Fiona
Hoop
The paintings of Fiona Hoop are collaborative
works, which combine the talent and experience of two professional artists,
Michele Woody and Mary Kennedy.
MICHELE WOODY B.A. Michele Woody graduated with honors in Fine
Arts from Brighton School of Arts in England 1979.
While working as an antique and art restorer
in London she continued her education with university courses in English,
teaching English as a second language, printmaking, and photography.
From 1981-1986 Michele was a part-time tutor
teaching foundation level students in conceptual development, drawing, and
painting while continuing to develop her own artwork.
In 1986 Michele spent some time in New York,
then eventually settled in Canada. She has had multi-disciplined experiences
as Joint Head of Montessori School art programs, guest lecturer, and artist
in residence at The Aitlin School of Art, and as Arts council artist in
various other post-secondary and graduate school programs.
Michele Woody has held solo exhibits of her
work at the prestigious Nexus Gallery in Brighton England, at Erindale
College with the University of Toronto, and multiple showings at
Galleries in Toronto.
Selected corporate collections include
Xerox Canada, The Art Gallery of Ontario and the University of Toronto. Her
artwork is in private collections spanning cities from London and New York
to Barcelona and Toronto.
MARY KENNEDY A.C.A.
Mary Kennedy graduated from the Ontario College of Art
and Design in 1989 and received OCAD’s Experimental Arts Award in Painting.
Since then, she has been the recipient of several Visual Arts Grants from
the Ontario Arts Council, as well as from the Sheila Dick Mackay Arts
Foundation.
Miss Kennedy has shown with prestigious
galleries in Toronto and Montreal. Several group and solo
showings have been appointed by Galleries in Toronto, often selling
out completed works on paper and canvas within a few days of opening.
She has juried the University of Toronto
Students Exhibits & Grants Awards, been featured on WTN Network’s “Bella”
Productions, and has appeared in campaigns for Nokia Cellular’s “Connecting
People” series.
Mary’s work may be found in corporate
collections at the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, Cooper
Sandler, and West and Sunlife Assurance Canada. International collections
reside at the KPMG Worldwide, Husky Systems GMBH and Voorheis.
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