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Biography
Merrilyn Duzy is an artist first and foremost; she is also a teacher, lecturer, curator and art collector. Her formal art education culminated with her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Los Angeles Otis Art Institute. Her informal education includes extensive traveling, and her on-going arts advocacy. In addition Ms. Duzy's education is enhanced by her extensive research for her lectures: "Walking Through History: Women Artists Past & Present," "Symbols, Signs & Space: A Personal Journey, " and "Sex in History: A Pictorial View," her most recent lecture, which encompasses 5000 years of erotic art. Ms. Duzy has an extensive exhibition record that includes the museums in Florida, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Thailand, Armenia and Taiwan. Her solo Shows include work based on portraits, women artists, erotica, landscapes and cosmic imagery. She continues to participate in exhibitions worldwide. As a curator, Merrilyn has organized and presented exhibitions on "Erotic Art," "Quarks to Quasars" and "Angels, Ancestors & Spirit Guides," among others. Ms. Duzy is listed in the "Who's Who In American Art," "Who's Who In The West," and the recently published book, Barbara J. Love, "Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975," as well as many catalogues and publications. |
Resume
EDUCATION |
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1988 |
Master of Fine Arts Degree, Otis/Parsons School of Design Los Angeles, California |
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1975 |
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy. |
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1974 |
Bachelor of Art Degree, California State University, Northridge |
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EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTS |
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| "Merrilyn Duzy at JazzVespers", Northridge, California. | ||
| "Women Artists in History", Solo Show, Northridge United Methodist Church, Northridge, California. | ||
| "Merrilyn Duzy: Twenty Five Years Retrospective," Mt. San Jacinto College, California. | ||
| "Connected I & II," North Gallery, Copenhagen, Humlebaek Art Library, Denmark. | ||
| "Women In Space," three person exhibit, Platt/Borstein Gallery, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, California. |
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| "Symbols, Signs & Space: A Personal Journey," Theosophical Center Gallery, Altadena, California. | ||
| "Women Artists in History," Gallery 825, and, the Platt Gallery Los Angeles, California. | ||
| "Women Artists in History," Tampa Museum of Art; Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Manila the Philippines. |
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| "Creation Series," North Gallery, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| "Cosmic Dreams," Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona. | ||
| "Romancing the Universe," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| "Artists Awards Exhibitions," juror, Margaret Neilson, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles. | ||
| "Contemporary Expressions from Los Angeles - Taipei," Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung. | ||
| "The Goddess Rediscoveres," Antea Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. | ||
| "Women's Caucus for Art 1984 National Juried Exhibition," Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. First Place Winner. |
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| "Dirty Dozen," David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| Exhibited at the International Museum of Erotic Art, San Francisco, California. | ||
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2018 | "Faces of Humanity", Gallery 25 N, (online exhibit) | |
| "Music for your Eyes", Gallery OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA | ||
| "Intimate Moments", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA | ||
| 2017 | "Fusion - A Multi Cultural Art Experience" & "Earth Wind Fire Water" Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA | |
| Golemess IV - Dennis Paul & Lynn Small - Glendale, California, CA | ||
| "Who Is God", International Exhibit V (Earth, Wind, Fire & Water) Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA | ||
| "Los Angeles City of Angels", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, California | ||
| "Global Warming is Real", Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM | ||
| "The Blue Show", Linus Online Gallery | ||
| 2016 | "Group Nine - Visual Fusion", Canoga Park Arts Center, California | |
| "American West; Its People, Its History, and Its Landscapes", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA | ||
