Painter, designer and illustrator, born in Canada. She attended Algonquin College in Canada to study advertising art, 1970–2, then did an illustration course in New York in 1979. Gained an Ottawa University Scholarship in 1982–3, then studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, 1983–5, and Royal College of Art, 1985–7. In addition to a Byam Shaw Scholarship she gained a British Commonwealth Scholarship. Hodge was a prizewinner at Royal Over-Seas League in 1985. Her other exhibitions included a solo show at Flaxman Gallery, 1987; London Picture Show, 1989, where she was a prizewinner; then in 1990 she was one of Flowers East’s Artist of the Day, chosen by Lucy Jones.