Artist Showcase Program

Currently featured in APW's Gertrude Street windows are the beautifully detailed, hand-made artist books by artist Dianne Longley

Whether in book form or in print or another form, Dianne’s work is typically small in scale with an artistic practice that is about subtlety rather than spectacle. It often appears at first glance to be teasingly playful, but it can be hauntingly powerful.

Dianne currently operates Agave Print Studio, in Trentham, rural Victoria. With a broad education in fine arts, she works across a range of media including printmaking; encaustic and pokerwork on wooden panels; artist books; on-glaze porcelain; and small-scale bronze casting. Dianne's artist books and prints have featured in solo and group exhibitions in Australia, South Korea, Japan, India, Sweden, Spain, Hungary, Mexico, the UK and the USA and are in numerous public collections. ‘Night Sea Crossing’ was the inaugural winner of the Fremantle Print Award, Artist Book section.

A selection of Dianne Longley’s artist books are on view 24/7 in APW’s Gertrude Street facing windows until 27 May 2024.