Fleisher: Challenge Artists: Lanny Bergner

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1984-1985 Artists

Lanny Bergner

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Lanny Bergner

	Being Forest, 1997, screen,mono-filament, wire, H35" x W15" x D15"

By using hand-on processes of fraying, twisting, wrapping and knotting, I transform industrial screening, wire and mono-filament 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.

EDUCATION
MFA Tyler School of Art , Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1983; BFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1981

AWARDS
Artist Trust Grafts Fellowship, Artist Trust, 1997; Betty Bowen Memorial Award, The Betty Bowen Fund, Seattle Art Museum, 1995

EXHIBITIONS
Gallery K, Washington DC, Organic Constructions, (solo exhibition), 1996; Allied Arts of Whatcom County, Bellingham, WA, solo exhibition, 1996; Foundation Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA, solo exhibition, 1996; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Recent Northwest Acquisitions, 1996; Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL, Fiber, '95, 1995

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Established in 1978, the Challenge Exhibition Series is a regional juried competition that is committed to enriching and expanding people's lives through art. Several three-person shows, held each year from September through May, feature the work of regional artists chosen annually from over three hundred entries.