About
Annalise creates her finely crafted prints by hand from start to finish, carving wood, etching metal, dyeing paper, and using manual printing presses to create multiple originals. Each piece is printed on the finest archival papers using oil based inks and hand dyed papers she produces in her studio. Annalise operates as a self publisher out of Austin, Texas and travels frequently across the country as a visiting artist and speaker and to publish prints with esteemed print shops.
Annalise begins each of her pieces with a drawing and a love for technical and artistic experimentation. She meticulously carves wood blocks with hand tools or carefully scribes into wax on the surface of a copper plate that is then dipped into an acid bath. Once these matrices are complete, sometimes after months of carving or a dozen dips in the acid bath, she begins her color development. Starting from color swatches she dips and tests in her studio, she dyes in bulk sheets of thin yet strong mulberry paper in a wide variety of colors and patterns. These sheets of dyed paper are then carefully cut out and applied to the wet ink on each woodcut or etching during the printing process, at which time the ink, papers, and pressure all combine to create the prints you see here.
For nearly a decade, Annalise worked in fine art print publishing, curation, collections, and gallery management at Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Austin, Texas. She is currently the Matting and Framing, and Housings Preparator at the Blanton Museum of Art. Annalise is a founding board member of the annual PrintAustin festival, and is a guest lecturer and visiting artist at Universities across the country, including recent visits to Oklahoma University, OK, Edinboro University, PA, and CUNY Staten Island, NY. She’s been a recent guest lecturer at UT Austin, Ohio State University, IL, and Pratt, NYC. Her upcoming exhibitions are with the Plains Art Museum, in Fargo, ND, Flatbed Press in Austin, TX, and Hecho Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Recent exhibition venues include Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Morgan Paper Conservatory, Cleveland, OH, Mesh Gallery, Chicago IL, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX, and Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen, Germany. Annalise was awarded the title of Creative Ambassador of Visual Arts in 2019 by the City of Austin.
Annalise’s ongoing and largest series to date, Carrying Things From Home, is comprised of eight 3x5.5 foot hand-dyed chine collé woodcuts.
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Affiliations
PrintAustin, Founding Board Member, 2015-present
Marfa Community Print, Founding Board Member, 2019-2021
Selected Exhibitions
2026
Hecho Gallery, solo exhibition, Santa Fe, NM : (upcoming)
2025
Hatch Show Print, solo exhibition : Nashville, TN (upcoming)
2024
Hecho a Mano, solo exhibition : Santa Fe, NM : (upcoming)
Flatbed Press and Gallery, solo exhibition : Austin, TX, (upcoming)
2023
Plains Art Museum, solo exhibition : Fargo, ND, (upcoming)
Coronado Print Studio, 4 person invitational : Austin, TX (upcoming)
Dishman Art Museum : Flatbed Press: A Selection of Contemporary Prints, Beaumont, TX
Paradigm Gallery : Motley Multiples : Philadelphia, PA
University of Iowa Visual Arts Center : Mixed Grit : Iowa City, IO
2022
Firehouse Art Center : Mixed Grit : Longmont, CO traveling to: University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum FlexSpace : Boulder, CO & Troppus Projects : Kent, OH, in conjunction with MAPC
Central Machine Works, solo exhibition : High Low Print Co : Austin, TX
2021
Blanton Museum of Art : commissioned suite of four prints and didactic case for, After Michelangelo, Past Picasso: Leo Steinberg’s Library of Prints : Austin, TX
2020
Recspec Gallery : Superstition : Austin, TX
Megalo Print Studio : Lithography Online Exhibition : Sydney, Australia
Morgan Paper Conservatory : National Juried Exhibition : Cleveland, OH
Highpoint Center for Printmaking : Stand Up Prints : Minneapolis, MN
Mesh Gallery : Summer Invitational : Chicago, IL
Rockport Center for the Arts : Earthborn : Rockport, TX
Recspec Gallery, solo exhibition : Through the Dusk, A Light : Austin, TX
2019
Slugfest Printmaking Workshop : Print Shop Darlins : Austin, TX
Center for Contemporary Printmaking : From the Head and the Heart : CT
Mary Harding Baylor University : Four Women Printmakers : Belton, TX
Till Richter Museum : Migrating Heritage : Buggenhagen, Germany
University of Texas San Antonio : Activate : San Antonio, TX
Elisabet Ney Museum : Women of Flatbed : A Retrospective : Austin TX
Gallery at the Austin Central Library : Mirror Mirrored : Contemporary Art and Fairytales : TX
2018
Mid American Print Council, invitational : Women Go West : Laramie, WI
Leona Gallery : Loved To Death : Prints of Annalise Gratovich and Polly Morwood : Austin, TX
6th Street Gallery by CAMIBAart : Past and Present : Austin, TX
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture : Mutual Language (invitational portfolio), in conjunction with Dawson City Print and Publishing Festival, Youkon, Canada
Flatbed Press and Gallery : New Editions 2017-2018 : Austin, TX
Till Richter Museum, Prints and Drawings Room : The Druecker-Simpson Portfolio, Donde esta mi pistola arpón (invitational portfolio) : Buggenhagen, Germany
M2 Gallery : INK : Little Rock, AR
M2 Gallery : atx2lr : Little Rock, AR
The Gallery of the College of Staten Island, CUNY : Migrating Heritage : Staten Island, NY (3 person invitational)
Art Gym Denver : Giant Woodcuts : Denver, CO
RecSpec : 18+ : Austin, TX
