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 wide-ranging travels, and 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 s substantial exhibition record that includes museums in California, Florida, New Mexico, Washington, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Armenia, and Taiwan. Merrilyn continues to participate in exhibitions worldwide. As a curator, Ms. Duzy 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, “VoyageLA: Hidden Gems 2019, Barbara J. Love’s, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, as well as many catalogs and publications.