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Russ Yuristy was born in Goodeve, Saskatchewan, in 1936. He received a Bachelor
of Liberal Arts from the U of S (1959), a Masters from the University of Wisconsin,
majoring in painting and minoring in graphics. He was hired by the University of
Saskatchewan in Regina to teach drawing and painting (1967-71) and to administer the
renowned Emma Lake workshops (1968-70).
In 1971 he became the Project Leader of a Creative Playground Workshop. His large animal playground sculptures
have been erected in Spokane, Washington, and many Canadian cities: Churchill, Ottawa, Regina, Swift Current, Saskatoon, and
in Vancouver for Expo '86.
Yuristy moved to Ottawa in 1986 to teach at the University of Ottawa and the Ontario College of Art and then to
Montreal in 1990. His works have been shown internationally from the World's Fair in Spokane, Washington, to the National Capital
Commission Development of Victoria Island in Ottawa.
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