Gesine Kratzner

Gesine is a sculptor, illustrator and animator who loves to invent squiggly creatures and to dream up small worlds and stories for them to inhabit. She came to Portland from Germany, via the Royal College of Art in London, to join animation house LAIKA. She has directed and designed numerous award winning commercials and her artwork has been featured in galleries along the West Coast. Lately she has dedicated herself wholeheartedly to creating ceramic sculpture.

I have been a sculptor all my life, working in a variety of mediums- paper mache, polymer, epoxy. Only in the past few years, since I acquired a kiln of my own, have I really been diving into clay and what a brilliant journey it has been!

I am a veteran of the Portland animation scene where I did a lot of character design for stop motion. This work has carried into my personal art. I make quirky creatures with a lot of personality, conveying their small joys and dramas. At any given time there are always a lot of eyeballs looking at me in my studio.

Sculpture – Wood carving, clay, metal, stone, and mixed-media sculptures.