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.

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

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