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.
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.