About

Noreen Grahame opened grahame galleries + editions in 1987. The gallery specialises in fine art prints, artists’ books and other works on paper.

Gallery opening times: 11 am – 5 pm Wed. – Sat. during exhibitions.
Other times by appointment.

Exhibitions
The gallery has mounted 128 exhibitions.

artists’ books + multiples fairs
Since  1994 grahame galleries + editions has organised five international artists’ books fairs in Australia.

Centre for the Artist Book
The gallery houses the Centre for the Artist Book, a collection of over 550 artists’ books by international artists including Dieter Roth and Ed Ruscha and by numerous Australian artists. Works from the collection are being uploaded to the site.
Exhibitions, both within Australia and overseas are drawn from the collection. In 1999, as part of the Australian Olympic Arts Festival, an exhibition of Australian artists’  books was shown as part of Bernheim invite l’Australie at the Bernheim Bibliothèque in Noumea, New Caledonia.
In 2006 a small selection of international and Australian artists’ books from the collection was exhibition in the Research Library of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
In February 2008, at the invitation of the Australian Commerce and Industry Office in Taiwan, artists’ books by Australian artists were exhibited at the Australian stand at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE).

numero uno publications
editions
The publishing arm, numero uno publications, was established in 1994 to publish artists’ books,  catalogues and editions.

Articles by:

  • Nov. ‘92 – Feb ‘93, What is an Artist’s Book?, State of the Art, issue 4, p. 21.
  • 1993, That Big Journey-Dean Bowen, (The artist in European Print Workshops, Imprint, vol. 28, no. 4, pp.20-21.
  • 1994, Fluxus & After…, Imprint, vol. 29, no. 1, pp.16-18.
  • 1994, Barbara Hanrahan: artist, The Hanrahan Memorial Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, State Library of South Australia, pp.8-9
  • 1994, BEWARE books by artists, catalogue BEWARE books by artists to accompany First Australian Artists’ Books Fair, pp.1-7
  • 1995, Matisse a thoroughly modern book artist, Imprint, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 5-6
  • 1996, Bruno Leti, Introduction exhibition catalogue.
  • 1997, Artists’ Books Fair London or Wa fa Ho!, Imprint, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 20-21
  • 1999, Reflecting on Artists’ Books + Multiples, Imprint, vol. 34. no. 1, p. 10
  • 2000, Bernheim Invite l’Australie, Imprint, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 24
  • 2001, the art of collaboration, little treasures – Collaborative Artists’ Books, exhibition catalogue, pp. 3-11
  • 2007, One gallery, 2 buildings and the APT, Imprint, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 22-23
  • 2007, the book, the poet, the artist and the breakthrough, Artlink, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 68-71
  • 2007, The mystery of a library: The new State Library of Queensland, Imprint, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 2-3
  • 2008, Australian Artists Books Mobbed in Taipei, Imprint, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 21-21
  • 2010, Judy Watson – Heron Island, Imprint, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 22-23

Articles about:

  • Box, Tonya 2004, Undercover art lover, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, June 14.
  • Cole, Helen 2007, Lessons in History Vol. 1, Imprint, vol. 42, no. 2, p.18.
  • Kirker, Anne, 2006, Numero Uno: Noreen Grahame and the artist’s book, Imprint, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 20-21.
  • Martin-Chew, Louise, 2007, Bringing it Back Home, Australian Art Review, issue 14, July-October, p. 25.