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Merrilyn Duzy is an American artist, lecturer, and instructor in Art Studies and painting with a worldwide exhibition history. A founder of the Florida West Coast Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art and past-President of the Southern California chapter, she is widely regarded for her series on Women's Place in Art History and her work celebrating female eroticism.
Born in 1946, Duzy grew up in Southern California. Her Catholic upbringing sparked an interest in religious art. An illustrated family Bible depicting saints in bondage and ecstasy engendered her life-long fascination with the spiritual side of eroticism. In the 1970s, she curated several controversial exhibitions including, "Erotic Visions" in Westwood, California—the first such exhibit of women's erotic art on the west coast. 
Inspired by the feminist art movement, Duzy realized that women's place in Art History was significantly under-represented. In 1982 she created her illustrated lecture, "Walking Through History: Women Artists Past and Present," which she has presented in the United States, Israel, and Asia. 
In the early 1980s, she produced her most important and unique series of oil paintings, Women Artists in History, representing Thirty artists beginning with 10th-century Spanish nun Ende and concluding with Frieda Kahlo. In this remarkable achievement, each portrait is painted in that artist's style, capturing her work's stunning beauty and the importance of her work. 
After earning her Master of Fine Arts Degree at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1988, Duzy has taught and lectured at Los Angeles City College, Mission College, Sylmar, CA, and The Atelier Art Center. She continues to exhibit her work throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Merrilyn Duzy lives in Southern California, where she paints, curates, and lectures. In Her latest work, Ms. Duzy explores new directions with imagery of the cosmos, spirituality, and landscapes based on her extensive world travels.
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BORN Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1988 MFA, Otis/Parsons School of Design Los Angeles, California
1975 Santa Reparata International School Art, Florence, Italy
  Private study with Vern Wilson
1974 BA, California State University, Northridge
 
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
  The Lunar Codex / Artists on the Moon (AOTM), The Nova Collection
  Merrilyn Duzy: Twenty Five Years Retrospective,Mt. San Jacinto College, CA
  Symbol, Signs & Space:, Solo exhibit and Lecture, Theosophocal Center, Altadena, CA
  Women: A Celebration of La Femme, La Galeria Gitana, CA First Place Award
  Global Warming is Real,  International Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM
  Merrilyn Duzy, Solo exhibit, Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Manila the Philippines
  The Love You Give, Two Person exhibit, Canoga Park Arts Center, Canoga Park, CA
  Ada Ejikeme,  figurative finalist category for ARC (Art Renewal Center)
  Best of 2012,  National Woman’s Caucus for Art, National competition
  Connections I & II, North Gallery, Copenhagen,  Humlebaek Art Library, Denmark
  Women In Space, Three Person exhibit, Platt/Borstein gallery, AJU, Los Angeles, CA
  Creation Series, Solo exhibit  North Gallery, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA
  Women Artists in History, Solo exhibit and Lecture presented at: Gallery825, L.A.,
The Platt Gallery,
  Los Angeles, CA., Museum of Art., Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL
  Cosmic Dreams, Solo exhibit Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
  Romancing the Universe, curator Scott Canty, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
  Artists Awards Exhibitions, juror, Margaret Neilson, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Contemporary Expressions from Los Angeles-Taipei, Taiwan Museum of Art, TWN
  Summer, Solo exhibit, Lyn Hackworth Gallery, Clearwater, FL
  The Goddess Rediscovered, Two Person exhibit,  Antea Gallery, Tel-Aviv, ISR
  Women's Caucus for Art 1984 National Juried Exhibition, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem,  PA.  First Place Award
  Dirty Dozen,David Stuart Gallery, co-curator, Los Angeles, CA
  Exhibited at the International Museum of Erotic Art, San Francisco, CA
   
