Anne Graaff

Anne Graaff is a South African/British artist, art historian and poet. She lives in France, close to Fontainebleau. In her artwork, she is a painter and maker of artist’s books. (Her Fine Art MA thesis, on contemporary book art, informs her practice). An art historian, specializing in Outsider Art, she has written two books, published by Penguin, South Africa, (under the name Anne Emslie). In 2017 she republished The Owl House, a book about the South African Outsider artist, Helen Martins. Her poetry is published in various publications, including Carapace, Stanzas, and the anthologies of African poetry, Africa, My Africa! And Absolute Africa! (Sun Publishers). Recent exhibitions of her artist’s’ books and paintings include the Paris exhibition, curated by Caroline Corre, Elles métamorphosent le Livre II at the gallery, Espace des Femmes, a solo exhibition of artists books, The Fan Books, at Atelier de la Main d’Or, Paris, and work in the group shows, Be:e, at la Porte Peintre, France,  My Mother’s Garden, Parts and Labor Gallery Johannesburg, the exhibitions Domestic Departures and Mixed Metaphors at the Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town and Art/Out of the Ordinary at the AVA Gallery, Cape Town.