The Sculpture of Leslie Bruning

Leslie Bruning was born in Syracuse, Kansas and was raised in Nebraska.  After studying at Graz Center in Austria, he graduated with Bachelor of Arts from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 1970 he was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree - Sculpture from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, .  Leslie currently  serves as Chair of the Art Area of Bellevue University, Bellevue Nebraska and  is a founding member of the Market North Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska.  Leslie's studio and Bruning Sculpture, Inc., (a casting and fabrication studio to produce architectural detail and other artist's work) is located in the Hot Shops Art Center, 1301 Nicholas, Omaha.

Bruning received his first sculpture commission in 1969 at the County-City Building, Lincoln, Nebraska and has completed over 30 commissions since that time. He has produced the Governor's Art Award for the State of Nebraska, given slide presentations at the Central Time Zone Sculpture Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska and the 1990 International Sculpture Conference, Washington, DC, and received a Mentoring Grant from the Nebraska Art Council.  His work is  part of many permanent public as well as private collections including the MONA - Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.

Bruning has participated in over 100 juried and invitational shows throughout United States. Recently he participated in the Pier Walk 1998 and 1999 Shows in Chicago.

Past clients include Yoko Ono, Topher Delaney, John Himmelfarb, Katherine Ferguson, Pepsy Kettavong, Louise Bourgeois, Wilson Tile, Boys Town, and numerous architects. We have also cast sculptures by Degas, Ellie Nadelman, Louis Slobokin, to name a few.

 
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