ANNE GRAAFF
(b. 1955, Cape Town, South Africa)

Anne Graaff is an artist, art historian and poet living in France, whose work is influenced by research on contemporary book art, and her own contribution to artist’s books. As an art historian, Graaff has specialized in Outsider Art, writing two books published by Penguin, South Africa, under the pseudonym, Anne Emslie. In 2017 Graaff republished The Owl House, a book
about the renowned South African Outsider artist, Helen Martins. Recent exhibitions of Graaff’s artist’s books and paintings include Elles métamorphosent Le Livre II at Espace des Femmes gallery, Paris; a solo exhibition of artists books at Atelier de la Main d’Or, Paris; and work in the group shows at la Porte Peintre, France, as well as galleries in South Africa.

Graaff’s poetry has been published in numerous publications such as Carapace, Stanzas, the anthologies of African poetry, Africa, My Africa! and Absolute Africa!