Bettina Dittlmann
1964 Born in Passau. 1983-1986 Silversmith apprenticeship at the Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck, Neugablonz/Kaufbeuren. 1987-1989 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, class for jewellery and objects under Prof. Hermann Jünger. 1989-1991 Studied at the State University of New York, New Paltz, US, under Prof. Jamie Bennett and Prof. Fred Woell, metalwork, MA. 1991-1994 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, class for jewellery and objects under Prof. Otto Künzli, diploma. 1994-1996 Workshop in Brooklyn, New York, US. 1996 Workshop in Munich. 1996-1999 Assistant to Prof. Otto Künzli at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, since 1998 “Fürimmerringe”, collaboration with Michael Jank. 1999/2000 Visiting professor at the State University of Oregon, Eugene, US. Since 2008 workshop in Breitenbach, Lower Bavaria.
Works in public collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. Dallas Museum of Art, US. Mudac – Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, CH. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zurich, CH. Muzeum Českého ráje, Turnov, CZ. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, US. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, US.
