Lanny Bergner received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of Washington in 1981 and a Master’s of Fine Art in sculpture from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in 1983.

His work is in numerous museum collections including the Seattle Art Museum; Museum of Art and Design, New York; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, USA and The Central Museum of Textile, Łódź, Poland.

In 1995 he won the Betty Bowen Memorial Award, administered by the Seattle Art Museum. In 2005 he won a Gold Prize at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale in Cheongju, Korea and was invited to create an installation “Between Earth and Sky” at the 2007 Cheongju International Craft Biennale. In 2010 he was one of five American artists to exhibit in the prestigious 13th International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź, Poland.

Lanny’s work was recently included in the book “Fiber Art Today”, a survey of contemporary international fiber artists, published by Schiffer Publishing.