CHARLIE THE BIRD (2020) Painting by Maggie Romanovici

Maggie (Magdalena Mateescu) Romanovici was born in Romania, during the Communist dictatorship. In a closed society, there was an attraction to the arts and culture in general, as the only escape in life. Maggie showed a natural inclination towards drawing and colored pencils early on. In elementary school, teachers noticed that Maggie was very talented at drawing. Her father, also having had a penchant for painting, exerted an important influence on the artistic development of his daughter.

Maggie began to attend art school. Here, for six years, she formally learned drawing, watercolor, oil painting, and whatever else the school curriculum contained. Then she continued to hone her skills in private lessons with consecrated local painters. Her first participation in an exhibition was at age 12, with an oil painting. Others followed.

Because the Communist regime in her native Romania did not favor an artistic career, Maggie chose to teach languages. The contact with art never left her, but it was just later in her life and in Canada that Maggie returned to painting full-time.

The first years are dedicated to figurative painting, but gradually Maggie discovers the freedom of expression offered by abstract painting. She has continued to take art classes on new techniques and materials to enrich and polish her way of expressing herself. Her curiosity and desire to progress remain constant.

 Maggie is a member of four artists associations and has participated in more than 80 exhibitions, solo and collective with the associations or in galleries (Ambigu, Valmi, Lenoir, Gora, Viva Vida). She lives in Montreal.

• Nationality: CANADA
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
• Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary Canadian Artists