Evelina Popilian

Painting is my adventure, my exciting ME. Art is in my life since I was born, as my mom is a visual artist. I am a Canadian artist that fall in love again with my roots, and, for few years, I live in Romania. My artwork is an eclectic concoction formed from memories, scents, flavors, places I traveled, images I see. Each painting is an expression of the moment I stared at the canvas. Evelina Popilian is working very textural, usually building the background in oil and reworking the canvas in acrylics for a final touch. She often employs bold colors and emotive tableaux in a modern manner. Her original work is part of private collections in many countries.
La peinture est une aventure, c'est mon penchant sauvage. C'est la part de ma vie avec de racines moins dans mon enfance. C'est un héritage de famille car ma mère et même ma grand mère avaient du talent. Je suis devenue une artiste du Canada qui s'est souvenu de ses racines et, pour une période, elle est revenue dans son pays natal. Mon art est une combination de style influences par des souvenirs européennes mais aussi par le ciel de Calgary, des parfums, des images des lieux que j'ai visiter, par ma formation humaniste, par la transparence et la poésie des choses, de tout de m...

University of Art Bucharest from 1995 to 1997
Romanian Ethnique School of Art 2000
Art in residency -Stratachoma
Artimage - Professional Photography Diploma

Fragility - March 08 -to March 20 Cluj Napoca , Romania,personal exhibit, Cultural Centre

May 2021 Romanian Artists uin International Galleries- Eka &Moor Gallery , Madrid Spain
May 06 2021artistic -Cultural Event Romanian Artists in Italy
February 2021 Black and White- colective participation Cluj Napoca, Romania
December 2020- Solitude- solo exhibit Cluj Napoca, Romania
June 2019 By2 Art Show-solo show, Calgary Alberta

September 2018 Solo Exhibit- Blue Roots, Calgary Alberta
July 2014 Airdrie Art Show, Alberta
August 2013-Artist in residency, Stratchona Alberta

June 2012 Beacon Art Calgary, colective participation
cover album for "Velvet Eyes" album of Provincialii, a Romanian rock band 2010