Otto Künzli (born 22 July 1948[1]) is an active Munich-based goldsmith and university teacher at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
Künzli attended a metals class with teachers, Max Fröhlich and Fritz Loosi at the School of Design Zurich in 1965 and completed training as a goldsmith in 1970.
In 1991 Künzli took over the professorship of Hermann Jünger, teaching goldsmithing and jewelry design at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich which he directed until 2014.
In 2015, solo show "Otto Künzli: The Exhibition" at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.
There are many successful artists such as Karl Fritsch, Karen Pontoppidan, Norman Weber, Lisa Walker, David Bielander, Bettina Speckner and Jiro Kamata who have completed studies under Künzli.