Maggie Romanovici

Maggie Romanovici (Magdalena Mateescu) 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.
So 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 little by little Maggie discovers the freedom of expression offered by abstract painting. She 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 the Kirkland Artists Association, the West Island Artists Circle, CACVAS, WAS MONTREAL, Rose-Art Corporation, Maison des Arts St-Faustin, and is a permanent member of the Galerie Lenoir. She lives in Montreal.
To date, Maggie has participated in more than 75 exhibitions with different associations and galleries (Valmi, Lenoir, Ambigu, Rose-Art, Gora), Symposiums and Salon des Artistes, juried contests, international juried contests, and solo exhibitions.