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Fiona
Hoop
The paintings of Fiona Hoop are collaborative
works, which combine the talent and experience
of two professional artists, Michele Woodey
and Mary Kennedy.
Michele Woodey B.A.
Michele Woodey 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 experience
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 Woodey has held solo
exhibits of her work at the prestigious Nexus
Gallery in Brighton England, at Erindale College
within the University of Toronto, and multiple
showings at the Leo Kamen Gallery 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.O.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 such galleries as
Baux-Xi in Toronto and Lois Shayne Galleries
in Montreal. Several group and solo showings
have been appointed by the esteemed Christopher
Cutts Gallery 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 & Grant 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 & West and Sunlife
Assurance Canada. International collections
reside at the KPMG Worldwide, Husky Systems
GMBH and Voorheis.
Current works are regularly sought after from
private collectors in Toronto, Amsterdam, Vancouver
and across the US.
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