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About Jody Abssy, Fine Artist


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Teaching art to high school students for decades in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, allowed me to put my B.A. from Northwestern University and M.A. from Brown University to the test. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my skills in drawing, painting, sculpting, and photography with eager young minds that kept me alert and learning. I instilled my love of art history in my students from around the globe who felt immediate connections with works of art that spoke to them without needing language.

I love the immediacy of working in acrylic paint which allows you to change your mind endlessly as the work you are developing evolves.

I love the discipline that watercolor imposes on you as you make indelible marks on paper. I learned restraint, and the joy of letting go as the water does the work.

I love sculpting in soapstone which is a slow and reflective process as you bring the life in the stone to clear focus through patient filing, sanding, and polishing.

I love printmaking with wooden blocks which challenges your imagination. You never come to the end of new ways to use your images. Lately, I've been incorporating them into my acrylic paintings.

I love the challenge of depicting human faces in all media.

I love illustrating my own books and coloring in MY OWN lines.

I have works in private collections wherever I have lived. I look forward to letting my work find new audiences through the Artists Guild.​
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EDUCATION
Northwestern University  B.A. 
Brown University  M.A.
Ontario College of Art


Professional Art Educator
​Department Head
  • St. Robert Catholic High School Thornhill, Ontario, Canada   1976-2001
  • San Diego Watercolor Society Alternative School Students
  • San Diego Watercolor Society “Take the Plunge” Acrylic Workshop

EXHIBITIONS
  • Bushari Gallery, Salmiya, Kuwait 
  • Kiskiminetas Gallery, Saltsburgh PA
  • North York Library Fall Show, Willowdale ON
  • Celebrate Women Conference, Toronto ON
  • Art Credo:Spirit Inspired Art
  • SATYRS Show Msarkham Theatre Art Gallery Markham ON
  • Gallery 306 Juried Show, Toronto ON
  • “Two Views” Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough ON
  • “Beauty of Uniqueness” Patron of Wisdom Juried Show, Toronto ON
  • “Impressions and Expressions” Markham Theatre Art Gallery ON
  • “Form and Dimension” Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery Scarborough ON
  • “Surface Tension” Solo Show the Skylight Gallery, Aurora ON
  • “Less is More” Jacksonville Watercolor Society
  • Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra: Member Exhibition
  • SDWS Members’ Show Juror’s Commendation
  • SDMA Artists Guild Fine Art Festival III
  • SDMA Artists Guild Exhibition Boehm Gallery, Palomar College CA
  • Solo Exhibition Orbit Earth Café San Diego CA
  • “Foot In the Door” Phantom Gallery, Oceanside CA
  • “Show of Shows” Members’ Show Naples Art Association Naples FL
  • “Boundless Possibilities” Members’ Show Naples Art Association Naples FL
  • 50th Anniversary Religious Art Show “Creation Continues” San Diego CA
  • “Made in San Diego” SDMAAG Show Poway CA
  • 53rd Anniversary Religious Art Show “In the Beginning” San Diego CA
  • 54th Anniversary Religious Art Show “It Is Good” San Diego CA
  • “Bursting with Life” Solo Exhibition Serra Mesa/Kearny Mesa Public Library CA
  • Solo Exhibition Ladybug Art Center San Diego 
  • “Connections” SDMA Artists Guild International Exhibition Poway CA

PUBLICATIONS
  • Women’s Health Care  Cover 1995
  • Diet and Breast Cancer Prevention Study Quilt Project ON
  • Holy Child Association Painting for National Campaign Poster
  • Diet and Breast Cancer Prevention Study Calendar2000
  • Diet and Breast Cancer Prevention Study Calendar 2005
  • San Diego Home and Garden SDWS Advertisement August 2005

MURAL COMMISSIONS
  • Our Search for Mary   Wall Mural St. Robert CHS ON
  • Millennium Quilt Project  St. Robert CHS ON
  • Our Search for Mary Book for Pope John Paul II Vatican Italy
  • Our Sunnydale Wall Mural Lancaster CA
  • PACE School for Girls Wall Mural Immokalee FL
  • Immokalee Child Care Center Wall Mural
  • PACE School for Girls Seminole Panels Project Immokalee FL
  • Immokalee Child Care Center “Our World” Panel Project Immokalee FL​

MEMBERSHIPS
  • Scarborough Arts Council, Scarborough ON
  • SATYRS Secondary Art Teachers of York Region Separate Board ON
  • Visual Arts Ontario
  • Art Gallery of Ontario 
  • Royal Ontario Museum
  • San Diego Museum of Art
  • San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Board Member
  • San Diego Watercolor Society Board Member
  • Naples Art Association Teaching Staff
  • Mingei International Museum  Docent

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