Tetzlaff’s practice looks at ways in which intangible phenomena–such as pressure, gravity and light–can both mark and be revealed through material. Using photomedia-based methods alongside simple objects his work draws out and manifests small complexities of our environment: moments when light is blunt or sharp, or when stones relate their geological speed and fluidity.
//PROJECTS
10.2024 — Group Exhibition — Eisbär mit Farbe [Polar Bear with Color], curated by Christoph Dahlhausen @ Arche Noah – Sammlung Kunst & Natur, Hohenems, AUT
06.2024 — Group Exhibition — Built Photography, curated by Izabela Pluta and Kiron Robinson @ Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), Wheelers Hill, VIC, AUS
12.2023 — Curated Project — Tintin Wulia: Secrets, w/artist Tintin Wulia @ RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2023 — Solo Exhibition — Gestures of Stillness @ Kuiper Projects, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
03.2023 — Solo PhD Completion Exhibition — Observations of a Falling Light (Melbourne) @ RMIT SITE EIGHT, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2022 — Curated Project — Archives of Feeling: Trauma, Knowledge, Empathy, a project of The Big Anxiety festival, w/ artists Rushdi Anwar, Peta Clancy, Maree Clarke, Graeme Doyle, UNSW fEEL Lab, Julie Gough, Jenny Hickinbotham, Brian McKinnon, Rebecca Moran, Dominic Redfern, Mariela Sancari, T-collective (Simon Crosbie, Mig Dann, Yi Won Park, and Jude Worters) and Julie Watkins, co-curated with Kelly Hussey-Smith, Grace McQuilten and Helen Rayment @ RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2022 — Curated Project — Archives of Feeling: Sensation, Connection, Community, a project of The Big Anxiety festival, w/ artists Che-Wei Chen, the Children’s Sensorium (Tamara Borovica, Heather Hesterman, Fiona Hillary, Larissa Hjorth, Live Particle, Philip Samartzis, Anna Schwann and Hiromi Tango, direction by N’arweet Carloyn Briggs, designs by Anthony Clarke), Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation, the Nurses and Midwives Art Exchange (a community of nurses, midwives and artists, direction by Ruth De Souza) and Thembi Soddell, co-curated with Kelly Hussey-Smith, Grace McQuilten and Helen Rayment @ RMIT Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
02.2021 — Group Exhibition — Notes from the Field: Bogong Centre for Sound Culture, curated by Madelynne Cornish and Philip Samartzis @ Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA), Albury, NSW, AUS
06.2019 — Solo Exhibition — Strategies to Slowing a Fall @ Atrium, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds, VIC, AUS
06.2019 — Group Exhibition — The Museum of Platitudes and Aphorisms, curated by Phil Edwards @ c3 Gallery, Abbotsford, VIC, AUS
03.2019 — Group Exhibition — Perceiving The Matter Of Time In Recent Painting And Photography, curated by Patricia Todarello and David Thomas @ Five Walls, Footscray, VIC, AUS
02.2019 — Group Exhibition — Out of the Matrix 2.0, curated by Richard Harding and Wilson Yeung @ Hong Kong Print Workshop, Hong Kong, HK
10.2018 — Group Exhibition — BLINDSIDE B—SIDE @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
10.2018 — Curated Project — Significant Velocities, w/ artists Jeremy Bakker, Catherine Evans, David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Jacob Kirkegaard [DNK] and Zoe Scoglio @ Project Space/Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2017 — Group Exhibition — BLINDSIDE B—SIDE @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2017 — Group Exhibition — David Thomas: Colouring Impermanence @ RMIT Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
