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	Heidi Hoy

Abstract ~ Landscape ~ Figurative ~ Floral ~ Glass ~ Textile ~ Sculpture

Heidi Hoy earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamline University in St. Paul and is currently on the faculty of the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Her commissioned works include DAUGHTER OF MY HEART for the Jane Bratten Breast Cancer Center in Minneapolis, KENT HRBEK for the Minnesota Twins, and WINGED LION for St. Mark's Cathedral.

Artists Statement

My work is my visual journal. It reflects my feelings at that moment in time. Often, I am unaware of what is taking form through my hands until long after the piece is finished. Eventually, I go ah ha! That is what my pieces are all about.

I can trace my deep interest in sculpture back to the age of eight when my father was curator of the St. Paul Science Museum. It was then that I would spend my Saturdays watching museum artist Alex Oyia modeling the dioramas that would later be on display in the meseum. As I grew up, my restless creative spirit found outlets in many forms. As a fashion model in my twenties, I moved into directing and co-producing choreographed shows involving dance, dress and hair design. My last show was staged at Parsons Schoold of Design in New York, receiving a standing ovation. At thirty, I returned to college and placed first in the five-state region for set design in the American College Theater Festival. My work was exhibited in the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamline University, I decided that sculpture, and particularly bronze casting was the way I wished to spend my life. In order to learn all I could of the foundry arts, I asked Nick Legeeros at the Minnetonka Center fo rthe Arts if I could apprentice with him for a period of two years. This apprenticeship enabled me to learn bronze casting as well as positioning me to work with the students working there. As I "grew up" artistically, learning to document work, enter shows, work with clients and market my work, the students around me were able to see how to become professional artists as well. I am still functioning in that capacity. I am proud of my work, which stands in the Cathedral of St. Marks, as well as in numerous corporate and private collections. As an artist teaching foundry classes in the only community center foundry in a five-state area, I have influenced hundreds of men and women who have come to study with us. I hope to continue to inspire those who learn from sharing studio space and observing an artist at work.