2017
Austin Public Library, Ruiz Branch : Prints of Annalise Gratovich (in conjunction with East Austin Studio Tour) : Austin, TX
Islander Gallery : North American Printmaking (Juried) : Corpus Christi, Tx
Wonder Fair : Fresh Ink (in conjunction with Lawrence Print Week, juried) : Lawrence, KS
Flatbed Press and Gallery : New Editions 2016-2017 : Austin, TX
CASP : High Plains Print+Music Festival in conjunction with Beyond Printmaking 5 Symposium Lubbock, TX
O Gallery : Mutual Language, invitational portfolio : Tehran, Iran
VAM Gallery : Eight From Texas : Austin, TX
2016
Flatbed Press and Gallery : Flatbed Press at 25 : Austin, TX
Portland State College of the Arts, AB Lobby Gallery : After Fields : Portland, OR
PNCA Dorothy Lemelson Innovation Studio : Hot Noon, Alter Ego : Portland, OR
VAM Gallery : Imprint One: National Invitational Print Exhibition : Austin, TX
Kramer Gallery, Austin Community College : Lasting Impressions/Current Work by Past and Present ACC Scholars: Austin, TX
Envino : Collective Identity : Austin, TX
2015
Art Museum of South East Texas : Hot off the Press : Beaumont, TX
Art for the People Gallery : Portraits : Austin, TX (3 person invitational)
Flatbed Press and Gallery : 25th Anniversary Homecoming : Austin, TX
Nicole Longnecker Gallery : Print TX 2015 : Houston, TX
Flatbed Press and Gallery : The Aviary, Birds of Flatbed : Austin, TX
Envino : Collective Identity : Austin, TX
O2 North, Flatbed Building : The Villagers : Austin, TX
Print Fairs
2023
Center for Contemporary Arts : Fistful of Prints, part of Print Santa Fe : Santa Fe, NM
Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair : Baltimore, MD
Saint Arnolds Brewery : It Came From The Bayou : Houston, TX
PrintAustin Print Expo : Austin, TX
2022
Dock Space Gallery : PrintAustin Naughty and Nice : San Antonio, TX
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou : Houston, TX
Blue Genie : PrintAustin Print Expo : Austin, TX
2021
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou : Houston, TX
Virtual : PrintAustin Print Expo : Austin, TX
2020
Virtual : Big Medium EAST : Austin, TX
Virtual, Mercantile Annex 37 : New York Satellite Print Fair : New York, NY
Pepe Coronado Print Studio : Print Mercado : Austin, TX
Blue Genie : Print Expo, in conjunction with PrintAustin : Austin, TX
2019
Charles Adams Studio Project (CASP) : UFO’s Over Lubbock : Lubbock, TX
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou, in conjunction with Print Houston, TX
Blue Genie : Print Expo, in conjunction with PrintAustin : Austin, TX
2018
2720 Cherokee : The Printbangerz Ball, in conjunction with Outlaw Print Week : St. Louis, MI
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou, in conjunction with Print Houston, TX
Museum of Human Achievement : PrintAustin PrintExpo : Austin, TX
2017
House of Rock : Ink Slinger’s Ball, Full Court Press Print Symposium : Corpus Christi, TX
Print Bangers Ball : St Louis, MI
Minneapolis Museum of Art : 23rd Minneapolis Print & Drawing Fair : Minneapolis, MD
House of Rock : Ink Slingers Ball : Corpus Christi, TX
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou, in conjunction with Print Houston, TX
Baltimore Museum of Art : Baltimore Print Fair : Baltimore MD
Museum of Human Achievement : PrintAustin PrintExpo : Austin, TX
2016
Cleveland Museum of Art : The Fine Print Fair : Cleveland, OH
House of Rock : Ink Slingers Ball : Corpus Christi, TX
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou, in conjunction with Print Houston, TX
2015
House of Rock : Ink Slingers Ball : Corpus Christi, TX
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou, in conjunction with Print Houston, TX
Baltimore Museum of Art : Baltimore Print Fair : Baltimore MD
2014
Cleveland Museum of Art : The Fine Print Fair : Cleveland, OH
House of Rock : Ink Slingers Ball : Corpus Christi, TX
Saint Arnold’s Brewery : It Came From The Bayou, in conjunction with Print Houston, TX
Visiting Artist, Residencies
North Dakota State University, ND, October 2023
Flatbed Press, Austin TX, July 2023
Oklahoma State University, OK April 2021
Mixed Grit, Denver, CO, June 2019
Egress Press and Research, Edinboro, PA, February 2019
Cannonball Press, Brooklyn, NY, October 2018
College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, February, 2018
Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Full Court Press Print Symposium, October 2017
Oakes Creek Ranch, two-week residency, August 2016
Mary Hardin Baylor: Guest of John Hancock, Professor, Department of Art, May 2016
Visiting Artist Talks, Lectures, Panel Discussions, Juries
2023
North Dakota State University, ND (upcoming)
Paints Art Museum, Fargo, ND (upcoming)
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Austin Community College, in conjunction with The Contemporary Print exhibition, Austin, TX
PrintAustin virtual 5x5 Curator Talk, Austin, TX
2021
Oklahoma State University, Norman, OK
Gonzaga University, Artist Talk, Spokane, WA (upcoming)
Austin Community College, Austin TX, Student Exhibition Juror and Guest Speaker, (upcoming)
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin TX, Print Demo and Lecture, “Art Club Online in the Studio of Annalise Gratovich”
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin TX, Print Demo and Lecture, “Etched and Engraved”
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin TX, Print Demo and Lecture, “That’s A Relief”
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, Lecture, “Off The Walls: A Print Collecting Primer”
2020
Ohio State University, IL. Artist Talk
Rockport Center for the Arts, Artist Talk in conjunction with “Earthborn” exhibition.
