A life of painting, teaching, and storytelling.

I am a visual artist living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Since graduating from art academy, I have spent more than four decades working as an international visual artist, a public and private art educator, and a fiction writer.

Devoted to many forms of art, I remain in constant dialogue with the endlessly shifting visual field. This ceaseless movement has shaped my work and my life, repeatedly transforming my perception of self. I find myself immersed in a conceptual realm, suspended within it, emancipated by the intensity of light.

As an illustrator I designed covers for high-school text books published by Humanitas Publishing House, Romania, fiction books by Romanian writers, a cookbook in German for The Academy of Art in Kassel, Germany, and LP covers published by Electrecord Music House, Romania.

Member of "Uniunea artistilor plastici din Romania (UAP)" / "Romanian Professional Visual Artists Union" since 1990.

Education

Visual Communication 1992-1993 at Gesamthochschule in Kassel, Germany
Bachelor Of Art in 1983 from Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Authored Books

Petronella Sirbu Leomiza - "Campul Vizual" - Editura Limes 2021
Petronella Sirbu Leomiza - "Privelistea unui punct in miscare" - Editura Limes 2022

LP Covers

LP Covers by Petronella Sirbu at Discogs

Solo Shows

2023 "ECHOES OF SILENCE" oil and mixed media, SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2020 "EXTRAVAGANZA/ INSIDE, NO EXIT" oil and mixed media, SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Show Intro
2010 "MY DREAM HOME"- (Pilot) TV series by Dean Pollock - Producer "Cineflix Inc.", Toronto, Ontario
2004 "EXOTIC GARDENS" oil paintings, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 "ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME" oil paintings, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 "SANDY CLIFF" oil paintings, Apr21- May 3, Teodora Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000 "ANOTHER DIMENSION" oil paintings, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Attilahalle, Freiburg, Germany
1993 Sparkasse Art Gallery, Hannover Muenden, Germany
1992 "FROM MY FUTURE'S PAST" , oil paintings, Art Center, Sandershausen, Germany
1992 Dresdnerbank Art Gallery, Kassel, Germany
1978 "UNDER THE RED WATERFALL", Museum of History, Ethnography and Fine Arts, Lugoj, Romania - curator Lia Dragoi
1977 Students' Art Center, Timisoara, Romania - curator Deliu Petroiu
1976 Tribuna Art Gallery, Cluj, Romania
1975 Schillerhaus Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania - curator Constantin Prut, TV show by art critic Ruxandra Garofeanu
1975 Schillerhaus Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania - reviews by art critic Titus Mocanu published in ARTA76 and Gerhardt Eike in VOLK UND KULTUR
1972-1975 Art Gallery, Lugoj, Romania

Group Shows

2019 SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario "Conversation" Dec 06-27
2019 SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Fundraiser Art Auction Nov 1- 14
2013 Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Fleck Contemporary Fine Art Magazine
2013 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, March 15-28
2012 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Dec 14-Jan 5
2011 Jane Roos Gallery, Toronto, Ontario "Deck the Walls"
1999-2014 represented by Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008-2010 represented by Grace Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002-2008 represented by Gallery 133, Toronto, Ontario
2006-2008 represented by Framed Life Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Nov 15
2007 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - "Five Artists' Chioce" March 17-30
2006 Ode To Joy Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
2005 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Canvas Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "A. D. 2004" Dec 10-21
2004 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Sept 17-30
2001-2003 represented by Teodora Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1999-2003 represented by Gallery 7, Toronto - Bombay
2003 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "Art Affordable" 7th anual, Dec 12-31
2003 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "Toronto Artists Inspiration" 3rd annual Nov 14-27
2003 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "Summer Heat" July 25-Aug 7
2003 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "A. D. 2003" Jan 3rd 16
2002 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "Art Affordable" Dec 20-Jan 2
2001 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Gallery 7, Toronto-Bombay, "From the Figurative to the Landscape" Aug 31- Sept 28
2001 Gallery 7, Toronto-Bombay, Aug 11-25
2001 Gallery 7, Toronto-Bombay, Artist Member Exhibition July-Aug
2000 Gallery 7, Toronto, "Abstracts" June-July
2000 Gallery 7, Toronto-Bombay, "Canadian and Indian Contemporary Art"
2000 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, "Miniatures" 5th annual, Feb 18-March 2
1999 Gallery 7, Toronto - Bombay
1999 Praxis Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995-1997 represented by Pontica Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1994-1995 represented by Blue Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1991 National Painting and Sculpture Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1990 "500 Years Of Greeting Cards" Competition, Germany
1989 National Graphics Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1989 National Painting and Sculpture Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1987 National Art Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1987 National Graphics Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1986 Biannual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania
1984 "City Systematization Projects", Lugoj, Romania
1984 Expozitia Jubiliara UAP, Art Museum, Cluj, Romania
1984 Annual Art Salon, Timisoara, Romania
1984 "Tribuna 1884-1984" Exhibition, Cluj, Romania
1983 Art Salon UAP, Art Museum, Cluj, Romania
1982 Romanian Artists Union Art Salon, Cluj, Romania
1981 Painting Exhibition, Cluj, Romania
1980 Painting Exhibition, Art Museum, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania
1979 UAP Artists, Pro Arte Gallery, Lugoj, Romania
1979 Expo 42, Tribuna Art Gallery, Cluj, Romania
1979 1st Prize National Art Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1979 National Art Salon, Brasov, Romania
1978 UAP Salon, Museum of History, Ethnography and Fine Arts, Lugoj, Romania
1978 2nd Prize National Art Salon, Timisoara, Romania
1977 1st Prize National Art Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1976 Painting Exhibition, Vrsac, Yugoslavia
1976 National Art Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1976 2nd Prize National Art Salon, Timisoara, Romania
1974-1978 Romanian Artists Union Art Salon, Lugoj, Romania
1974-1975 Art-Week, Lugoj, Romania

Petronella Sirbu's works can be found in private, corporate and public collections in Canada, United States, Germany, Greece, Sweden, France, Belgium, Egypt and Romania.