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Portraits, Art RoomGallery, San Francisco, online
Faces, Grey Cube Gallery, online
Make Your Mark 2021, Pastel Society of Southern California, online
SFV Score Artopia, International Competition, online
The 42nd Annual Peace Show, Nagasaki-Ken Fine Art Museum, Japan
Portraits of Appreciation, Neutra Museum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Textures & Patterns, Art Room Gallery, online exhibition
Mars: An Artistic Mission, California Art Club, (CAC) online exhibition
The Lunar Codex / Artists on the Moon (AOTM), The Nova Collection
Renewal and Rebirth Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition, CAC online
MOOS Members Only Online Show 2021, juror Gwenth Barth-White, PSWC
California Art Club(CAC) Welcome to California, Virtual Exhibition
Portraits, Art Room Gallery, online exhibition, Honorable Mention Award
Reflections, ARC Gallery, juror, Shelley Barry, online exhibition
2020 Textures, Patterns, Shapes or Fofms, online Las Laguna Art Gallery, CA
11th Annual Members Exhibition, PSSC (Pastel Society of So California) online
The Art of Aging, Monochrome, & All Women, juror, Jessica Kimmel, J. Mane Gallery
Primary Colors, & 10th Annual Botanicals, LightSpaceTime Gallery online
Reflections online Sherly Barry Juror Arc Gallery, online San Francisco, CA
Hero Art Project: Honoring Healthcare Workers, Arthouse, NYC
Fusion V: Unity in Diversity, Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA
Trees & Fields, Art room gallery online
Welcome to California, California Art Club, online
34th Annual Pastels USA International Exhibition, juror W.Truman Hosner, PSWC
Above & Below the Sea: A way of life protecting, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
Art in Crisis, & Open Exhibit, SF Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA
Evolve.Women.Wisdon 2020, Lark Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
  She Votes, Altered Book project with the Feminist Art Coalition and Bonnie J. Smith
  Embed Gallery, Chatsworth, CA
2019 50 States 200 Artists,Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM
Women: A Celebration of La Femme, La Galeria Gitana, SF, CA. First Place Award
Language of Color & Big Ideas in Small Settings, La Galeria Gitana, SF, CA
Fusion IV,  & Who Is God, Museum Contempo, Sheldon, WA, Southern California - Curator
Primary Colors & SeaScapes, LightSpaceTime online gallery
Labyrinth,  CSUN Arts Alumni Association, Embed Gallery, Chatsworth, CA
Make Your Mark, International online exhibit, Pastel Society of So. California
2018 The Art of Creative Aging, SF Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA. First Place Award
A Moment in Time, LAXWAX, Santa Clarita, CA
10 Years of Gitana, Around the World in 80 Paintings, & Intimate Moments,
La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
Faces of Humanity, Gallery 25N, online
Music for Your Eyes, Gallery OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
2017 Fusion-A Multi-Cultural Art Experience,  Earth Wind Fire Water, & Who is God V,
Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA
Golemess IV, installation with Dennis Paul & Lynn Small, Glendale, CA
Los Angeles City of Angels, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
Global Warming is Real, Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group Nine Collaborative, United Methodist Church, Northridge, CA
2016 The Love You Give, Two Person exhibit,  Canoga Park Arts Center, C.Park, CA
Satan’s Disco, Art Share, Los Angeles, CA
Flowers and Garden Show, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
American West; It’s People, History & Landscapes, Music for the Eyes: Color,
Texture, Movement, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
Group Nine – Visual Fusion, LA Cultural Affairs Satellite, C.Pk Arts Center,  CA
2015 The Blue Show,  & Abstracts, Linus Galleries, Online
The Love You Give, Two Person show, LA Cultural Affairs Satellite Arts Center, CA
Portraits of the Fallen Memorial: In Remembrance (Cole Larsen) Valencia Center, CA
From Her, Pico House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Matter of Taste, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
Red, Colors of Humanity, Online Gallery
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, McGroarty Arts Center, Tunjunga, CA
