Galvanis Art translates photographs through generative dot rasters into etched metal plates and pigmented surfaces — where manufacturing technique meets classical imagery.
From October 17th to November 13th, all four pieces of the Absent Form series will be shown at the Neonbazaar gallery in Stuttgart.
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A group exhibition at NeonBazaar Art Gallery, Stuttgart.
A deliberately analog retreat in the middle of the city: a show about stepping away from screens and standing in front of real work. Expect radical minimalism, tactile materials and sculptures that take up physical space.
The Absent Form series is part of this exhibition. Phone away, glass of wine in hand — that’s the idea.
Exhibition page at NeonBazaar ↗Three stages, each with its own margin of error — that’s exactly what makes the work unique.
A photo or scan is broken down into grayscale and translated into a dot field of variable density.
An algorithm distributes dots along the tonal values — every run produces its own, non-reproducible pattern.
The pattern is etched onto steel or zinc, or applied with pigment to the surface using plotter-guided precision.
Not a printed picture of a circuit board — a real, functional-grade PCB, manufactured exactly like any board in the industry.
As an electronics engineer, I work with printed circuit boards almost every day — yet most people never actually see one, since it usually disappears inside a black plastic housing the moment a device is assembled. Each piece here is a genuine PCB, built up from FR4 fiberglass, copper, a soldermask coating and a white silkscreen layer. Soldermask is the thin lacquer that insulates the copper traces and gives the board its color — available in several finishes. Silkscreen is the printed white ink layer normally used for labels and markings.
The boards run through the exact same industrial process used to manufacture a MacBook motherboard or the server boards inside an AI data center — including etching, where unwanted copper is chemically dissolved away, leaving only the fine traces of the design behind.
Industry-standard substrate, same as any consumer or industrial board.
Etched copper traces carrying the pattern across the board.
Available in several colors — the lacquer that gives each board its look.
Printed ink layer, normally used for labels and component markings.
Commissions are currently closed — but I’m always open to interesting art collaborations. Reach out anytime at contact@galvanisart.com.