Fran Keifer Bezeau

Artistic Career
Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1937; raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Majored in Fine Arts in Victoria; private sculpture lessons from Professor Gamier in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Keifer Bezeau has exhibited and taught oil and acrylic painting, pastel drawing, and sculpture across Canada. She participates regularly in solo and group shows.
Frances Keifer Bezeau has a wide knowledge of technique and the ability to exploit a range of materials from traditional to cold-cast metals. Her portraits capture personality .Her sculptures exhibit power and strength. Much of her sculpture is glyptic, directly carved to free the image inside. Often, rough stone remains. Other works are modelled to exploit the natural tones and texture of clay or to allow casting.
Fran Keifer Bezeau has served as Programme Director and then President of the National Capital Network of Sculptors. As Programme Director, she organized group participation in many exhibitions, demonstrations, and public workshops, including the featured exhibit of sculpture at the Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa, Ontario, beginning in 1993 and continuing thereafter.

Artist's Vision
I am intrigued by the human form, its many moods, and the projection of individual personality. My greatest inspiration was Rodin, and I often leave rough stone in my work.

Spanish Dancer SOLD Orange Alabaster	The Gymnst Serpentine	Many Faces Limestone

Individual Exhibitions
Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1973;
Capital Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1974 and later;
The Village Art Shoppe, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978 and later;
The Arteca Gallery, Kanata, Ontario, 1983, 1986 & 1994;
The Atrium Gallery, Nepean, Ontario,1991.

Group Exhibitions
Multi-Media Artists, Kingston, Ontario, 1976;
Haddassa Art Auction, Kingston, Ontario, 1977;
The Arthritis Society Art Auction, Toronto, Ontario, 1989;
Art Against Racism, Vancouver , British Columbia, 1989;
Ottawa (Ontario) City Hall and Artawa Gallery with The National Capital Network Of Sculptors, 1990;
Ottawa School of Art, 1991;
Winterlude 'Chocolate Fantasy' (invited artist), Ottawa, 1993;
The Atrium Gallery, Nepean, Ont. 1994;
The National Capital Network Of Sculptors, 1995, 1996, 1997.

Keifer Bezeau has been represented by galleries in Fredericton and Saint J obn, New Brunswick; Kingston, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario; Victoria, and Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia.

Runner Obsidian	The Prophet Serpentine

Commissions Portrait, Stained-glass Window Design and Corporate Logo, Mothers Restaurant, Fredericton, New Brunswick; Corporate Logo for Northern Superior Graphics, Ottawa, Ontario; Architectural Painting, Commandant's House, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario; Women's Bonspiel Trophy 'Ice Maiden' Nepean, Ontario; Canadian National Women's Bonspiel Trophy, Ottawa, Ontario; numerous individual portraits in stone, porcelain, clay, oil, and pastel in private collections.

Private Collections
Dr. Benner Collection, Amprior; Ontario;
Northern Superior Graphics, Nepean, Ontario.

Puddle Stomping Serpentine	The Gymnst Serpentine