Flux, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Upland, CA
Abstracts, Linus Online gallery
Fusion, Keystone Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pulse of LA, curator, Leslie Cozzi for by SCWCA, LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Figuring on Saturday, LA Cultural Affairs Satellite Canoga Park Arts Center, C.P CA
2014 Chemistry of Perspective(s): Reaction to art under Fire, Thousand Oaks
Community gallery, Newberry Park, CA
The Seasons, Linus Galleries, Long Beach, Pasadena, CA
2013 Plenty, presented by SC/WCA,  Art Gallery, CSUN Northridge, CA
Definition, San Fernando Valley Arts Council, Canoga Park, CA
The Spirit of Place: Memorable Interior Spaces,  Glorious California,
& From the Surreal to Steampunk, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
The Femail Project, curator Emma Leppington, The Article Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Visual Evidence, Seaver Art Gallery, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Man as Object – Reversing the Gaze, The Kinsey Institute, Indiana Univ., VT
From Abstraction to the Sublime, & Purely Physical: Finessing the Figure,
La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
Red,  Danielak Art and the Women’s City Club of Pasadena, CA
Open Juried Show, Westlake Village Art Guild, Westlake Village, CA Second Place Award 
2011 Gifts for the Table: California’s Amazing Bounty La Galeria Gitana, SF, CA
Five Elements/One World, LELA, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Man as Object – Reversing the Gaze, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Spring Forward-Celebrating Women Artists of SO California, Blinn House, Pasadena, CA
2010 Goddesses Then and Now, La Galeria Gitana San Fernando, CA
Deconstructed Applications, City Hall Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unseen, MOSI Museum, Tampa, FL
Peace II, Nagasaki Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
2009 Sacred Art/All Things Spiritual, & Fringes: The Hills: Canyons of the
San Fernando Valley, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
The 18th LELA (Lantern of the East LA) Art Festival in Manila
Connectes I & International II,North Gallery, Copenhagen, Humlebaek Art Library, Denmark
2008 Women in Space, Three Person exhibit, Platt/Borstein Gallery, American Jewish University, LA, CA
16th LELA International Art Show, Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
Art Collection of Bob Gino, Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, CA
2007 LELA (Lantern of the East LA) International Art Exhibit, Pyoung Taek, and GIAF
(Gwanghwamoon International Art Festival), Sejong Art Center, Korea
Simultaneous Multiplicity, ASTO Museum of Long Beach, CA
Wind, International Art Exhibit, Osaka, Japan
Secrets & Confessions, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Circle of Care: Dreams on Canvas, City Art Gallery, Van Nuys, CA
Endangered Species Endangered Planet, International Exhibit of Linocuts, Group Nine,
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, CAN
2006 15th Lantern of the East International Exhibit, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists of the Valley, Pierce College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
2005 Symbols, Signs & Space, Solo exhibit and lecture, Theosophical Center Gallery, Altadena, CA
14th Lantern of the East International Art Festival, Brapha Museum, Chonburi, Thailand
LELA Ensenada, Museo Historico Regional De Ensenada, Mexico
2004 Digital Dazzle, Tang Gallery, AZ
Group Nine: Mixing Media, Finegood Gallery, West Hills, CA
2003 The Painted Landscape, The Atelier Gallery, Chatsworth, CA
LELA (Lantern of the East LA) Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, LA
Seeing Red in and Around Us, Group Nine, Angels Gate Cultural Center, CA
Group Nine: Uncommon Ground, Mt. San Jacinto College, Hemet, CA
2002 The Chai Show (To Life),  Platt/Bornstein Gallery, University of Judaism,  Los Angeles, CA
Collage & Assemblage & Small Works,  The Atelier, Chatsworth, CA
13th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Finegood Gallery, West Hills, CA
International Arts Festival, Apex in LA, The Japanese American Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Space Odyssey, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Romancing the Universe, curator Scott Canty, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Group 9: Shifting Positions, Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, CA