11.2016 — Group Exhibition — 1000 2000s SOAP: Curtain Call 2016, curated by S.O.A.P. Collective @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2016 — Curated Project — Sound Series 2016: Gesture Manifest, a Liquid Architecture / BLINDSIDE project, w/ artists Carolyn Eskdale, Bridie Lunney, Shelley Lasica, Clare Milledge and Tom Smith, co-curated with Anabelle Lacroix @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
05.2016 — Group Exhibition — Out of the Matrix, curated by Richard Harding @ RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
11.2015 — Group Exhibition — The Door in the Wall, curated by Verity Hayward and Lucie McIntosh @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2015 — Solo Exhibition — Yarra (Suspended) @ The Atrium’s Air Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2015 — Group Exhibition — CONCRETE POST 3 @ Raum2810, Bonn, GER
05.2015 — Group Exhibition — Tomorrow Never Dies, curated by Adriane Hayward and Verity Hayward @ Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, VIC, AUS
04.2015 — Group Exhibition — CONCRETE POST 2, a collaboration w/ artists David Thomas, Hanna Tai, Melanie Jayne Taylor and Jana Wellendorf [GER] @ Project Space/Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2014 — Group Exhibition — The Museum of Abject Sentimentality, curated by Dr Phil Edwards @ RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2014 — Group Exhibition — ACMD Art in Science Acquisitive Art Exhibition 2014 @ St Vincent’s Hospital, Carlton, VIC, AUS
08.2014 — Group Exhibition and Symposium — Situations, a collaboration w/ artists David Thomas, Hanna Tai, Melanie Jayne Taylor and Jana Wellendorf [GER] @ RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2014 — Curated Project — Sound Series 2014: Perch, w/ artist Catherine Clover in collaboration with Alice Hui-Sheng Chang [TWN] and Vanessa Tomlinson @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2014 — Group Exhibition — Substation Contemporary Art Prize @ The Substation, Newport, VIC, AUS
05.2014 — Curated Project — BLINDSIDE PLAY, w/ artist Dylan Hammond @ BLINDSIDE PLAY
04.2014 — Solo Exhibition — DISPLACE @ Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, VIC, AUS
02.2014 — Curated Project — Debut X, w/ artists Sarah Duyshart, Gabriella Foreman-Brown, Megan Hales, Aimee Howard, Giulia McGauran, Tom Parsons and Adam Stone, co-curated with Xanthe Dobbie and Felicity Strong @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
12.2013 — Group Exhibition — DESIGN LIFE @ One and J Gallery, Soeul, KOR
10.2013 — Group Exhibition — of light: 2013 Banyule Award for Works on Paper Exhibition @ Hatch Contemporary Art Space, Banyule, VIC, AUS
09.2013 — Group Exhibition — Freemantle Arts Centre Print Award Exhibition 2013 @ Freemantle Arts Centre, WA, AUS
08.2013 — Curated Project — Borrowed Time, a project of Liquid Architecture’sSonic City festival, w/ artist Jeremy Bakker @ Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2013 — Curated Project — a day, unsung, a project of Liquid Architecture’s Sonic City festival, w/ artist Ami Yamasaki [JPN] @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2013 — Curated Project — Silent Matter, a project of Liquid Architecture’s Sonic City festival, w/ artist Eva-Maria Raab [AUT/FRA] @ RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2013 — Group Exhibition — My Word @ Upstairs at the Napier, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
03.2013 — Group Exhibition — Bunting Bowen, A public art project of make+shift+projects, Curated by Adriane Hayward @ Bowen Street, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
11.2012 — Group Exhibition — Artist as Curator, The Printmaking Summer Residency, curated by Ruth Johnstone @ Project Space / Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
04.2012 — Curated Project — Fourtrack, w/ artists Michael Graeves, Kit Webster, Drew Pettifer and Greg Fullerton @ Project Space / Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
