Warren Bonett

Warren Bonett was born in Melbourne 1967. His path to becoming an artist was a convoluted one. In 1988 he graduated from Bendigo LaTrobe in Outdoor Education, and then went one to ride a bicycle around much of Australia. He then travelled to London and soon after suffered an accident curtailing his more physical ambitions. It was this that initially compelled him to return to his early interest in the arts. Studying graphic design at Central Saint Martins he began a love affair with printmaking, in particular etching. After a successful one man show at Gallery 47 in London, and several group shows in Sydney, Bonett built a career in design and illustration in London, working for clients such as Mercedes-Benz, Barclays Bank, John Wiley & Sons, and IBM. (see his website www.wdbonett.com).

Bonett returned to Australia in 2006 and almost immediately began working towards a new show, this time concentrating on a solar plate photogravure process. His influences are varied, ranging from his step father Geoff Stocks, to architect Lebbeus Woods, and other artists like Naum Gabo, Graham Sutherland, and Moholy Nagy.