2000 Juried Art Exhibition, presented by Jewish Federation Platt/Borstein Gallery, LA, CA
Rock, Paper, Scissors Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Woman Artists in History, Solo exhibit & lecture, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
40 Year Anniversary, Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Landscapes of the Mind, Mt. San Jacinto College, Mt. San Jacinto, CA
1998 Merrilyn Duzy: Twenty Five Years, Mt. San Jacinto College, Hemet, CA
Group Nine: Power in Collaboration,  California State University, Northridge, CA
1997 Quarks to Quasars, co-curator, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
Artscape '97, juror , Scott Canty, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Cosmic Dreams, Solo exhibit, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Deus Ex Machina, California State University, Pomona, CA
Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Environmental Images, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
1995 Landscape: The Continuum, curator Scott Canty, LA Municipal Art Gallery, CA
Erotica’95, curator Bob Gino, Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Global Focus: Women In Art And Culture, Women’s Caucus for Art, Beijing, CHN
Food: For Body & Soul, Mythos Gallery, Burbank, CA
1994 Angels, Ancestors & Spirit Guides, co-curator, Mythos Gallery, Burbank, CA
The Magic Wand, Lasso & Marquee, Conejo Valley Art Museum, CA
Face To Face: Portraiture of the 90's, LA Artcore's Brewery Annex, CA
Vistas, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Recycler, Da Vinci Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Erotic Art Exhibit, co-curator, Galerie Galerie, Hollywood, CA
Los Angeles Valley College Honors Its Own, Van Nuys, CA
Censored, Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Fantasy and Surreal, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1992 Cool Stuff, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Readymades, Anonymous Art, R. Mutt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Natural Causes, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
Elements of Creation: The First Six Days, Finegood Art Gallery, CA
A Face In The Crowd: Contemporary Portraits, Artspace Gallery, CA
1990 Shades of Intimacy: Erotic Images, Two Person exhibit, ChristopherJohn Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
Elements, Artspace gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
Of Nature & Nation: Yellowstone Summer of Fire, Security Pacific Corp., L. Angeles, CA
Sex Salon, Epoche Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1989 Merrilyn Duzy, Solo exhibit, Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Manila the Philippines
Two Person Exhibit, Watt Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles, CA
Taking Liberties, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Expressions from Los Angeles-Taipei, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taiwan
Eroticism: West Coast Expression, Gallery Six-Oh-One, San Francisco, CA
Women’s History Month Exhibit, The Women’s Building, Los Angeles, CA
Women & Their Work, Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda, CA
1988 Master of Fine Artists Exhibition, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists Awards Exhibition, juror, Margaret Neilson, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Erotica ’88, co-curator, Gorman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1987 Power, Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
In Perspective/Out of Bounds, Florida Center for Contemporary Arts, Tampa, FL
Youthful Enthusiasm, curator Scott Grieger, Los Angeles Art Association, CA
Ink & Clay, juror Dona Geib, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
In Perspective/Out of Bounds, Florida Center for Contemporary Arts, Tampa, FL
1986 Gulf Coast Biennial, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Autobiographies: Fantasy, Fact or Fiction, curator, F.G.C.A., Tampa, FL
A Little Erotica, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY
Inner Surfaces, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
The Goddess Rediscovered, Two Person exhibit, Antea Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Spring Splash, Gallery One, Clearwater, FL
Twentieth Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jewish Community Center of Houston, TX
