Bruno Leti

1941     born Roccantica, Italy

1950     Arrived Australia.  Lived at Clonbinane, Victoria

1952-60

Primary and secondary education.  Salesian Brothers College, ‘Rupertswood’, Broadford and Seymour High School

1960-64

Studied art at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Teachers’ College.  Caulfield Institute of Technology;  Associate Diploma of Fine Art – Painting RMIT) Dip.Ed.

1967    

Travelled to Europe visiting Italy, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia

1968-70

Taught English at Ostia, near Rome.

Travelled to Canada, taught art at Scott Park Secondary College in Hamilton, Ontario, where the Bruno Leti Award for the best art student each year was established.  Visited New York, Washington, Boston.

Returned to Australia

1971

Employed as Education Officer at the National Gallery of Victoria

1972

Awarded the ‘Premio Italia’ Prize in Melbourne.  Awarded the Caltex Award for Art

1973

Returned to teaching;  part-time studies in printmaking with Tate Adams at RMIT

1975

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

1976

Pederson Prize, Queensland Art Gallery.  The Alice Prize, Alice Springs

1978

Commissioned Member Print (Cloud cover, etching/aquatint), Print Council of Australia

1982

Son Adriano born.

The Mitchelton Print Prize.  Spent three months at Grafica Uno, Milan;  working with Master Printmaker Giorgio Upiglio

1984

worked at Grafica Uno, Milan.

1985

Commissioned Patron Print by the Print Council of Australia

1991

Worked at Grafica Uno, Milan.

1997

Silk Cut Award, purchase.

1998

Commission to paint monumental works for the East and West Galleries of the new Children’s Court of Victoria in Melbourne.

1999

Artist in residence, Edition and Artist Book Studio, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University

2001

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York.  The Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award Purchase, Warrnambool.

Selected one person exhibitions

1967 – 2003  over fifty five solo exhibitions in Melbourne Victoria, Rome, Ontario, Canada, Canberra,  Milan, Washington DC, Hobart, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Geelong, Adelaide, Townsville, Cologne, Germany, and Chicago.

Selected 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.

Collections

Selected public art collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

Parliament House Collection, Canberra

National Museum of Australia

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, Melbourne

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.