| "Music for the Eyes: Color, Texture,Movement, Rhythm, Harmony", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA | ||
| "Bright, Colorful, Bold" - "American West; Its People, Its History, Its Landscapes", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA | ||
| "Satan's Disco", Art Share, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "Flowers and Garden Show", 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC | ||
| 2015 | "The Love You Give", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | |
| "The Blue Show", Linus Gallery, Pasadena, Long Beach, (online exhibit), CA | ||
| "A Matter of Taste", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | ||
| "From Her", Pico House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "Red", Colors of Humanity Art Gallery (online) | ||
| "Earth, Air, Fire, Water", Mc Groarty Arts Center, Tujunga, CA | ||
| "Pulse of LA", SCWC, LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "Figuring on Saturday", LA Cultural Affaires Dep., Satelite Gallery, Canoga Park, CA | ||
| 2014 | "Chemistry of Perspective(s): Reaction to art under fire", Thousand Oaks Community Art Gallery | |
| "The Seasons", Linus Galleries, Long Beach / Pasadena | ||
| 2013 | "Glorious California", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | |
| "From the Surreal to Steampunk", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | ||
| "The Femail Project", curator Emma Leppington, The Article Gallery, Birmingham, UK | ||
| "Plenty", curators Niku Kashef & Karen Schifman, CSUN, Northridge, CA. | ||
| "Visual Evidence", Seaver Art Gallery Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "The Spirit of Place:Memorable Interior Spaces", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | ||
| 2012 | "From Abstraction to the Sublime", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | |
| "Purely Physical: Finessing the Figure", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. | ||
| "Red" Danielak Art and The Women's City Club of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA. | ||
| "Man as Object - Reversing the Gaze", The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. | ||
| "2012 Open Juried Show" Westlake Village Art Guild, Newberry Park, CA. | ||
| 2011 | "Five Elements / One World", LA Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall, Los Angeles, California. | |
| "Man as Object - Reversing the Gaze", SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, California. | ||
| "Gifts for the Table: California Amazing Bounty", La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, California. | ||
| "Spring Forward", DanielakArt and The Women's City Club of Pasadena, Pasadena, California. | ||
| 2010 | "Deconstructed Applications," City Hall Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | |
| "Goddesses Then and Now," Galeria Gitana San Fernando, California. | ||
| "Unseen," MOSI Museum, Tampa, FL | ||
| "Peace," Nagasaki Museum, Japan. | ||
| 2009 | "Sacred Art/All Things Spiritual," Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, California. "Connected I & II," North Gallery, Copenhagen, Humlebaek Art Library, Humlebaek, Denmark. "Fringes: The Hills & Canyons of the San Fernando Valley," Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA. |
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| 2008 | "Women In Space," three person exhibit, Platt/Borstein Gallery, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, California. | |
| 2007 | "Simultaneous Multiplicity," ASTO Museum of Art, Long Beach, California. | |
| GIAF (Gwanghwamoon International Art Festival), Sejong Art Center, South Korea. | ||
| LELA (Lantern of the East Los Angeles) International Art Exhibit, "Pyoung Taek, South Korea," | ||
| "Wind," International Art Exhibit, Osaka, Japan. | ||
| "Peace," International Art Exhibit, Nagasaki, Japan. | ||
| "Circle of Care: Dreams on Canvas." Sherman Oaks, California. | ||
| "Secrets & Confessions," Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, California. | ||
| "Endangered Species Endangered Planet," International Exhibit of Linocuts, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| 2006 | 15th Lantern of the East International Exhibit, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | |
| "Artists of the Valley," Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, California. | ||
| 2005 | 14th Lantern of the East International Art Festival," Brapha Museum, Chonburi, Thailand. | |
| LELA 3rd Annual Art Exhibit, ASTO Museum, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| LELA Ensenada, Museo Historico Regional De Ensenada, Mexico. | ||
| 2004 | "Digital Dazzle," Tang Gallery, Arizona. | |
| "Group Nine: Mixing Media," Finegood Gallery, West Hills, California. | ||
