After arriving in Vancouver, she exhibited regularly in the Annual Exhibitions of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts.

She exhibited two paintings in a Royal Canadian Academy exhibition in 1921, according to McMann's RCA, but is not listed in the NGC Occasional Paper No. 7 of NGC Exhibitions. She also showed work with the Society of Women Painters in London; the National Gallery, Ottawa; the Seattle Museum; and with the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts in Toronto.

Smith exhibited in the 1924 Annual Exhibition of the Vancouver Exhibition. Her painting "The Drinking Pool" was purchased by the Exhibition Association for their permanent collection. She also exhibited in their 1925, 1926, and 1930 exhibitions, representing the Palette and Chisel Club and the Vancouver Sketch Club.

She taught art at Crofton House School in Vancouver for nine years, and was a founding instructor at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts when it opened in September 1925, teaching Drawing and Painting there for eight years. The 1930 issue of The Paint Box, the art school annual, had a full page linoleum block print of a dog by Smith illustrated on page 58.

Linocut illustration, The Paint Box, 1930

She exhibited in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibitions in 1930 and 1931.

She exhibited her work in the 1930 Spring Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts. She was listed as a member of the Society in the exhibition catalogue. She exhibited in the 1st annual B.C. Artists show at the the Vancouver Art Gallery as Kate A. Smith. The following year she exhibited as Kate Smith Hoole.

She showed work in the B.C. Artists Christmas exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1933 and 1934. In 1934 she had a solo exhibition at the Gallery that received good reviews in the press.

She died in Vancouver in 1949 at the age of 74. A few months later one of her paintings was exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their 39th Annual Exhibition in 1949.

Additional exhibitions:
      Island Arts and Crafts Society: 1912 - 1930
      BCSFA: 1960.

Exhibitions

References

WHO'S WHO IN NORTHWEST ART (refer to WWNA41)

100 YEARS OF B.C. ART (refer to VAG58)

THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM)

ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors

ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS -
EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979 (refer to RCA81)

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)

MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS -
SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)

VANCOUVER ARTIST: Kate Adeline Smith Hoole
      2001 November; by Michael Clark, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design.
      Visions newsletter, Volume 8 Issue 1, page 4.
      One page biography with 2 illustrations of her work.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      3 references cited for Smith.

Clippings

"Kate A. Smith (Mrs. Frank Hoole), a local animal painter of distinction, has a picture of three plough-horses in a stubble field resting from their labors, along with their two drivers. This is a solid and clever painting, the lighting and drawing of which indicate much skill and good handling. The same may be said of her lively painting of chickens, which is in every respect pleasing and sincere."
      From "Local Work is on View" by Bernard McEvoy
      Vancouver Daily Province, October 2 1919

""The Drinking Pool," a picture of cows by Kate A. Smith (Mrs. Frank Hoole), was much admired as a piece of brilliant animal painting as well as for its landscape qualities. The same artist was seen to some advantage in her watercolor "Shannon," a work full of glowing light and color."
      From "By the Way in Art" per B.C. Art League
      Vancouver Daily Province, Thursday October 6 1921, page 12

"The animal pictures of Kate A. Smith (Mrs. Frank Hoole) have captivated Vancouver picture-lovers for several years and her contributions to this exhibition serve only to strengthen an achieved reputation. In subject and composition, as well as in the able handling of light and color, her "Church of St. Germaine l"Auxerrois, Paris," stands out as one of the most real pictures of the year. It is a picture as distinct from a mere painting; while it does not actually tell a story, it presents the setting for many stories. It is historical as well as of the present, its architecture and atmosphere are not merely incident to the horses in the foreground, but rather there is a blending of the whole into a fine moment."
      From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition All This Week" by Editor
      Vancouver Daily Province, May 7 1924

"Kate A. Smith in her painting "The Snowplough," displays accurate draughtsmanship, and a great sense of reality. It is done with a free brush, but it is not technically "modern.""
      From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts" by Bernard McEvoy
      Vancouver Daily Province, April 28 1928

"Kate A. Smith (Mrs. F. Hoole) is the most skillful animal-painter in the society. She also has a portrait. She has a very good picture of the head of a young dog, and a covetable one. It is in pastels on dark paper and the animal is alive. Her "Study of a Grey Hunter" is admirably drawn, good in tone, and the bit of landscape thrown in is exactly "right." Her portrait of a girl, in soft, low tones, and the rest of the seven of her examples indicated no diminuition of the ability of this talented artist."
      From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts", by Diogenes
      Vancouver Daily Province, November 13 1930

"Many other well-known artists are represented, including ... Kate Smith Hoole ... "
      From "Bargains in Art"
      Vancouver Sun, December 1, 1933

"City Artist's Exhibit" by (unknown)
      Daily Province, March 2 1934

"Notable Exhibition by Local Artist" by Wayfarer
      Daily Province, March 5 1934

"Animals predominate. They range from working sketches done in the field to the striking mural design for the Vancouver City Hall."
      From "Cheery Animal Pictures" by (unknown)
      Vancouver Sun, March 18 1936

"At the Art Gallery" by (unknown)
      West End Breeze, March 19 1936

"Kate Smith Hoole's "Old Chinese Dish," ... all contribute much to this extraordinary show."
      From "B.C. Society of Fine Arts Display Sets New High Mark," by Palette
      Vancouver Daily Province, May 16, 1942

"Early artists of the first decade included ... Kate Smith ... of Vancouver."
      From "A Short Art History of British Columbia", by Charles H. Scott
      Behind The Palette, June 1947

"The staff consisted of F.H. Varley, J.W.G. Macdonald, Charles Marega, Kate Smith Hoole, and Grace Melvin."
      From "A Short Art History of British Columbia", by Charles H. Scott
      Behind The Palette, June 1947