About the Artist

Robert Delutri’s professional experience includes working at the University of Minnesota and the private sector in management, teaching and training positions. He has taught courses on Aesthetics and Problem Solving at the University of Minnesota’s Student Center and the Minnetonka Center for the Arts.

Delutri has had a StudioLab in St. Paul since 1974, and has worked with the numerous galleries, including the Swanson Gallery in Edina, for more than twenty years, having sold and exhibited his Theoretical Aesthetic Research™ extensively throughout the Midwest. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Museum of American Art for nearly 3 years and served as Co-Chair of the Museum’s Artists Forum.

His work has been profiled on several television stations, newspapers and Minnesota Public Radio. In addition, Delutri designed and created Minnesota High Technology Council’s Laser Awards, prior to being commissioned to design and create the Tekne Award sculpture for the past ten years.

Examples of his “Research” can be found at www.delutri.com