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John Hooper (sculptor)

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For Fine Craft And Visual Arts, a $ 10,000 annual award given by the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation for New Brunswick artists. In 2000, he won the Miller Brittain Award for Excellence in Visual Arts from the New Brunswick Art Board. He was made a member of the
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houses several more of his works as does the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. His bronze statue of Terry Fox stands on Wellington Street in Ottawa, across the street from the national Parliament Buildings.
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Hooper was married to Kathy, an artist from South Africa who herself won the Strathbutler Award in 1994. With her he had four children and founded Hooper Studios, a centre for art and art education in
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Born in England, Hooper also spent time in his youth in China, and served as a captain in the British Army in India in 1944. Hooper was educated at the
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wood carvings. His works can be found on public display in many locations throughout Canada and worldwide.
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Sandra Flood, "Five New Brunswick Artists: Strathbutler Award, 1991–1995", Goose Lane Editions, 1997,
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Tom Smart, "L'univers de John Hooper", Goose Lane Editions, 2001,
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Hooper's art can be seen in Market Square and outside the
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John Hooper Memorial Exhibition at New Brunswick Museum
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Archived from 264:In 1991, Hooper was the first recipient of the 142:in South Africa from 1956 to 1962, he moved to 452:"Hooper statues back on display in Saint John" 628:Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 8: 17: 340:Public art finds a home at Pilgrim School 472:, New Brunswick Museum, 16 October 2006. 325:, City of Vancouver Public Art Registry. 390: 388: 286: 160: 648:British Army personnel of World War II 375: 373: 371: 357: 355: 335: 333: 331: 623:Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth 429: 427: 311: 309: 307: 7: 130:and Bournemouth College of Art (now 643:20th-century Canadian male artists 14: 299:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 132:The Arts Institute at Bournemouth 205: 183: 163: 633:20th-century Canadian sculptors 608:Officers of the Order of Canada 484:, Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation 421:, Kathy Hooper, Hooper Studios. 248:, and at the Pilgrim School in 244:, and in several places around 558:, John Hooper, Hooper Studios. 271:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 1: 567:National Film Board of Canada 134:), and studied with sculptor 613:English emigrants to Canada 563:John Hooper's Way With Wood 664: 242:Fredericton, New Brunswick 75:Bournemouth College of Art 503:, New Brunswick Art Board 499:29 September 2007 at the 417:17 September 2007 at the 321:30 September 2007 at the 295:Sculptor John Hooper dies 246:Saint John, New Brunswick 214:Saint John, New Brunswick 380:A Tribute to John Hooper 363:The World of John Hooper 345:28 February 2007 at the 170:"Balancing" outside the 138:. 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Royal College of Art
Bournemouth College of Art
OC
RCA
polychromed
Royal College of Art
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Jacob Epstein
University of Natal
New Brunswick
Hampton, New Brunswick
"Balancing" outside the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario
National Arts Centre
Ottawa
Terry Fox in Ottawa, Ontario
Terry Fox
Ottawa
Ontario
"People Waiting" in Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John, New Brunswick
National Arts Centre
Ottawa
Sinclair Centre
Vancouver
Centennial Building
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Saint John, New Brunswick
Los Angeles
New Brunswick Museum
Strathbutler Award

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