NAME: Lanny Bergner
BIRTH PLACE: Anacortes, WA
BIRTH DATE: 12.4.52
BIOGRAPHY
Lanny Bergner is a mixed media sculptor, fiber, sculptural basketry and installation artist. Lanny receive d his BFA in sculpture from the University of Washington in 1981 and an MFA in sculpture from Tyler School of Art in 1983. Following graduation he worked for thirteen years in Philadelphia exhibiting on the East Coast and Midwest. In 1994 Lanny moved back to the Pacific Northwest and established a studio on Fidalgo Island. Since that time he has had numerous solo exhibitions and has amassed an extensive national and international exhibition record. His work is in several museum collections; including the Seattle Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Delaware Art Museum and the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY. He has also received many awards; including 2 Pennsylvania Council on the Art Fellowships, the prestigious Betty Bowen Memorial Award sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum and an Artist Trust Craft Fellowship. In 2005 he received a gold prize at the 4th Annual Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea. In the fall of 2007 Lanny returned to Korea and created an installation titled, “Above Earth/Below Sky” at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale.
“By using hands on processes of coiling, fraying, twisting, wrapping, gluing and knotting, I transform common screening, wire, silicone, monofilament and glass frit into “other worldly” constructions. My aim is to bring the natural/artificial and man/nature together into an assemblage of forms that appear to have “grown into being”. The work is shaped by my fears, quirks and joys and ultimately celebrates the mystery and wonder of it all”.
