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Ms. Merike Lugus,
'SwallowHill', 1940 Hill 60 Rd., R.R.5,
Cobourg, ON, K9A 4J8
See my bio below. (For the bio of my colleague at Atelier Moulin-Noir see Pierre Moreault Bio.)
| BACKGROUND | |||
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| born: | Tallinn, Estonia | 1943 | |
| lived in: | Estonia, Sweden, Toronto, Philadephia, Los Angeles | now in Cobourg, ON | |
| fluent in: | Estonian, Swedish, and English | some knowledge of German and French | |
| EDUCATION | |||
| Basic: | |||
| B.A. General Arts | University of Toronto | 1962-1966 | |
| M.A. Sociology | University of Toronto | 1966-1968 | |
| Artistic: | |||
| self-taught | . | . | |
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| RECENT & CURRENT PROJECTS | |||
| The Lion Table | completed | . | |
| A Sphinx Lamp | in process | . | |
| A Jackal (Anubis) Statue | in process | . | |
| An art nouveau table | in process | . | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 1998 | Transient States (sculpture) Art Gallery of Northumberland | Cobourg, ON | |
| 1995 | Rader Galleries | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1990 | Brush with Disorder, Galerie Beaux Arts | Toronto, ON | |
| 1981 | Estée Gallery | Toronto, ON | |
| 1980 | Estée Gallery | Toronto, ON | |
| 1979 | Estée Gallery | Toronto, ON | |
| 1977 | Estée Gallery | Toronto, ON | |
| 1977 | Galerie in der BlutGasse | Vienna, Austria | |
| 1976 | St. Lawrence Centre | Toronto, ON | |
| 1975 | Estée Gallery | Toronto, ON | |
| 1974 | Estée Gallery | Toronto, ON | |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 2001 | Sculptures of Frances Gage and Merike Lugus | The Colborne Art Gallery, Colborne, ON | |
| 2000 | Memory of Nature Art Gallery of Northumberland | Cobourg, ON | |
| 1997 | TIAS/97, ArtFocus Toronto Indoor Artists' Juried Show | Toronto, ON | |
| 1997 | Painting 'Child with Six Aunts' included in Big Sister Lottery Calendar | across Canada | |
| 1995 | Annual Juried Show Art Gallery of Northumberland | Cobourg, ON | |
| 1994 | Annual Juried Show Art Gallery of Northumberland | Cobourg, ON | |
| 1976-77 | On View | Visual Arts Ontario | |
| 1976 | Aviva Art Show | Hadassah-Wizo, Toronto, ON | |
| 1974 | Stratford Art Show | Stratford, ON | |
| 1973 | Stratford Art Show | Stratford, ON | |
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| PUBLISHED WRITING | |||
| 1998 | Ophelia After Centuries of Trying (book of poetry) | watershedBooks, Toronto | |
| 1996 | 4 Poems in Room of One's Own | Summer-Fall 1996 | |
| 1988 | 4 Poems in Poetry Toronto | Nov 1988 | |
| 1979 | "Portrait of the Artist as Woman", lead article in City Woman | Mar/Apr 1979 | |
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| UNPUBLISHED WRITING | |||
| Leaving Lake Surrender (first novel) | manuscript in circulation | 2003 | |
| "Brush with Disorder" (essay on art) | . | 1990 | |
| short stories, other poetry | . | . | |
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| PUBLIC READINGS | |||
| Sep 2002 | Perspectives on Loss, SwallowHill | Cobourg, ON | |
| Jun 1998 | Java Man Cafe | Cobourg, ON | |
| Jun 1998 | Idler Pub | Toronto, ON||
| Apr 1998 | Bamboo Club | Toronto, ON | |
| Oct 1997 | Barnum House | Grafton, ON | |
| Dec 1996 | Art Bar, Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto, ON | |
| Aug 1996 | Art Bar, Czardas Restaurant | Toronto, ON | |
| Jun 1995 | Victoria Inn | Gore's Landing, ON | |
| Mar 1995 | Art Bar,Matyas Cellar | Toronto, ON | |