1984 Closet Art: Out of Sight Undercover, SoHo South Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Florida Painting Past & Present, Fact or Fiction, Florida Center for Contemporary Art, FL
Closet Art: Out of Sight Undercover, Soho South Gallery, Tampa, FL
Summer, Solo exhibit, Lyn Hackworth Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Women’s Caucus for Art 1984 National Juried Exhibition, First Place Award
1978 Autobiographies, curator, Palos Verdes Art Center & Malaga Cove Library, CA
1977 Dirty Dozen, co-curator, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Erotic Visions, curator, George Sand Gallery, Westwood, CA
1975 Erotica, Yvonne Gallery, San Rafael, CA
1974 Exhibited at the International Museum of Erotic Art, San Francisco, CA
CURATOR - JUROR
2019 Southern California Curator, Museum Contempo, Sheldon, WA
2011 Westlake Village Art Guild members exhibit, Thousand Oaks, CA
2010 Chaos and Order, Women Painters West – Arena I Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Juror for ArtWalk ’07, Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA
2005 Students from the Atelier, Chatsworth, CA
1997 Quarks to Quasars, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
1994 7 up, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
Angels, Ancestors & Spirit Guides, Mythos Gallery, Burbank, CA
Juror for Westwood Art Association Annual Exhibition
Artspace Gallery Closure Invitational, Woodland Hills, CA
1988 Erotica '88, Gorman Fine Arts, Santa Monica, CA
1985 Three Up-Stairs, A-1 Gallery, Clearwater, FL
1977 Autobiographies, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Erotic Visions, George Sand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
1992-3 Organizer for ART NET, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1992 Host for Thursday's Poets, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1988 Gallery Attendant for Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
Moderator, Conversations with the Artists, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007 - pres.  Private art instruction, West Hills, CA
2001- 2007  Instructor, The Atelier Art Center, Chatsworth, CA
1997- 1998  Instructor, Multi-Media, Mission College, Sylmar, CA
1991- 1994  City of Los Angeles, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA
1988- 1990  Visiting Artist, High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
LECTURES
2019 Teachers & Students: Learning from Each Other, Museum Contempo, Sheldon, WA
2012 Collaborative Art: Nine Soloists in Search of a Chorus, GaleriaGitana, CA
2010 Sex In History: A Pictorial View, La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
2005 Symbols, Signs & Space: A Personal Journey, Theosophical Center, Altadena, CA
2004 Sex In History: A Pictorial View, the Atelier, Chatsworth, CA
2001 Panelist for Romancing the Universe exhibition, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Group Nine Panel, for the exhibition “Group Nine: Power in Collaboration,” CSUN
1996 Panelist Galaxies, Black Holes, Dark Matter, CAA Conference, Boston, MA
1991 Panelist, Feisty Women II, Moderator Dona Geib, Women's Caucus for art, Wash.,D.C.
1989 Moderator, Feisty Women Panel, Women's Caucus for Art, San Francisco, CA
1978 Censorship in the Arts, sponsored by the South Bay Chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union, Palos Verdes, CA
Walking Through History: Women Artists Past & Present presented at the following locations:
2019 La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
2011 Women’s Painter West, Encino, CA
2009 North Gallery, Copenhagen, Humlebaek Library, Denmark
2003 Presented to the Gail Cohen Leukemia Fund, Tarzana, CA the Atelier, Chatsworth, CA
The Atelier, Chatsworth, CA
2001 Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Bernard Milken Jewish Community Center, West Hills, CA
1993 Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, Adat Ari El Sisterhood, North Hollywood, CA
Moorpark Community College, Art Guild of the Conejo Valley, CA
1991 University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Manila, PHL
1987 The Otis Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Tampa Museum of Art, Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL
School Of Visual Art, New York, NY
1985 Antea Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel
