about show the gallery warren bonett


Warren Bonett
, who was raised in Maldon and Castlemaine, began his artistic career in London with a one man show opposite the British Museum in 1995, with a collection of etchings and collographs entitled Past and Present. A brief return to Australia in 1996, saw him exhibit in 3 group shows over 6 months. In the intervening years he worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator, with occasional stints at Central Saint Martins College teaching printmaking to first year and summer school graphics students. Recently he has seen success with the design of several notable coffee table books including Enduring Passion: A Brand History of Mercedes-Benz; Design City Melbourne; Design City Milan; and The Design Mix (all published by John Wiley & Sons). Other design work of note includes brand design for companies as diverse as NatWest, Ford, Marks & Spencer, Hattie Smart, and Volnox. Ten years later, and with the possibility of a joint show with Geoffrey, he has been lured back to the press. Using innovative photogravure processes learnt at the Baldessin Press, under Silvi Glattauer, Warren merges his remarkable digital skills with his traditional printmaking ones to create images that, whilst contemporary, seem to be from an earlier time. He assures us it won’t be another 10 years before his next show, “I have rediscovered my addiction to pulling prints.”