By using hands-on processes of coiling, fraying, twisting, wrapping, glueing and knotting, I transform 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.
U P C O M I N G O R C U R R E N T E X H I B I T I O N S
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
"Interplay: Art-Audience-Architecture"
September 16, 2009 - February 26, 2010
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Woven"
January 3 - 30, 2010
http://www.pacinilubel.com/
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL,
The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
September 11 - December 23, 2009
http://www.dfac.org/exhibits_current.shtml
International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland
May 10 - October 31, 2010
R E C E N T A R T I C L E S
American Style Magazine,
Winter 2009/2010, 11/13/09
Taking Liberties
http://www.americanstyle.com/ME2/Default.asp
The Pennsylvania Gazette,
Nov/Dec 2009,
The Art of Healing
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1109/arts01.html
U P C O M I N G W O R K S H O P S
Los Angeles Basketry Guild, Camp Stevens, Julian, CA
Workshop: "Metal Mesh Biomorphic Basketry Forms"
March 26-28, 2010
G A L L E R Y R E P R E S E N T A T I O N
Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.snyderman-works.com/index.html
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
http://www.pacinilubel.com/artists/bergner.html
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
http://www.mobilia-gallery.com/
Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
http://www.cervinihaas.com
Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
http://www.trudylabellfineart.com/bios/bergner.html
