Francine Kirsch

 

Francine Kirsch was born in France and began her life as an artist when she came to the US over 30 years ago. Starting out at Santa Barbara City College as an art student, clay became her favorite medium. She deepened her ceramic studies while living five years in Japan. The use of stone in Japanese landscapes inspired Kirsch to include stone in her work. Upon returning to Santa Barbara, she taught ceramics at The Anacapa School, while continuing to work on clay sculptures and stone carvings in her studio. She has been involved as an attendee, teacher, board and committee member as well as show coordinator with the California Sculptors Symposium which takes place every year in Cambria, CA. since it started in 2002 as well as with the Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild where she served as Co-President for several years.

 

Kirsch became a yoga teacher and is currently working on a series of yoga-inspired bronze sculptures.

 

The recurrent themes in her sculptures are inspired by the harmonious lines found in nature. Within each sculpture, whether in stone, bronze or clay, she returns to the timeless curve of the spiral found everywhere around us – from the tiny shell on a beach to a vast nebula in outer space. Exploring simple forms and sensual curves in her female torsos, Kirsch’s sculptures resonate into our very core.

 

She has participated in regional and international group shows in the US, New Zealand and Korea and has showed her work in numerous galleries. She has also had exhibitions in Japan and her work is in private collections all over the world.  .

 

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