| 2003 | "Group Nine: Uncommon Ground," Mt. San Jacinto College, California. | |
| "Seeing Red...in and around us," with "Group Nine," Angels Gate Cultural Center, California. | ||
| "The Painted Landscape," the Atelier, Chatsworth, California. | ||
| 2002 | "The Chai Show (To Life)," University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California. | |
| 2001 | "Romancing the Universe," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California. | |
| "Group 9: Shifting Positions," Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, California. | ||
| "Space Odyssey," Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, California. | ||
| 1998 | "40 Years Anniversary," Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California. | |
| "Landscapes of the Mind," Mt. San Jacinto College, Mt. San Jacinto, California. | ||
| "Group 9: Power in Collaboration," California State University, Northridge. | ||
| 1997 | "Quarks to Quasars," Century Gallery, Sylmar, California. | |
| 1996 | "Deus Ex Machina," California State University, Pomona, California. | |
| "Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Environmental Images," Century Gallery, Sylmar, California. | ||
| 1995 | "Landscape: The Continuum," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California. | |
| "Global Focus: Women In Art And Culture," Beijing, China. | ||
| "Erotica '95," Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California. | ||
| 1994 | "Angels, Ancestors & Spirit Guides," Mythos Gallery, Burbank, California. | |
| "The Magic Wand, Lasso & Marquee," Conejo Valley Art Museum, California. | ||
| "Face To Face: Portraiture of the 90's," LA Artcore's Brewery Annex, California. | ||
| 1993 | "Erotic Art Exhibition," Galerie Galerie, Hollywood, California. | |
| "Censored," Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, California. | ||
| 1992 | "Cool Stuff," Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, California. | |
| "Readymades, Anonymous Art," R.Mutt Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| 1991 | "Elements of Creation: The First Six Days," Finegood Art Gallery, California. | |
| "A Face In The Crowd: Contemporary Portraits," Artspace Gallery, California. | ||
| 1990 | Two Person Exhibit, Gallery at the Plaza, Los Angeles, California. | |
| "Shades of Intimacy: Erotic Images," Christopher John Gallery, Santa Monica, California. | ||
| "Elements," Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, California. | ||
| "Of Nature & Nation: Yellowstone Summer of Fire," Security Pacific Corp., Los Angeles, California. | ||
| 1989 | "Contemporary Expressions From Los Angeles - Taipei," Taiwan Museum of Art. | |
| 1988 | "Artists Awards Exhibitions," juror, Margaret Neilson, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | |
| "Master of Fine Artists Exhibition," Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| 1986 | "The Goddess Rediscovered," Antea Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. | |
| "Autobiographies: Fantasy, Fact or Fiction," F.C.C.A., Tampa, Florida. | ||
| "A Little Erotica," Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, New York. | ||
| 1984 | "Women's Caucus For Art 1984 National Juried Exhibition," Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. First Place Winner. | |
| 1977 | "Dirty Dozen," David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | |
| 1975 | "Erotica," Yvonne Gallery, San Rafael, California. | |
| 1974 | Exhibited at the International Museum of Erotic Art, San Francisco, California. | |
CURATOR |
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| 2010 | Juror for "Chaos and Order" , Women Painters West, Santa Monica, California. | |
| 1997 | "Quarks to Quasars," Century Gallery, Sylmar, California. | |
| 1994 | "Angels, Ancestors & Spirit Guides," Mythos Gallery, Burbank, California. | |
| 1994 | "Artspace Gallery Closure Invitational," Woodland Hills, California. | |
| 1988 | "Erotica '88," Gorman Fine Arts, Santa Monica, California. | |
| 1985 | "Three Up-Stairs," A-1 Gallery, Clearwater, Florida. | |
| 1977 | "Autobiographies," Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California. | |
| "Erotic Visions," George Sand Gallery, Los Angeles, California. | ||
LECTURES |
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| 2012 | "Collaborative Art: Nine Soloists in Search of a Chorus," San Fernando, California | |
| 2010-1983 | "Walking Through History: Women Artists Past and Present," presented: Los Angeles, New York, Florida, Manila, the Philippines, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, Israel and Nice, France. | |
| 2005 | "Symbols, Signs & Space: A Personal Journey," Theosophical Center, Altadena, California. | |
| 2010-2004 | "Sex In History: A Pictorial View," the Atelier, Chatsworth, Encino, San Fernando, California. | |
