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May 2016
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Avy Loftus
Avy Loftus is a Montreal-based visual artist and batik designer. Her lifelong fascination with the beauty of nature -the variance of shape, textures and the harmonious combination of dark and light in the beauty of God’s ultimate creation – is a central theme influencing her personal creative journey. Avy has had a number of collective and solo exhibitions in Canada, the USA, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Bermuda and been the recipient of a number of awards, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her artistic and community contributions in 2013. Avy’s exquisite composition of intricate batiks is rooted in her Indonesian background and the artistic influences that stem from it. The ancient art form of batik evolved over many centuries in Indonesia and is part of the national soul of the country and its people. Avy Loftus personifies the cultural identity of her origins as seen in the infinite designs and rich colors of her artisanry. Uniquely, she often, very subtly, integrates Canadian subject matter in her work. Her batik workshops have been held at Harbour Front, Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Civilization (now, the History museum), the Embassy of Indonesia in Ottawa, as well as in Washington DC, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Hotel Delta, Montreal, the Marsil Museum (now, the Museum of Costumes and Textile in Quebec), the annual Tulip Festival held in Major Park, Ottawa, the Middfest International (Ohio, USA) international cultural exhibition, the Chicago Children’s Museum, the International Children’s Festival, as well as many private institutions.

Currently, Avy is the President of the Asian Canadian Women Artists, and a member of the Women’s Art Society of Montreal,  ELAN, The Montreal Trainers’ Group and The Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, also in Montreal. As director and touring coordinator of Peace, Love, and Hope,which encourages children to reject bullying through artistic techniques taught in her batik workshops, Avy has collected individual pieces done by the participants and assembled remarkable large scale quilts which she exhibits at schools, museums and cultural centers.

   