Bruno Leti

Bruno Leti (born 1941), is a painter, printmaker, photographer and publisher of artists’ books. His semi-abstract etchings, woodcuts, aquatints, monoprints and collagraphs are well known in Australia through exhibitions and numerous publications. Leti’s paintings are closely related to his graphics, featuring elegant abstractions with restrained use of colour and balanced compositional aspect. Leti is also recognised as a leading figure in the genre of artists’ books, having published these regularly since the 1980s. Leti has been exhibiting regularly since the late 1960s in Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide as well as abroad, most notably in Chicago, Cologne, Kyoto, Milan, New York, and Washington DC.

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Born 1941, Roccantica, Italy; arrived in Australia 1950, lived at Clonbinane, Victoria

Education

1960-64
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
University of Melbourne, Melbourne Teachers’ College.
Caulfield Institute of Technology; Associate Diploma of Fine Art – Painting RMIT Dip.Ed.

1975
completed Fellowship Diploma in printmaking, RMIT. Travelled to Peru, Brazil and Argentina.

Selected Solo Exhibition


1967 – 2003

Over 55 solo exhibitions in Melbourne Victoria, Rome, Ontario, Canada, Canberra, Milan, Washington DC, Hobart, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Geelong, Adelaide, Townsville, Cologne, Germany, and Chicago.

1984

Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Rudy Komon Gallery, NSW Mainly Urban, Stuart Gerstman Galleries, VIC

1986

Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Anima Gallery, SA
Recent Paintings, Gerstman Abdallah Fine Arts International, Melbourne

Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Gerstman Abdallah Fine Arts International, Cologne

The Art of Bruno Leti, Italian Institute of Culture, VIC

1987

Works on Canvas, paper and Prints, Gallery Huntly, ACT

1988

Recent Works on Paper, Graeme Galleries, QLD
Paintings and Prints, Anima Gallery, SA

Bruno Leti as Printmaker: A Selection of Works, Past and Present, Westpac Gallery, VIC

Paintings and Prints, Galerie Dusseldorf, WA

Prints, Deakin University Gallery, VIC

1989

Recent Prints, Stuart Gerstman Galleries, VIC

Two Kinds of Realities, Robert Steel Gallery, SA

1991

Small Oil Paintings on Canvas and Monotypes, Solander Gallery, ACT


Group Exhibitions


1972 – 2003 over 40 group exhibitions in Melbourne, Victoria, Adelaide, London, Tokyo, Japan, Shepparton, Sydney, Canberra, Milan, Singapore, New York, Washington DC, Brisbane, Perth, Mornington Peninsula, Wagga Wagga and New York.


Awards and Prizes


2019

People's Choice Award, Heysen Prize

2018

Highly Commended, Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum Highly Commended, Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia

2015

Arts SA Grant for Research & Development of New Work

2014

People's Choice Award, EMSLA, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

2011

Arts SA Grant for Research & Development of New Work

2011

People’s Choice Award – Nora Heysen Centenary Prize

2007

Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize – Peoples’ Choice Award

2004

Tammy Kingsley Award - 33rd Alice Prize exhibition

2003

Helpmann Academy Mentorship Grant

1986

Bussleton Art Gallery Prize

1970

Liddums Art Gallery Prize

Royal South Australian Society of Art Prize for Composition 1967-70

Commonwealth Scholarship, SA School of Art

1968

Osborne Art Gallery Prize for Drawing


Selected Public Collections


National Gallery of Australia, ACT

The Hirshhorn Museum, Washingto,n DC

Parliament House Collection, ACT

National Museum of Australia. ACT

Museum of Art, Iowa City, USA

Biblioteca Comunale, Milan, Italy
Hamilton Museum and Art Gallery, New Zealand

State Galleries:
Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia

University Art Collections:
Melbourne, RMIT, Western Australia,Tasmania, Deakin at Geelong and Australian National University

Other public collections:
Victorian Education Department
Perth Cultural Centre
Melbourne City Council
Eltham City Council
Print Council of Australia, VIC
South Australian Dept. of State Development
Diamond Valley Art Collection
Libraries:
Alexander Library, Perth; James Hardie Collection, State Library, Queensland; Monash University Library; State Library of Victoria; Artspace, Mackay Library
Corporate Collections:
Artbank, Sydney; BHP, Comalco Australia; Phillip Morris (Australia and USA), Westpac Bank, Allied Coalfields of Queensland, Shell, ANZ, McCaughan, Price Waterhouse, Baker & McKenzie Private collections in Australia and abroad.

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Sunday Garden
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$ 36,000.00 AUD
Bruno Leti, Sunday Garden, 1987, Oil and enamel on linen, 152 x 211 cm
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Untitled #1
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$ 3,500.00 AUD
Bruno Leti, Untitled #1, 1987, Acrylic and gouache on paper, 60 x 45 cm
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Vivo
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$ 4,400.00 AUD
Bruno Leti, Vivo, 2015, Oil on linen, 37 x 42 cm
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Prelude
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Bruno Leti, Prelude, 2016, Oil on linen, 37 x 42 cm
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Personae
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Bruno Leti, Personae, 2016, Oil on linen, 37 x 42 cm
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Intonaco II
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$ 9,000.00 AUD
Bruno Leti, Intonaco II, 2015, Pastel on paper, 76 x 70 cm
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Bel Canto II
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$ 22,000.00 AUD
Bruno Leti, Bel Canto II, 2020, Oil on silk and canvas, 140cm x 170cm
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