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Avy Loftus is a Montreal-based visual artist and batik designer. As a visual artist, she already had a number of collective and solo exhibitions in Canada, the US, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, the UK, Hungary, Bulgaria and Bermuda. She has received awards for her artwork, and in 2013, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her artistic and community contributions. Her artwork has been sold in Canada, the United States, Ireland, Indonesia, and Bermuda.
As a batik designer, she conducted batik workshops at the Harbour Front, Toronto, Canadian Museum of Civilization (now: Canadian Museum of History) and the Indonesian Embassy, in Ottawa; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Annual Tulip Festival, Major Park in Ottawa, Middfest International USA, Chicago Children’s Museum, Textile museum in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Indonesian Embassy and the International Children’s Festival in Washington DC, Summer Children Festival in Ireland, Museum MSU in Zagreb, Croatia, International Burch University and University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and other private institutions.
Currently, Avy is the President of the Asian Canadian Women Artists, the Director of Peace, Love, and Hope, and an art educator at MMFA, MCC (Culture in School program), and ArtistsInspire Grants. She is a member of the following organizations: English Language Arts Network (ELAN), The Textile Society of America (TSA), the Women’s Art Society of Montreal (WASM), Montreal Council of Women (MCW), Artists in Montreal (AIM), The Quilt of Belonging and Irish Protestant Benevolent Society (IPBS).
Avy holds an M.A. in Art Education (Concordia University), a B.A. in Education, Language and Art (Atma Jaya Catholic University), and a Diploma in Public Relations (John Robert Powers). She finished her art training successfully at the Saidye Bronfman Centre School of Art in the 90s.