Agave Print Studio
Dianne Longley opened Agave Print Studio in November 2014 in a 1970s A-frame situated in picturesque Trentham. Offering printmaking tuition, studio access and residencies, printmaking collaborations, and editioning services Agave Print Studio is a professional studio for intaglio and relief/letterpress printmaking. Dianne specialises in safer print techniques such as photopolymer printmaking and using citrus solvents and eucalyptus for cleaning up.
Dianne has taught workshops and classes in photopolymer printmaking and artist books in Australia, USA, Japan, Greece and the UK, and has taught printmaking and other subjects at a range of tertiary institutions.
Dianne Longley
Dianne’s aesthetic is based on intricate design, a complex conceptual or narrative framework and the highest production values. Her works are complex, carefully balanced and nuanced compositions that draw together cultural histories and a wide range of artistic techniques. Chris Reid, February 2013
Dianne is currently a master printmaker at Agave Print Studio, an access printmaking studio established in 2014 at Trentham, Victoria. She has been an exhibiting artist for four decades, and has work in national and international collections. Dianne was born in Sydney but grew up on a sheep and wheat farm in central NSW and after high school went to art school in Newcastle from 1975-78. In 1979 she moved to Adelaide and ran a printmaking studio from 1991-2014. In 1998 Dianne published ‘Printmaking with Photopolymer Plates’, a book about working with photopolymer plates (solarplates). In 2018 she was awarded her PhD (thesis on printmaking in SA) from ANU. Dianne previously gained a BVA from Hunter Institute of Higher Education NSW in 1979, and a research MA from Flinders University SA in 2000.
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If you have any queries contact Dianne on 0414891952. And please continue to explore and discover new website content as time and resources allow.
Purchase artworks by Dianne; prints and cuttlefish bronzes, small unique works, and multiples. Visit Agave Small Treasures Emporium at her studio, 9 Bowen Street, Trentham, Victoria.
A Stouffer Wedge is a strip of continuous tone film with a range of greys between 100% black and 0% white or clear on the strip. Purchase online.
These random dot screens are imagesetter film, 80% black. Also called and aquatint screen, or stochastic screen, or a solarplate screen. Available in A4-A3-A2 sizes. Purchase online.
My new book ‘Photopolymer Plate Printmaking: a multifaceted approach’ has a much wider scope of techniques and processes than my first book, many of which I have developed over time in my studio or in some cases, gained knowledge from colleagues and workshop participants. This is a large project and I cannot give a date of publication, just a note of reassurance that the progress continues, albeit slowly.
In 2025 I concentrated on exhibitions, especially ‘Redux: Dianne Longley & Olga Sankey’ at Praxis Artspace in Bowden, Adelaide, SA and ‘Time & Tide’ group exhibition at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery.
2026 is busy with publications relating to the REdux exhibition and bilateral knee replacements in late July (ouch).
My attention will return to finishing writing my new book as soon as I can acquit the above exciting projects.
Agave Print Studio acknowledges the traditional owners of Australia. I express my gratitude in sharing this great land and I am sorry for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of that sharing.
I hope to walk forward in harmony with the Dja Dja Warrung people.