Laurel WOODCOCK

Laurel Woodcock
October 22, 1960 -
January 7, 2017

A noted conceptual artist and educator, Laurel died at Toronto General Hospital after receiving extraordinary care.
  Born in Ottawa, Laurel grew up in Montreal, studying Fine Art at Concordia University and later completing her Master of Fine Art at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
  Laurel was a professor at the University of Guelph, where she started the Extended Practices program, and was mentor to many artists and colleagues. She exhibited her work widely including shows at The Power Plant, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, The Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and Artist's Space in New York City. Her work was represented by Michael Klein's MKG127 gallery in Toronto.
  She was predeceased by her mother, M. Lois Woodcock (née Pennycook) and her father, John G. Woodcock. She will be lovingly remembered by her sisters, Lynn Breadmore of Brisbane, Australia and Heather Eagle of Dundas, Ontario; her brother. W. John Woodcock of Buckhorn, Ontario; and their families, including her many nieces and nephews, and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
  Laurel loved Montreal, the city she grew up in, but ultimately she loved Toronto, the city she called home for the past 15 years.
  She was stylish. She loved books, design and dogs. First came Harley, then came Eddy, Maya, Sadie One and Sadie Two. Laurel loved to walk her dogs and to spoil them, even after one of them chewed her Eames Moulded Plywood Dining chairs into bits.
  Laurel loved working and loved making art. She loved contemporary art, but she was not fond of all contemporary artists, or the art they made. She loved teaching. Laurel loved her students and she loved those students who became contemporary artists.
  She loved music and she loved making playlists. She loved titles and names and words. Most of all Laurel loved her privacy and she certainly would not have wanted you reading this.
  Charitable donations in Laurel's name can be made to the SPCA (https://ontariospca.ca/) or alternatively please take something that you sort-of like (but may not want) from your house and leave it on the curb for someone else to enjoy.
  Condolences and memories can be left at aftercare.org
A memorial will be held at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom February 5, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.