Quarantine Chronicles, Virtual Artist Talk
2019
Elisabet McNay Museum, Austin Tx, Artist Talk, “Women of Flatbed”
Big Medium, Austin, Tx, Sightlines Panel Discussion in conjunction with PrintAustin, “A Very Democratic Form”
Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, Artist Lecture
2018
New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, B.C., Artist Talk
New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, B.C., BIMPE X Mini Print Exhibition Juror, with Michael Barnes and Briar Craig
University of Texas, Austin, Guest Lecturer, COFA Foundations of Arts Management students
CUNY Staten Island, NY, Visiting Artist demo and lecture, Printmaking Department
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Visiting Artist critiques in Printmaking Department
2017
Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, Visiting Artist demo, Full Court Press Print Symposium
Texas State University, San Marcos, Artist Talk for Intermediate and Advanced Printmaking
VAM Gallery, Artist Talk in conjunction with Eight From Texas, PrintAustin Invitational
2016
VAM Gallery, Lasting Impressions Artist Talk, in conjunction with PrintAustin 2016
2015
Art Museum of South East Texas, Artist Talk, in conjunction with Hot off the Press
Texas Women’s University, Flatbed Press and Contemporary Print Publishing, Denton TX
Davis Gallery : Panel Discussion with Orna Feinstien and Veronica
Ceci in conjunction with PrintAustin, “Contemporary Printmaking”
2014
University of Texas at Austin, Artist Talk, visitor to Printmaking Department
Saint Edward’s University, Artist Talk, visitor to Printmaking Department
Publications
Hello Print Friend, “Episode 193 | Annalise Gratovich,” 2023
Blanton Museum of Art, “Artists at the Blanton: When a Museum Job is a Muse” 2023
The New Mexica, “The Fine Print,” Pasatiempo Magazine, The New Mexican, 2023
Almost Real Things, “Print Expo 2020,” 2020
The Austin Chronicle, “‘Through the Dusk, a Light’ at Recspec Gallery,” 2020
Austin Art Talk Podcast, “Episode 80: Annalise Gratovich” 2020
SWNG Productions and Big Medium Austin, “East Austin Studio Tour Featured Artist: Annalise Gratovich,” 2019
Pine. Copper. Lime Podcast, “Episode 27 | Annalise Gratovich,” 2019
Pine. Copper. Lime article, “Annalise Gratovich | Carrying Things From Home,” 2019
Come to Life, “Printed and Pressed: PrintAustin & the Time Honored Art of Printmaking,” 2019
Anon Magazine, “Artist Spotlight: Annalise Natasha Gratovich,” 2018
The Hand Magazine, “Issue 21,” 2018
Migrating Heritage, catalog for 2018 invitational exhibition with essay by Yael Friedman
Flatbed Press at 25, 25-year retrospective published by University of Texas Press, 2016; Reviewed, Aether Art
Imprint One, catalog for invitational exhibition, 2016
The Hand Magazine, “Issue 10,” 2015
Art in Print, “News of the Print World,” 2014
Aether Magazine, “In Pursuit of Cultural Identity,” 2014
The Contemporary Print, catalog for juried Print Austin exhibition, 2014
Something To Keep, “Community,” 2014
Raw Paw, “Dreams Issue,” 2014
Collections
Erie Art Museum
Egress Press and Research
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Zuckerman Museum
Hot Noon Collective
Mary Hardin Baylor University
Fidelity Investments
Austin Classical Guitar Society
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
University of Texas at Austin
Austin Community College
Education
2013 University of Texas at Austin : Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio
2013 Université Paris VIII Vincienne-St. Denis, Paris, France
2009 Austin Community College : courses in printmaking and general studies