| 1996 | Panelist "Galaxies, Black Holes, Dark Matter," CAA Conference, Boston. | |
| 1991 | Panelist, "Feisty Women II," Women's Caucus for art, Washington D.C. | |
| 1989 | Moderator, "Feisty Women" Panel, Women's Caucus for Art, San Francisco, California. | |
MEDIA |
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| 2012 | "Collaborative Art: Nine Soloists in Search of a Chorus", Power Point presentation | |
| La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, California | ||
| 2011 | Video Documentary: "Group Nine - Artists in Collaboration"Produced by: USC Students: | |
| Megan La Grow, Samantha Coxe, Sarah Aquilar, Riley Scott. | ||
| 2011 | Video Documentary: Merrilyn Duzy - An Erotic Art Feminist, USC Students: Marlayana Demco, Jan Lewis, Trisha Mitra, Hemalatha Bhamid, Mark Harrick. |
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| 2003 | Video Documentary: Group 9: In Collaboration, Lucinda Luvaas, Editor/Director | |
| 1990 | "Women In Contemporary Art," host Cecelia Davidson, Continental Cable, Los Angeles. | |
| 1986 | Tampa Bay Today, host, Judy Conn, Women Artists | |
| "People & Places," host Terri Cobb, Florida | ||
| "Women Artists Past & Present," Vision Cable TV host: Lori Howlett | ||
| 1985 | "Autobiographies..." discussion "Tampa Bay Today" host Bill Henry; | |
| Vision Cable's "Artwaves," and WVTN Radio, "Art In Your Ear." | ||
| "Image vs. Content," WTAN Radio, Clearwater, Florida, with J.Johnson | ||
| 1982 | "Women Artists In History," Storer Cable TV, Florida. "Art & Feminism." | |
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES |
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| "Identity" Gallery Nine, 2014, Women's Caucus for Art, pg40 | ||
| International Biographical Centre, Art Catalogue 2013, Cambridge, England | ||
| Xanadu Gallery, Art Catalogue 2012, pg.60 | ||
| "Momentum", 2012 National Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, pg.46 ("Sylvia Sleigh") | ||
| "Men as Object", Reversing the Gaze, pg.82, ("Bound" and "Repose") | ||
| Art Renewal Center 2012 Catalogue ARC Salon, pg.31, ("Ada Eijkieme") | ||
| LELA -Lantern of the East, Los Angeles - 19th Annual International Art Festival - "Five Elements / One World", pg. 64 ("Louise Bourgeois and Merrilyn Duzy") | ||
| Listed in Who's Who In American Art, and Who's Who In The West. | ||
| Rutgers University National Archive on Feminist Artists, 2011 | ||
| Archive on Feminist Artists in Southerb California, USC, 2011 | ||
| International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, | ||
| International Leaders in Achievement, Cambridge, England. | ||
| Catalogue, "Group Nine," with essay by Joan Hugo | ||
| Catalogue, "Marrilyn Duzy: Twenty Five Years," from exhibition, | ||
| Mt. San Jacinto Community Collage Art Gallery, California | ||
| Catalogue, "10th International Art Festival, Apex in LA" 2002, Biography | ||
| Catalogue, "14 -11" Lantern of the East International Art Festival, | ||
| Catalogue, CAA. Abstracts essay "Quarks to Quasars" | ||
| Catalogue Landscape: "The Continuum," Los Angeles Art Gallery. | ||
| Erotic Visions, Catalog art by women 1977 | ||
| Erotic Visions, Catalog art by women 1977 | ||
| Love, Barbara, editor "Feminists Who Changed America, 1963 - 1975" | ||
AWARDS |
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| 2012 | Westlake Village Art Guild Annual Open Juried Show -Winner of the Painting Award | |
| 2012 | Winner of the first annual WCA, "Best of 2012' online exhibition" | |
| 1994 | Painting Award, Thousand Oaks Art Association, Juried Competition, juror: Scott Canty. | |
| 1988 | Artists Awards Exhibition, juror: Margaret Neilsen, Otis Art Gallery | |
| 1984 | First Place: "Women's Caucus for Art 1984 National Juries Exhibition," | |
| jurors: Audrey Flack, Joyce Koslof, Joan Marter. | ||
MEMBERSHIPS |
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| International Encaustic Artists, www.international-encaustic-artists.org, www.laxwaxart.com | ||
| Southern California Women's Caucus for Art | ||
| California Art Club | ||
| SFV Arts Council | ||
| Group Nine, Los Angeles, California | ||
| Lantern of the East, Los Angeles (LELA International) | ||
| College Art Association - Member CAA Committee on Women in the Arts. | ||
| National Women's Caucus for Art - Vice-President, New Chapter Development, 1986 -1989. | ||
| Advisory Board Member, 1984 - 1987. | ||
| Florida West Coast, Women's Caucus for Art, Founder, Past President, 1983 -1984. | ||
| Southern California / WCA - Past President,1980 - 1982. | ||
COLLECTIONS |
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| Danish Women's Museum (post card art) 2016. | ||
| "Fractured Blue I" in the collection Encaustic Art Institute Santa Fe, NM 2017 | ||