Werner Büttner (b.1954, Jena, Germany). Studied Law at Berlin Free University in 1973. Moves to Hamburg in 1977. Works with Georg Herold, Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen from 1977 to 1985, was a professor at the Oil Painting Department of the Hamburg University of Fine Arts from 1989 to 2021. The artist lives and works in Geesthacht, Germany.

Werner Büttner's recent solo exhibitions include: Malerei 1981-2022  (Galerie Max Hetzler, Germany, 2023), Werner Büttner (Galerie Max Hetzler, Germany, 2022), Last Lecture Show (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, 2021; Currently traveling to The Ranch, New York, USA, 2022), No Scene from My Studio (Simon Lee Gallery, UK, 2021), Undichte Schlüssellöcher (CFA Gallery, Germany, 2020), Bilder 1979-2019 (CFA Gallery, Germany, 2020). Recent group exhibitions include: Back then has always been now. Painting since 1947 reconsidered (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, 2021), Works on paper 5 (Max Weber Six Friedric, Germany, 2021), Der Goldene Reiter in Faustrecht der Freiheit aka Fox and His Friends (Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, 2020), Works on paper 5 (Max Weber Six Friedric, Germany, 2020), Works from the 1980s / Conceptual Photography (Marlborough Gallery, USA，2020).

In addition, Butner's works are collected by many important institutions and foundations. Such as the Guggenheim Museum, USA;  Cincinnati Art Museum, USA; FRAC, France; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Mumok-Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Austria; Harvard Art Museum, USA; Pinakothek der Moderne, Germany.