12.2011 — Group Exhibition — Unconformity: A House Project, curated by Anabelle Lacroix @ Melbourne, VIC, AUS
12.2011 — Group Exhibition — Half-Cut @ Upstairs at the Napier, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
11.2011 — Solo Exhibition — The Horizon Project @ BUS Projects, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2011 — Curated Project — Applied Phlebotinum, a component of the Art for Art’s Sake project, w/ artists Thomas Jeppe [AUS/GER], Lucy Dyson [AUS/GER] and Robbie Dixon, co-curated with Julian White @ Upstairs at the Napier, Fitzroy, VIC, AUS
07.2011 — Curated Project — Sound Series, a satellite project of the Liquid Architecture Festival w/ artists Dale Chapman, Rod Cooper, Ceri Hann, Ben Kolaitis and Vijay Thillamuthu @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
11.2010 — Curated Project — Delineated, w/ artists Belle Bassin, Marco Fusinato, Nathan Gray, Irene Hanenbergh, Kerrie Poliness, Kiron Robinson and Kristina Sundstrom @ Project Space / Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2010 — Group Exhibition — Exchange @ School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2010 — Solo Exhibition — Untitled (Black and White) @ The Edge, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2010 — Group Exhibition — Pressing Matters @ Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
06.2010 — Curated Project — An Accumulation of Energy, w/ artists Marcia Jane and Dinesh de Silva @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
04.2010 — Curated Project — Draft, a project of the Drawing Out 2010 Conference, w/ artists Benjamin Forster, Malcolm Lloyd and Lisa Munnelly [NZ] @ First Site Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
01.2010 — Curated Project — Debut VI, w/ artists Maggie Brown, Christo Crocker, Dylan Hammond, Ted McKinlay, Sophie Mitchell, Sam Page, Van Thanh Rudd, Jacob Weiss and Marcin Wojcik, co-curated with by Natalya Maller and Drew Pettifer @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
11.2009 — Curated Project — Environments, w/ artists Tony Garifalakis, Anna Hoyle, Louisa Jenkinson, Cristina Palacios, Reko Rennie, Stephen Spurrier and Sophia Szilagyi, co-curated with Stephen Gallagher @ Project Space / Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
10.2009 — Solo Exhibition — Dark Matter @ Gearbox Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2009 — Group Exhibition — Willoughby Sculpture Prize Exhibition @ The Incinerator, Willoughby, NSW, AUS
09.2009 — Solo Exhibition — Tracts @ Kunst Verein Baden, Vienna, AUT
11.2008 — Curated Project — B-Side, w/ artists Daniel Dorall, Ruth Fleishman, Cecilia Fogelberg and Tim Silver @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
10.2008 — Group Exhibition — Black Swans, Red Herrings and White Elephants, curated by Julian White @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
10.2008 — Group Exhibition — Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize @ Redleaf Council Chambers, Woollahra, NSW, AUS
07.2008 — Group Exhibition — Pressing Matters @ Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
03.2007 — Group Exhibition — Mostly Drawn @ Chapmann & Bailey, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
10.2007 — Solo Exhibition — Jarscapes @ Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07.2007 — Solo Exhibition — Light Construction @ Area Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2006 — Group Exhibition — Amid: Matter, Light and Place @ Alliance Française Gallery, St Kilda, VIC, AUS
09.2005 — Group Exhibition — Ishikawa Calligraphy Show @ Kanazawa Town Hall, Kanazawa, JPN
05.2005 — Group Exhibition — The One Shot Project @ Deux Eggs Gallery, Kanazawa, JPN
06.2005 — Solo Exhibition — Exegesis @ Zen, Kanazawa, JPN
10.2004 — Solo Exhibition — 4X4 @ Life is Peachy, Kanazawa, JPN
02.2004 — Group Exhibition — Five Artists @ International Salon, Kanazawa, JPN
