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
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
10.2022 — Curated Project — Archives of Feeling: Sensation, Connection, Community w/ curators Kelly Hussey-Smith, Grace McQuilten and Helen Rayment @ RMIT Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2022 — Curated Project — Archives of Feeling: Trauma, Knowledge, Empathy w/ curators Kelly Hussey-Smith, Grace McQuilten and Helen Rayment @ RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
02.2021 — Group Exhibition — Notes from the Field: Bogong Centre for Sound Culture @ 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, 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 Prof 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 Prof 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 Sonic City for the Liquid Architecture Festival w/ artist Jeremy Bakker @ Spare Room, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2013 — Curated Project — a day, unsung, A project of Sonic City for the Liquid Architecture Festival w/ artist Ami Yamasaki [JPN] @ BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
08.2013 — Curated Project — Silent Matter, A public art project of Sonic City for the Liquid Architecture 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
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
06.2023 — PhD (by project) @ 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
