Biography

Bettina Sego is a German-American mixed-media artist. She was born in Germany, studied at Heidelberg University, as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris and received her Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State University. In 2000 she moved to Florida and has concentrated on her artwork ever since.

Sego has had solo and group exhibitions in Florida and Massachusetts and her artwork can be found in private and corporate collections in the US, Canada and Germany.

Gallery Representation

• 2012 – present    530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• 2016    Art Miami/Spectrum, Miami, FL
• 2014 – present    Nikki Sedacca Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
• 2013 – 2016         Artspace, Anna Maria, FL

Publications and Events

• 2019   Featured in Herald Tribune Style Magazine, Sarasota
• 2016   “Sailing Away”, mixed media collage, is featured as official image for the Sarasota Symphony’s Summer Festival
• 2016   “Sailing Away” on the cover of “Suncoast Living”, with cover story
• 2015   Featured at ArtsyShark
• 2014   Featured in Scene Magazine, Sarasota
• 2014   “Sailing Away” on the cover of “The Guide to Arts and Culture”
• 2011   Featured in Your Longboat Observer “Painted Ladies”
• 2011   Interview in Herald Tribune Style Magazine, Sarasota

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2017   530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• 2015   Nikki Sedacca Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
• 2014   Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, Sarasota, FL
• 2014   The Players Theater, Sarasota, FL 2119
• 2012   Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, Sarasota, FL

Selected Juried Exhibitions

• 2020 Foosaner Museum, Melbourne, FL
• 2019 Galleries of Ringling College for Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
• 2017   Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
• 2015   Leepa Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs, FL
• 2012   Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, FL
• 2011   Why Not Women?, The Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria, FL
• 2012   Audubon Artists, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
• 2012   The Best of the Best, The Players Theater, Sarasota, FL
• 2012   The Sum of its Parts, It’s Who We Are, Art Center Sarasota, FL
• 2010   A Night of Art and Jazz, MetLife Financial Advisers, Sarasota, FL
• 2010   5 Women Artists, Raymond James & Associates, Sarasota, FL

Groups

• FLAG (Florida Artist Group)
• Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota,
• ACS (Art Center Sarasota)

Statement

“I’m influenced by my surroundings in Florida; the bright light, the brilliant blues, and greens of the Gulf of Mexico, the interesting shapes and color combinations of the tropical plants I see when I look out of my studio window.

My artwork is nature-based, but abstract. I get my inspiration from nature, but I don’t copy it. The vibrancy, the colors and shapes interest me. Taking the original apart and, with the help of various techniques, putting it together in a different way. One can still recognize the source, but not in a literal way.

Experimentation is an integral part of my artwork. I like to combine different techniques such as collage, inks, acrylics, silver leaf and resin. I have a concept of what I would like to achieve, but there are always unpredictable aspects and surprise effects that happen when one works with inks and collage. That is what makes it so interesting to create a new piece.”