About the Artist
How to pronounce Alyena: AL-ee-eh-na
Education
2021 - 2025: University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC — Bachelor of Fine Arts
Exhibitions
2025/2026: Winter Small Works Show & Sale, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria — 1040 Moss St, Victoria, BC
2025: FCA Victoria: Fall Show "Harmony", Goldfinch Arts Centre — 170 Goldfinch Rd, Colwood, BC
2025: Talisman: The Art of Power and Meaning, Metchosin Art Pod — 4495 Happy Valley Rd, Metchosin, BC
2025: Sooke Fine Arts Show — 2168 Phillips Rd, Sooke, BC
2025: If Traces Remain, University of Victoria — 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC
2025: Self Portrait Exhibition, Rockslide Gallery — 780 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC
2025: Mezzamallea, The Upstairs Gallery, University of Victoria — 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC
2024: Small Warts, Rockslide Gallery — 780 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC
2024: Lorem Ipsum, UVic Audain Gallery — 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC
2024: Sooke Fine Arts Show — 2168 Phillips Rd, Sooke, BC
2024: Phantasmagoria, UVic Audain Gallery — 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC
Art Events
2025: Art Gallery Paint-In — Moss St, Victoria, BC
2024: Art Gallery Paint-In — Moss St, Victoria, BC
2023: Gorge on Art — Gorge Waterway, Victoria, BC
2022: Gorge on Art — Gorge Waterway, Victoria, BC
b. 2003
Alyena Munzar is a Vancouver Island-based artist working in oil painting. She explores portraiture and the human figure, often set in nature, capturing emotion, facial expression, and connection to the world around them. Her work delves into narratives around quietude, femininity, and how the figure responds to and becomes part of the environment. The Pre-Raphaelite movement is one of many that have inspired her love of historical themes, and her painting style lies within the realm of representational art while allowing for expressive brushwork and softened detail. She achieves this through dynamic figure positioning, clothing choices that are often historically inspired, and the use of local landscapes. Alyena particularly enjoys painting the curves, bends, and soft lines found in nature and the human figure to create a sense of harmony and flow.