Shadia in Yellow
Pastel on Paper
27x23in
$1,500
27 Artworks
Purple Delphinium
Pastel on Paper
21x19in
$1,100
Merrilyn Duzy
United States
Credentials
- Works on commission
Merrilyn Duzy is an accomplished painter and visual artist with a BA from CSUN, an MFA from Otis College, and a richly self-taught background enriched by travel and exploration of diverse mediums, including encaustic, acrylic, oils, watercolor, and mixed media. Her style shifts deftly from realism and representation—often channeling historical and contemporary figures with detailed accuracy—to experimental layering of cosmic imagery, languages, and abstract forms. Through her portraits, erotica, landscapes, and symbol-laden works, she invites viewers to connect deeply with universal themes of womanhood, history, and the mysteries of existence, inspiring genuine personal resonance and reflection.
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1946
- Mediums
- Painter, Visual Artist
PSWC USA 36th Annual International Exhibition- Cheap Joe's Award- Santa Cruz, United States
SFV Score Artopia- Online, United States
The Art of Creative Aging- Tarzana, United States
Artists Award Exhibition- Los Angeles, United States
Women's Caucus for Art 1984- Philadelphia, United States
The Love You Give / Canoga Park Arts Center - Canoga Park, United States
Symbols, Signs & Space / Theosophical Center Gallery - Altadena, United States
Women Artists in History / Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, United States
Merrilyn Duzy: Twenty Five Years / Mt. San Jacinto, College - Mt. San Jacinto, United States
Merrilyn Duzy, Solo Exhibit / Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center - Manila, Philippines
The Goddess Rediscovered / Antea Gallery - Tel-Aviv, Israel
The 46th Annual Peace Exhibition / Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art - Nagasaki, Japan
Celebrate! Fifty Years of Southern California Women Artists / Betsey Lueke Creative Arts Center - Burbank, United States
PSWC Pastels USA: 99 Voices 39th Annual International Exhibit / Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University - Orange, CA, United States
Reflections on our Warming Planet / LA Artcore, Boone Art Gallery, and Lois Lambert Gallery - Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Monica, United States
Love & Lust / the Makery Gallery - Los Angeles, United States
Joy / Encaustic Art Institute - Santa Fe, United States
Art of the Word / Sasse Museum of Art - Pomona, United States
The Hero Art Project / Arthouse NYC, and National Mall, Washington DC - New York - Washington DC, United States
Portraits of Appreciation / Neutra Museum Gallery - Los Angeles, United States
Fusion V: Unity in Diversity / Museum Contempo - Shelton, WA, United States
Labyrinth / Embed Gallery - Chatsworth, United States
Women: A Celebration of La Femme / La Galeria Gitana - San Fernando, United States
Music For Your Eyes / Gallery OCCCA - Santa Ana, United States
Flowers and Garden Show / 311 Gallery - Raleigh, United States
Man as Object - Reversing the Gaze / The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University - Indiana, United States
Connections I & II / North Gallery, Humlebaek Art Library - Copenhagen, Denmark
LELA (Lantern of the EastLA) 16th International Art Show / Modern Art Museum - Yerevan, Armenia
Women in Space, Three Person Exhibit / Platt/Borstein Gallery, America Jewish University - Los Angeles, United States
Wind, International Art Exhibit / Osaka Art Museum - Osaka, United States
Romancing the Universe / Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, United States
Space Odyssey / Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UC Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, United States
Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture, Women's Caucus for Art / Beijing Art Gallery - Beijing, China
Pastel Society of the West Coast - Pastels USA 99 Voices 2025
Southern California Women's Caucus for Art- Merrilyn Duzy Talks with SCWCA
VoyageLA- Art & Life with Merrilyn Duzy
M.R.N. - American Gallery - 21st Century- Merrilyn Duzy
Women's Caucus for Art- Man as Object-Reversing the Gaze
Barbara J. Love- Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975
Josef Woodard- The Finegood Comes of Age
Bill Lasarow- Merrilyn Duzy
Josef Woodard- The Sky's the Limit
Merrilyn Duzy- Quarks and Quasars
Merrilyn Duzy & Sandra McKee- Erotic Visions: Art by Women
Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, United States
Danish Women's Museum, Denmark
Delancy Street Foundation, United States
Nagaski Art Museum, Japan , Japan
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