1984 Los Angeles County Library, Simard Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL Saint Tropez, France
1981 Women Artists in History, performance presented by Southern California Women’s Caucus
for Art, (WCA & CAA Annual Conference), San Francisco Museum of Science & Industry Theatre,
and Barnsdall Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
 
 
MEDIA
2020 American Gallery 21st century, Word Press/ duzy-merrilyn, online
2019 Merrilyn Duzy, Striving for Parity, The Women’s Studio, online
2018 Inspiration of the Day-Now Be Here: Merrilyn Duzy, Museum Mom, online
2011 Video Documentary, Group Nine, USC students, Gloria Orenstein instructor
2009 Video Documentary, Merrilyn Duzy :An Erotic Art Feminist, USC
Professor, Gloria Orenstein In Archive on Feminist Artists in So.CA,
and Rutgers University National Archive on Feminist Artists
2003 Video Documentary: Group Nine: In Collaboration, L. Luvaas, Editor/Director
1999 Merrilyn Duzy, ArtScene, Bill Lasarow, online
1992 Women Artists In History, Storer Cable TV, Florida. "Art & Feminism
1990 Women In Contemporary Art, host Cecelia Davidson, Continental Cable, Los Angeles
1986 Tampa Bay Today, host: Judy Conn, Women Artists and People & Places,
host : Terri Cobb, FL
 
Women Artists Past & Present , Vision Cable TV host: Lori Howlett
1987 Women Artists Visibility Event, Now You See Us, directed by Suzanne Lacy
1985 Autobiographies: Fantasy, Fact or Fiction, panelist and exhibit organizer, Florida
Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL
Autobiographies..., discussion "Tampa Bay Today" host Bill Henry; Vision Cable's
Artwaves, and WVTN Radio, Art In Your Ear
1981 Reading Women Artists in History, directed by Merrilyn Duzy & Betty Brown
Image vs. Content, WTAN Radio, Clearwater, Florida, with J. Johnson
1974 Sounds Like The Navy, Album Artwork for Crosby, Stills & Nash, Lou Rawls,
and Andy Kim
YouTube She Votes, 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Embed Gallery, 2020
Faces of Humanity, Gallery 825, 2018
Abstracts, & The Blue Show, Linus Galleries, 2015
La Grande Passione, F. Fiorellino
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES
Southwest Art Magazine: Collector’s Edition, Oct., Nov., 2021
Matador Memories, California State University, Northridge 2022
Oral History Project, Library of Congress
Reflections Merrilyn Duzy (Passages) pg.23, 2020
Art & Beyond, Evolve. Women. Wisdom , Merrilyn Duzy (The Hat Lady) pg.28, March
Southwest Art Collecting Pastel Paintings – Merrilyn Duzy pg.74, 2020
Merrilyn Duzy – Artist, ShoutoutLA.com, interview - August 2020
Art-Life-Merrilyn Duzy, VoyageLA.com interview – June 2019
Who Is God: Continuance Merrilyn Duzy Al-Khemi (the Land) pg.63(Blue Glacier)
Identity, Gallery Nine, 2014 Women’s Caucus for Art, pg.40
50 States 200 Artists Merrilyn Duzy pg 24 (Fractured Blue I) 2018
Janson’s History Collaborative Alteration, ed. Sue J. Norton Poplin
Outstanding People in the Arts Today, International Biographical Centre, Art
Catalogue 2013, Cambridge, England
Xandau Gallery, Art Catalogue 2012, pg 60
Momentum, 2012 National Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, pg46 (Sylvia Sleigh)
Men as Object Reversing the Gaze, pg. 82 (Bound & Repose)
Archive on Feminists Artists in Southern California – USC, CA
Art Renewal Center, International 2010/2011 ARC Salon, pg. 31
Love, Barbara, editor “Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975”
Listed in Who's Who In American Art, and Who's Who In The World
International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, and the International
Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, and the International Leaders
in Achievement, Cambridge, England
Five Elements/One World (Merrilyn Duzy & Louise Bourgeois) pg.64 2011
Rutgers University National Archive on Feminist Artists, 2011
The 18th LELA Art Festival in Manila 2009 Merrilyn Duzy (Lg. Palimpsest: Vesia Pices)
Catalogue, Group Nine, with essay by Joan Hugo
Catalogue, Merrilyn Duzy: Twenty Five Years, from exhibition, essays
by Norma Jean Squires, and Lucinda Luvass,Mt. San Jacinto Community College art gallery, CA
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
Women Around Town by Karen Schifman – 2014
Women’s Caucus for Art online publication, Art Spotlight, Group Nine. 2014
Smithsonian Libraries, Art & Artist Files, Merrilyn Duzy
