Alexandre Lettnin

Alexandre Lettnin was born in 1971 in Brazil. He attended the College of Visual Arts in Pelotas, Brazil (1993-1997), which awakened a passion for engraving in him. In 1998 he studied drawing, engraving and printing in the Atelier Livre in Porto Alegre in Southern Brazil. In 1999, at the invitation of the Danish engraver Torben Bo Halbirk, he attended a training in residence in order to specialize in the technique of engraving (Heyter method) in his studio in France, which resulted in an exhibition in Paris. He settled in Paris in a Reformed Church in the neighborhood of Belleville and had the opportunity to work with many artists from other fields like music, dance, film, web design, theater and participate in the Belleville Artists Association and La Fonderie. In the following years he studied in Luxembourg (water-ink) and Spain (lithograph). Returning to live in his hometown in 2004, he joined the faculty at the College of Arts there, teaching drawing and engraving for three years. Currently he works full-time in his own studio. www.lettnin.blogspot.com