Mr. Bergner received his M.F.A. in sculpture from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, in 1983 after earning a B.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Washington in 1981. His work is in numerous museum collections including the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Museum of Art and Design, NY, NY; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA and the Central Museum of Textile, Łódź, Poland. 

In 1995 he was the recipient of the Betty Bowen Memorial Award administered by the Seattle Art Museum, and in 2005 he was awarded a Gold Prize at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale in Cheongju, Korea. In 2010 he was one of five American artists who exhibited in the 13th International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź, Poland. 

In 2023 Mr. Bergner was invited to lend five of his sculptures for display in the “Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses” retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Palais du Louvre, Paris, France. The exhibition runs through April 28, 2024.

Lanny Bergner has worked with metal mesh since 1983 and maintains a studio on Fidalgo Island near Anacortes, WA.