- Bettina Werner
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.Life and work
She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera. 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.Fact|date=June 2008
External links
* [http://www.bettina-werner.com Bettina-werner.com]
* [http://www.bettina-werner.com/sqf/exhibitionsandevents.htm The Salt Queen Foundation]
* [http://qn.quotidiano.net/arte/2008/06/09/95741-quadri_sale_bettina_werner.shtml I quadri di sale di Bettina Werner]
* [http://www.i-94magazine.com/archive/2007/may/?section=features&article=a_saline_mind A Saline Mind, The Movement of Bettina Werner by Einstein]Books
*"Bettina Werner: Queen of Salt". Milan, Leonardo Arte, 1999. ISBN 88-7813-322-1
References
*Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art (1993): An Exhibition of Work by Contemporary Italian Artists, Center for the Arts Magazine
*Bauzano, Gianluca. (2000) Bettina, The Manhattan Queen of Salt, Audry Magazine
*Turner, Elisa (1991) New Paintings by Bettina Werner, The Miami Herald
*Silverman, Irene (2003)Bettina Werner:The Queen of Salt. The East Hampton Star
*Carlucci, Antonio. (2000) Regina in mostra, L'Espresso Magazine
*Seveso,Luisella (2008) Bettina, la Regina del Sale ha conquistato New York, Il Giorno
*Bonito Oliva, Achille. (1991)Bettina Werner at Marisa del Re Gallery New York, Flash Art Magazine (No.161)
*Balliana,Maria (1989) Bettina Werner, il sale dell'arte, Italia Oggi
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