ENGINEERING COLLEGE- Railroads and Bridges Section,
Bucharest, Romania, 1963-1966,
Certificate,1966.

COLLEGE of FINE ARTS, Bucharest, Romania,
Diploma, 1980.



UNIVERSITY of WATERLOO, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Bachelor of Arts, 1984.

UNIVERSITY of WINDSOR, Windsor, ON, Canada,
Bachelor of Education; Diploma, 1990.


ILLUSTRATOR for French language magazine L’Architecture,
Paris, France, 1981.

BOOK ILLUSTRATOR (course), University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, ON, Canada, 1983.

STUDIES in LEARNING DISABILITIES, St. Jerome’s College,
Waterloo, ON, Canada, 1982.



• 1976-1980-back to school. College of Arts, Bucharest, Romania.
• Nov. 1980, left Romania for Paris, France.



ARTIST
• PRIVATE STUDIO, Bucharest, Romania, 1976-1980. Solo and in-group shows; Executed artwork on commission in all media, including work on murals.

• PRIVATE STUDIO, Kitchener, ON, Canada, 1983-1985.
Had in-group shows; worked on commission, es...

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