Biography
Leyla Aysel Munteanu was born In Hunedoara, Romania in 1967. She moved in Canada in 1998. As education she has B.Sc, BFA, B.Ed., and an MFA. She holds OCT certification I / S in Mathematics and Art. She works in many media as graphite, charcoal, soft pastel, oil, acrylic, watercolour, encaustic, photography, clay, but enjoys the mixed media the most. Her mixed media can be seen as a 2D image or a 3D sculptural form. She has her work in private collections all over the world (Canada, USA, Italy, UK, Romania, France, Iran, and Australia) and she received awards for her work in many national and international competitions. Her work appears in many publications (USA, Italy, Portugal, and UK). She is member in numerous international and national art associations, galleries and academies. She participated in over 100 national and international art exhibitions. She teaches art classes and workshops in her studio and other venues. As artist, and having a civil engineering background she is interested in expressing situations and feelings that we experience as human beings, using symbols and a wide range of traditional and non-traditional art materials.
Education and Certification
2014 – Galleries and Museum Studies, California State University - East Bay, USA
2011 – Bachelor in Education, University of Windsor, ON, Canada, OCT (Ontario Certified Teachers) – Certified from 2011- present
2010 – Master Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2007 – Bachelor Fine Arts - Visual Art, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
2001 – Diploma with highest honors in Art, ICS, QC, Canada
1992 – Bachelor in Civil Engineering - UTCB - Civil Engineering Technical University of Bucharest, Romania
1990 – Diploma in Art – Specialty Sculpture, Scoala de Arta Populara Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania