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Name: Katie Tremschnig
Job Title: Collections Officer
What year did you join the Artbank team: 2023
Describe your role and what you enjoy about working for Artbank:
My working life so far has been dedicated to Australian photography and after years of being immersed in photography it’s refreshing to be surrounded by contemporary art in all mediums. My primary role at Artbank to ensure the art is ready for the leasing program including condition reporting and preparing it to travel safely to its temporary home; receipting it when it returns and carefully storing them in our state-of-the-art visible racks and storage spaces. Other tasks include assisting with inhouse installs and arranging framing for new acquisitions and coordinating conservation work required to keep the collection in show worthy condition. What I am loving about my time here is the opportunity spend time with contemporary art and constantly finding new gems when unpacking a delivery – either a new acquisition or a returned loan – with such a large collection I am continually rewarded by new discoveries.
Favourite artwork from the Artbank collection: Ash Garwood, Botany, 2014, gelatin silver prints, purchased 2017.
Short explanation of your artwork selection: In my first few days of opening and closing the racks in Melbourne I came across this epic triptych by Ash Garwood – a perfectly executed gelatin silver photograph. Working with both analogue and digital technologies Garwood fools us into believing that the photograph depicts a reality but instead she makes a perfect composition that doesn’t quite exist.
Ash Garwood, Botany, 2014, gelatin silver prints, purchased 2017.
