| Frances Semple was born in Scotland in 1956, and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. She studied sculpture and mould making at Ontario College of Art in Toronto, as well as studies in Florence, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland. After college, Frances worked as a scenic painter with the Canadian Opera Company and the film industry while maintaining a studio to continue her sculpture. In 1989, she moved to Vancouver to focus on her career as a freelance artist. As a sculptor Frances works with the human form finding a never ending source of inspiration. She has experimented with different materials over the years, from working with paper and wire to her current mediums - concrete, hydrastone, polymer gypsum and welded metal. Frances currently lives in Victoria BC. |
| 1995-96 Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC; industrial design, photography, printmaking 1979-82 Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, ON 1977 Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland 1976 Ontario College of Art; Florence, Italy- student exchange 1975-77 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON |
| 2008 Winchester Galleries, Victoria BC 2004 Sunshine Coast Arts Center, Sechelt, BC 2002 Xchanges,Victoria, BC 1992 Glass Slipper Jazz Bar, Vancouver, BC 1990/91 Paper Ya, Vancouver, BC |
| 2010 Semple & Stockbrideg: Figure and Ground, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2007 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; represented by Sculpturesite Gallery 2007 Form and Forum, Coquitlam, BC 2006 E3 Gallery, New York, NY 2006 On Canvas Gallery, Victoria, BC 2005 Sculpturesite, San Francisco, CA 2004 New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2004 Sunshine Coast Arts Center, Sechelt, BC 2003 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC; a collaborative performance and art exhibit 2002 Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, BC 2002 Victoria Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC 2002 Xchanges, Victoria, BC 2001 Xchanges, Victoria BC 2001 BC Festival of the Arts, Fort St John, BC 2001 Victoria Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC 2001 Annual Juried Exhibit, BC, Canada - Award of Excellence 1991 Ontario Craft’s Council, Toronto, Ont., Canada 1990 Surrey Art Gallery : “Functional Art”, Surrey, BC 1990 Canadian Craft Museum: “ Made by Hand” Vancouver, BC 1990 Provenance, Calgary, AB |
| 2004 Coast Cable 11 - Arts Review - television interview 2003 CH TV– Go Magazine – television interview 2002 Victoria News: Arts and Entertainment w/ Ingrid Paulsen 2002 Shaw Cable - television interview 1992 Country Homes Magazine 1991 Interiors and Architectural Magazine, 1991 Playboard Magazine 1990 Vancouver Sun, Saturday Review w/ Ann Rosenburg 1990 Western Living Magazine 1990 Homes and Ideas Magazine: featured artist 1990 CBC Art Beat - radio interview, |