Kris Borchardt
Kris Borchardt is an emerging sculptor whose work has been shown in the San Francisco Bay Area, Palm Springs, and Portland, Oregon. Working primarily with found objects and scrap steel, she draws on life experiences as the subjects for her sculpture. Her works include irony and metaphor, references to humor and compassion, and strive to be beautiful. They often incorporate movement, either implied or actual, sometimes working with the dynamics of natural phenomenon such as wind and weather.
Kris is a self-taught sculptor, drawing on her early formal training in painting and drawing as the foundation for her explorations and assemblages in metal. Her sculpture is primarily constructed of found objects, scraps and remainder metals as her focus continues to be on acts of transforming refuse into art. She learned welding and fabrication techniques at the San Francisco Art Institute and The Crucible in Oakland.
Kris states: I feel my role as an artist involves challenging perceptions to understand that much of what we see as refuse can be accepted, even exalted, when we offer up new or multiple means that transform preconceived notions. I am currently preoccupied with the nature and fragility of 'balance,' the inevitability of gravity, and the effects of other unseen forces. I explore these concepts through symbols and metaphors realized as shapes, objects, textures, or movement, all of which are often left open to multiple interpretations. I am exploring where the laws of physics collide with all that is ineffable, and how meaning is created.
Borchardt was profiled in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Edward T. Clarke, a Palm Springs resident and art collector who owns nine of Borchardt's pieces describes her as an artist who "has incredible visualization. Her ability to take something and make it look like something else is amazing." She has also appeared in Sunset Magazine, American Art Collector and Craft of Northern California.
Gallery Webpage:
www.kbsculpture.com
For more information, contact
Gwenda Joyce/Art & Landscape
707.938.8877 or artandland@hughes.net
www.artandland.com
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