John Hooper, OC RCA (1926 – 26 January 2006) was an English-born Canadian sculptor known for his colourful polychromed wood carvings.
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.
[2][4][5] After teaching at the University of Natal in South Africa from 1956 to 1962, he moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he lived for the rest of his life, for many years working as a school teacher and administrator before devoting himself full-time to art in 1974.
[3][4][5] Hooper was married to Kathy, an artist from South Africa who herself won the Strathbutler Award in 1994.
Hooper's art can be seen in Market Square and outside the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, in Sinclair Centre in Vancouver, at the Centennial Building in Fredericton, New Brunswick,[2] and in several places around Saint John, New Brunswick,[8][9] and at the Pilgrim School in Los Angeles.