Françoise ABRAHAM (1962-)
Since the age of six, Françoise Abraham showed exceptional aptitudes for classical dancing. Her talent caught the eyes of the professors from the Opera of Paris where she later studied at the highest level with a double curriculum in education and arts. At the age of 16 she joined numerous famous dancing companies.
In parallel to her dancing career, she experimented with different forms of artistic expression.
She begins by creating furniture and decorative accessories.
It is by realizing furniture handles that she becomes familiar with resin, a substance she already knew from her childhood since her great grandparents had an innovative factory that produced plastic using milk casein. Her unique work is noticed and saluted by critics.
Françoise Abraham decides nevertheless to take it to the next step and focus on sculpting. Curious to discover new materials and skills, she learns how to carve stone the Pietra Santa way in Italy, after which she comes back to France to melt bronze at Girebronze in Massy, a foundry where she starts her first workshop.
Françoise Abraham rapidly develops a unique style, sculpting essentially women recognizable by their shapes, both stretched and generous where elegance, sensuality, and comedy come together. The discipline she has acquired from her classical education, along with her wild spirit is observable in her early work where her eccentric style comes to life.
A style that Françoise Abraham does not wish to freeze. As energetic and bold as her amazons with voluptuous shapes that made her famous, she continues to go forward and explore new territories with the joyous sensuality that makes her the way she is.