EXHIBITIONS REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2000 Woodard, Josef, The Finegood Comes of Age, Los Angeles Times, January
Smith, Lucinda, Alumni Profile, Otis College of Art and Design, issue 3
2001 Lasarow, Bill, ArtScene magazine, Merriyn Duzy, photos, cover & pg.14
1999 Woodard, Josef, Inner and Outer Explorations, Los Angeles Times
1998 Tromble, Meredith, and Terri Cohn, Artweek, Conquistadors of the Void, April
Cline, Mary Alice, Cosmic Fire From The Palette, The Press Enterprise, Riverside
Ault, Tony, The Press-Enterprise, Landscapes Exhibit, with photo
Knaff, Devorah, and Hali Bernstein The Press Enterprise, The Landscape as Portrait
1997 Grieger, Scott, Alumni Profile: Merrilyn Duzy, Otis College of Art and Design
Woodard, Josef, Artweek, Quarks to Quasars at Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
Woodard, Josef, Los Angeles Times, The Sky’s The Limit
1996 Lewis, Abigail and Patrick Williams, Whole Life Times, October, photos, pgs. 14, 36
Woodard, Josef, Los Angeles Times, Sky-Scapes Revel in the Ambiguity of Nature,
ArtScene, October 1996, back cover photograph
1995 Kapitanoff, Nancy, Los Angeles Times, From Creating To Curating, June 9
1994 Hajduk, Gloria, SCWCA Newsletter, Member Quick sketch; Merrilyn "Cookie" Duzy
Kapitanoff, Nancy, Los Angeles Times, Exhibiting an Uplifting Outlook, November
1993 Appleford, Steve, Los Angeles Times, It's the Surreal Thing, April 23
Oldham, D., Gallery Guide Sacramento, Local Gallery Presents the Unpresentable
Wolverton, J.D., Valley Star, Her inspiration comes from the past, April
1992 Wilber, Christine The Art Bulletin, About the Demonstrator Merrilyn Duzy
1991 Kapitanoff, Nancy, Art Notebook, Los Angeles Times, August 18
1990 McKenna, Kristine, Tribute to Yellowstone, Up From the Ashes, L.A. Times, June
Appleford, Steve, Fall Brings a Diversity of Arts: It's Live, It's New, It's Local, LA Times
Art Scene, listing, Elements, illustration, pg. 56, September
Montgomery, Lee, Christopher John is home for printmaker's network, Art,
The Outlook, Santa Monica, April
Paley, Laurel, Merrilyn Duzy and Margaret Lazzari, Artweek, May
1989 Fanega, Buddy, Manifestations of Femininity, Daily Globe, the Philippines
Women Artists Newsletter, Vol., 14 Sampling the Nectar, photo & description
1986 Benbow, C., The Manifold Notions of Women Artists Explored, St.Petersburg Times
Loft, Kurt Art by Women, The Tampa Tribune
Saul, Linda, Walking Through History, Tampa Museum Newsletter
Miller, Janet, Women Artists Past & Present, Hue Points Magazine, Spring
1985 Benbow, Charles, Women artists share experiences in fact, fantasy, St. Petersburg Times
Crane, Jeanette, Autobiographies Gives Visualization to Uncommon PersonalExpressions,
St. Petersburg Evening Independent
AWARDS
2021 Vera Dean Nance, SFV Score Artopia, International Competition, online, First Place Award
Portraits, Art Room Gallery, Honorable Mention
2019 Dorothy Gillespie, Women: Celebration of La Femme, La Galeria Gitana
San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Juror Jane Thorpe, First Place Award,
Around the World in 80 Paintings, La Galeria Gitana, Second Place Award
2018 The Art of Creative Aging, (The Hat Lady), SFVCC, Tarzana, CA First Place Award
2012 Louise Bourgeois, Westlake Village Art Guild, Newberry Park, CA
Winner of the first annual Women’s Caucus for Art, Best of 2012, online exhibition
1994 Painting Award, Thousand Oaks Art Association Competition, juror: Scott Canty.
1988 Artists Awards Exhibition, juror: Margaret Neilsen, Otis Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1984 First Place: Women's Caucus for Art 1984 National Exhibition,
jurors: Audrey Flack, Joyce Koslof, Joan Marter.
MEMBERSHIPS
LELA International Artists –Board Member 
Pastel Society of Southern California
Pastel Society of the West Coast
California State University Alumni Association
Otis Art Institute Alumni Association
Group Nine
California Art Club
Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art – Past President 1980-1982
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.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM 2017
RDC, Aptos, CA
Softbox, Tampa, FL
Software by Design, Tampa, FL
Delancey Street Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Danish Women’s Museum (post card art) 2016
LELA – Hideo Sakata
Le Galeriste, Canada
Private Collections list on request
 
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