11.2003 — Solo Exhibition — Te @ Life is Peachy, Kanazawa, JPN
06.2003 — Group Exhibition — Jettison @ International Salon, Kanazawa, JPN
04.2003 — Solo Exhibition — Sets and Spaces @ Machinohanayasan, Kanazawa, JPN
03.2002 — Zine Fair — Beantown Zinetown @ Mass Art, Boston, MA, USA
03.2001 — Juried Exhibit of Student Work — SMFA, Boston, MA, USA
11.2000 — Group Exhibition — The Drawing Show @ SMFA, Boston, MA, USA
09.2000 — Group Exhibition — New Work @ Aidekmann Art Gallery, Medford, MA, USA
//AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
01-02.2018 — Residency — Bogong Centre for Sound Culture @ Bogong Village, VIC, AUS
09-10.2014 — Residency — Kuandu Museum of Fine Art @ Taipei, TWN
08.2014 — High Commendation and Collection Acquisition — ACMD Art in Science Acquisitive Art Exhibition 2014 @ St Vincent’s Hospital, Carlton, VIC, AUS
07.2014 — Finalist — Substation Contemporary Art Prize @ The Substation, Newport, VIC, AUS
10.2013 — Finalist — 2013 Banyule Award for Works on Paper @ Banyule City Council, Bayule, VIC, AUS
09.2013 — Finalist — Freemantle Arts Centre Print Award Exhibition 2013 @ Freemantle Arts Centre, Freemantle, WA, AUS
01-12.2012 — Residency — PIP Studios @ RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
07-10.2009 — Residency — AIR KREMS @ Krems, AUT
01.2009 — Finalist — Willoughby Sculpture Prize @ Willoughby, NSW, AUS
10.2008 — Finalist — Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize @ Woollahra Council, Woollahra, NSW, AUS
12.2006 — RMIT Postgraduate Exhibition Prize @ RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
09.2005 — Honorable Mention — Ishikawa Calligraphy Show @ Ishikawa Calligraphy, Kanazawa, JPN
11.2000 — Honorable Mention — The Drawing Show @ SMFA Drawing Dept, Boston, MA, USA
//COLLECTIONS
RMIT University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Private Collections in the US, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Austria, and Australia
//BIBLIOGRAPHY
07.2024 — J. Brennan, ‘Built photography – Art Almanac’, Art Almanac, 24/07/2024, https://www.art-almanac.com.au/built-photography/
06.2024 — ‘MAph Built Photography’, A Word or Two, 9/06/2024, https://the-southern-cross.com/maph-built-photography/
03.2019 — R. Harding, ‘Out of the Matrix’, Imprint, Autumn 2019, Volume 54, Number 1, p. 33-35
04.2016 — D. Rainforth, ‘Printmakers Rolling and Rocking’, The Age, Melbourne, 27/04/2016
04.2014 — D. Rule, ‘in the galleries’, The Age, Melbourne, 19/04/2014, spectrum, p. 7
04.2014 — ‘What’s on in Moreland’, Moreland Leader, Melbourne, 21/04/2014, p. 4
03.2014 — ‘Moreland City News’, Moreland Leader, Melbourne, 31/03/2014, p. 4
09.2013 — ‘Sonic City: Liquid Architecture’, Assemble Papers, Melbourne, 03/09/2013
08.2010 — B. Garrard, ‘Drawing Out Festival and Conference’, australian Art Review, Westwick-Farrow Media: Wahroonga, NSW, 08-10/10, pp. 26
10.2009 — D. Tomasovsky, ‘Kunst, handlich’, morgen 5/09, Vienna, 10/09, pp. 44-45
09.2009 — ‘Baden:Kunst aus der Dose’, Bezirksblatt, Austria, Nr.37, 09/09/09, p. 19
09.2009 — ‘Ausstellung’, Badener Rundschau, Austria, 10/09/09, M, Infobox
09.2009 — W. Mühlgassner, ‘Alltäglich Gebrauchtes wird zu nicht alltäglicher Kunst’, Badener Zeitung, Austria, 10/09/09, p. 19
09.2009 — ‘Die kleine Welt des Tetzlaff’, Woche, Austria, 37/2009, p. 44
09.2009 — Willoughby Sculpture Prize (Exhibition Catalogue), 09/09, p. 24
10.2007 — P. Webb, ‘Visual Arts Review’, The Sunday Age, Melbourne, 14/10/07, M, p. 27
12.2006 — Art: Postgraduate 2006 School of Art, RMIT University, pp 130-131
//EDUCATION
05.2024 — PhD @ RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
12.2006 — Master of Fine Art @ RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
02.2002 — Bachelor of Fine Art @ School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, USA
