Lanny Bergner is a nature inspired mixed media
sculptor, fiber and installation artist who creates
organic sculptural constructions and site specific
installation environments out of inorganic manmade
materials. By using hands-on processes of coiling,
fraying, twisting, wrapping, glueing and knotting,
Bergner transforms industrial screening, wire, silicone
and monofilament into organic constructions.
“My desire is to create works that appear to
have grown into being. I love the natural world
and am constantly inspired by its beauty and
infinite varieties of form. This, in combination
with my fears, quirks and joys, results in works that
celebrate the wonder of it all.”~artist statement
Education
1983 M.F.A in sculpture, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1981 B.F.A. in sculpture, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
Public and Corporate Collections
Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju-City,
Korea,
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Landmark Bank, Columbia, MO
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Multnomah County, Regional Arts and Culture Council,
Portland, OR
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA
Water Department Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Island Hospital, Anacortes, WA
Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Exhibitions
2011 “Bending Space”, Anchor Art Space,
Anacortes, WA
2009 “Un/Natural Construct”, Bingham Gallery,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
“Luminosity”, Prichard Art Gallery,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
“Cosmology”, Skagit Valley College Art Gallery,
Mount Vernon, WA
2007 “Matrix”, Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2006 “Entering Ether”, Museum of Northwest Art,
La Conner, WA
“Ether Space and Screen Works”, Shoreline
Community College, Shoreline, WA
2004 “From the Garden”, Bellevue Community
College Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2003 “Strange Fruit”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2002 “Dream Botanica”, A.N. Bush Gallery,
Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
“Phantasmagoria”, South Bend Regional
Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
“Strange Fruit”, Port Angeles Fine Art Center,
Port Angeles, WA
2001 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
1999 “Un/Natural World”, Whatcom Museum,
Bellingham, WA
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