Lis Mellikov Gare has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario.  She taught Secondary School Visual Art for 17 years (retired 2002), was a Docent at the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa for 5 years, and a Board Member of Gallery 101, a very successful parallel gallery in Ottawa.

Her work has been in the following exhibitions:

Rodman Hall Jury Show, St. Catharines, Ont.
Niagara On The Lake, Ont., Spring Festival
McIntoshGallery, London, Ont.
The Round Barn, Thessalon, Ont.
Algoma Arts Festival
Civic Centre, Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
Wallace Gallery, Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
Sussex Gallery, Ottawa (solo)
DelBello Gallery, Toronto
L’Alliance Francais, Ottawa (solo)
Rideau Tennis Club, Ottawa (solo)
Gallery 101, Ottawa
Artawa Gallery, Ottawa (solo)
Orleans City Hall (two person)
Side Street Gallery, Wellington, Ont.
Gallery Artplus, Belleville, Ont.

These serigraphs were part of Lis Mellikov Gare’s first solo show.  They reflect her experiences in Sault Ste. Marie area. The series of abstract and non-object works project the mystic and exciting atmosphere the North holds for many travelers.  They show the impact of the Canadian Shield had on her imagery.

Mrs. Gare feels that there are certain forces and vibrations that exist and emanated from the land and water, which make the landscape come alive. The Indian pictographs and the surrounding land and water in Lake Superior Provincial park had a particular impact on Mrs. Gare

These sensations are translated through the wide range of visual language – colour, shape and line.  Her use of transparencies is particularly effective in capturing the aura of the North.