Bettina Speckner – Rosemarie Jäger

Bettina Speckner
1962 Born in Offenburg. 1984 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, painting class with Prof. Hans Sauerbruch. 1985 Guest student with Daniel Spoerri. 1986 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, class for jewellery and objects under Prof. Hermann Jünger; since 1991 Prof. Otto Künzli. 1987/88 Study visit to São Paulo, BR. 1992 state examination. 1993 Diploma. Lives and works in Übersee/Chiemsee.

Teaching assignments and workshops (selection)
Since 2007 numerous lectures: Hiko Minzu College, Tokyo, JP; Shenkar College, Tel Aviv, IL; Art College, San Diego, US; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, US; SNAG Conference, Phoenix, US; Museum of Art and Design, New York, US; Brooklyn Metal Works, New York, US; UAL, London, GB; UCA, Rochester, GB. 2007 Workshop Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL. 2008 Workshop and Masterclass Hiko Minzu College, Tokyo, JP. Workshop Konstfack, Stockholm, SE. 2009 Workshop RMIT, Melbourne, AU. 2010 Workshop Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, BE. Workshop 92Y New York, US. 2013 Workshop Academy of Fine Arts, Tallinn, EE. 2014 Masterclass: “Culture Craft” Derry Northern Ireland, GB. Workshop “Galeria Garage”, São Paulo, BR.

Awards
1990 Ehrenpreis der Danner-Stiftung, Munich. 1995 and 2006 Scholarship of the Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung. 1997 Project scholarship of the Deutschen Museums, Munich. 1998 Herbert-Hofmann-Preis, Munich. 1999 Förderpreis der Landeshauptstadt München, Munich. Ehrenpreis der Danner-Stiftung, Munich. 2001 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich. 2003 Artist-in-Residence Scholarship of the Goethe-Institut, Tallinn, EE. 2005 Ehrenpreis der Danner-Stiftung, Munich. 2010 Grant, Goethe-Institut Netherlands, NL. 2011 Premio Internationale Mario Pinton – 2nd prize, Padova, IT. 2012 Art LAB’s Artist-in-Residence in Rejmyre, SE.

Works in public collections
Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. Danner-Stiftung, Munich. Angermuseum Erfurt. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB. Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Muzeum Českého ráje, Turnov, CZ. Musée de l’Horlogerie et de l’Emaillerie, Geneva, CH. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Mint Museum of Art + Design, North Carolina, US. National Gallery of Canberra, AU. Designmuseo, Helsinki, FI. Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau. Röhsska museet – Museum of Design and Craft, Gothenburg, SE. Museum of Art and Design, Chicago, US. Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, NO. Musée du Bijou contemporain – Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR. Dallas Museum of Art, US. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, US. CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL. Nottingham Castle Museum, GB. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US. Mudac – Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, CH.