Bettina Werner
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Bettina Werner, born in Milan
, Italy
in 1965, is an Italian artist based in New York City
. She has created artwork with her colorized salt technique since the early 1980s.
. She has been living and working in New York City for many years.
Her salt paintings, sculptures, art installations and functional pieces of artwork, such as her salt sculpture-table, salt sculpture-bed and salt sculpture-backgammon boards have been exhibited in museums and galleries extensively throughout Europe
, Russia
and the United States
.
In 2002, she founded The Salt Queen Foundation, a non-profit educational institution; its goals include the celebration of artists whose free imagination is uniquely expressed through the use of innovative techniques and unusual materials.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
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in 1965, is an Italian artist based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. She has created artwork with her colorized salt technique since the early 1980s.
Life and work
She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of BreraBrera Academy
The Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, also known as Brera Academy is a public academic institution located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1776 by HIM Maria Theresa of Austria.- Overview :...
. She has been living and working in New York City for many years.
Her salt paintings, sculptures, art installations and functional pieces of artwork, such as her salt sculpture-table, salt sculpture-bed and salt sculpture-backgammon boards have been exhibited in museums and galleries extensively throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
In 2002, she founded The Salt Queen Foundation, a non-profit educational institution; its goals include the celebration of artists whose free imagination is uniquely expressed through the use of innovative techniques and unusual materials.
External links
- Bettina-werner.com
- The Salt Queen Foundation
- Bettina Werner's loft facing the New York Stock Exchange, in the newly renovated Philippe Starck Building on Broad Street, in the heart of the Wall Street Historic District
- I quadri di sale di Bettina Werner
- A Saline Mind, The Movement of Bettina Werner by Einstein
- Bettina Werner/ Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection
- For Italian-born artist BETTINA WERNER, inspiration is always spot-on thanks to her beloved Dalmatian by Julia Szabo
- Bettina Werner e TIBINO. Chi sono? interview
- The Wall Street Journal PALACE OF THE SALT QUEEN by Sara Lin
- BETTINA WERNER - THE QUEEN OF SALT interview
- Bettina Werner - Art Exhibition at TIFFANY & Co.
- Werner ('The SALT Queen') To Exhibit At 7 World Trade Center
- Cristalli di sale nei colori di BETTINA WERNER. Al 49esimo piano del 7 World Trade Center una retrospettiva che celebra 25 anni di creazioni della "Queen of Salt"
- Lower Manhattan/ A Tea with Bettina Werner
- Lower Manhattan/ un te' con Bettina Werner
- Il Tributo della REGINA DEL SALE per l'11 settembre
- Bettina Werner, The Salt Queen amazing women rock