Silvina Glattauer
Photographer & Printmaker
Silvi is a photographer and print-maker living and working in Melbourne with a photographic practice that extends from commercial, editorial to fine art photography. A founding member of the Baldessin Press Studio printmaking studio in the bush land of St Andrews, Silvi is recognized as an authority in the contemporary Photogravure process as well as working with a range of other alternative photographic processes that cross barriers between digital and the hand made.
Silvi’s mastery of the photogravure process enables her to take full advantage of its capacity to show fine gradations of texture, tone, light and shadow. Her images can capture the narratives implicit in found objects, as is evident not only in her photogravures, but also in her lush pigmented ink prints of “botanicals”.
Silvi has exhibited widely across Australia and overseas and her work is held in public and private collections.
Curriculum vitae
Academic Education
2012 NMIT TAFE Diploma in VET Practice
2005 RMIT University Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Photography (final assessment score – 100%)
2002 Photography Studies College, Advanced Diploma of Illustrative Photography
1989 La Trobe University, Bachelor of Arts – Romance languages / Linguistics
Active Professional Roles
2001 - present Silvi Glattauer Photographic Image Maker - Various commercial commissions
2005 - present NMIT - TAFE – Ongoing teacher – Diploma of Photo Imaging
2002 - present The Baldessin Press – Member, program co-ordinator, teacher
Invited teaching/Residencies/presentations
2014 Vic Dept of Business and Innovation - Bushfire Recovery Uni. Survey Exhibition to commemorate
5th anniversary of 2009 Vic bush fire's. Melbourne Museum
2013 Chisolm Institute of TAFE – Colour Management for Fine art Printmaking workshop
2011 & 2012 Tintern Grammar School / Eltham High School – VCE Presentations
2010 Tintern Grammar School – VCE Presentations
National Gallery Of Victoria – Photography Educator’s Forum
RMIT University - sessional teaching – Digital Fine Printing
2011 RMIT University - sessional teaching – Digital Fine Printing
2009 NT Artist in Schools residency. Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs - Photogravure and Hybrid printmaking
2006 RMIT University - sessional teaching – Digital Fine Printing
2006, 2007, 2008 Manakau School of Visual Arts, Auckland, NZ – Photogravure and Hybrid printmaking
2007, 2008 Gold Street Studios, Trentham – Photogravure
2005 Daylesford Foto Biennale – Alternate Processes conference Photogravure
2004 RMIT, conference on Alternate Processes
Recent Achievements
2010 National Photography Prize 2010 – Albury Art Gallery Finalist
2009 Masterworks – Eltham College – Best in Show Winner
Corangamarh Art Prize - Finalist
Murrurundi Keddies Pastoral Photographic Prize - Finalist
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery – Outback prize Finalist
CHILLOUT Prize – Ballarat Foto Biennale 2009 Overall Winner
2008 Eureka Prize for Science Photography Finalist
2007 Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery – Outback prize Finalist
2006 Monash Gallery of Art – Bowness Photography Prize Finalist
2005 RMIT University - Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Photography (final assessment score – 100%)
RMIT BA Photography Ex Graduate Inspirational Award
AIPP - Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards – Overall Winner
AIPP - Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards – Highest scoring image,
Science and Nature section & two
silver awards
AIPP – Australian Professional Photographer Awards – 2 Silver awards
Daylesford Foto Biennale – First prize – ‘Little Pictures Big Ideas’ Exhibition
Exhibitions to date – (Selection)
2012 Domain House – Curated – “Winged Things”
Nillumbik Prize – Finalist
Deakin University – “Shadowlands”
2011 Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery- Outback prize
New North Gallery, Melbourne ‘Alison’s Daughters
PhotoSpace, Canberra – ‘Re-Imaging the Classic Print’
2010 ‘Symbols of Loss & Recovery’ – Curated exhbition, Montsalvat, Melbourne
Albury Regional Art Gallery – National Photography Prize 2010
Obscura Gallery – ‘Re-Imaging the Classic Print’
2009 Masterworks – Swipers Gully Vineyard
Albury Art Gallery – The history of the National Photography Prize
Ballarat Foto Biennale 09
Natural Variances – Field 36 Gallery. RMIT University Solo Show
Embiggen Books – Noosa QLD Solo Show
2008 Contemporary Art at St Francis Pastoral Centre – Melbourne Solo Show
Australian Museum – NSW Eureka Prize for Science Photography
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts – Townsville Compact Prints 2008 July 2008
Montsalvat Barn Gallery – Melbourne Nillumbik Prize
Fawkner Gallery – Castlemaine
Centre for Contemporary Photography - Melbourne
2007 Wall Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand photogravures. Solo Show
Geelong Gallery ‘50’ – A print exchange portfolio
Montsalvat Barn Gallery Nillumbik Prize
Mildura Regional Art Gallery Different Takes’
Bridges Gallery ‘Made In Hurstbridge’ – Portrait exhibition – Solo Show
Eltham Library Gallery Nillumbik Open Studios Program
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
2006 Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts - Townsville Aug 2006
Yering Station
Monash Gallery of Art
Penny School Art Gallery – Maldon
2005 The Atrium – Federation Square
The Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery
Montsalvat – Long Gallery
Albury Regional Art Gallery
Bridges Art Gallery
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Affordable Art Show - Melbourne
80 Gold Street / Institute of Photographic Technologies
Collections
2010 Nillumbik Shire Council – ‘Flinders Ranges NP – Pigmented Ink on Cotton Rag
2009 Eltham College Board – ‘Croajingolong NP’ – Pigmented Ink on Cotton Rag
2007 Geelong Art Gallery – ‘Persian Jewels’ – Photogravure – as part of ‘50’ – A print exchange portfolio
2003 Albury Regional Art Gallery - ‘Moonlight Cactus 5’ - Photogravure – selected for acquisition
from National Photographic
