Graham Lang is a Zimbabwe-born artist and writer. He studied at Natal Technikon (now Durban University of Technology) and Rhodes University, South Africa, before migrating to Australia in 1990. He taught Fine Art at the University of Newcastle for twenty years, where he completed a PhD in 2007. Much of his early practice captures South Africa's fraught zeitgeist during apartheid's final years, while the broad-ranging work produced during his time in Newcastle centres most prominently on themes relating to migration and cultural dislocation. Since moving to Tasmania in 2011, his art has tended toward a more intuitive, poetic approach, exploring a diverse array of subjects, many derived from his literary interests.
As a writer, Graham has explored associated themes of land and African identity in three novels,
Clouds like Black Dogs (2003),
Place of Birth (2006) and
Lettah's Gift (2011). His novella,
A Fulcrum of Infinities, was a winner of the annual Griffith Review Novella Competition in 2016.
He is currently represented by
Australian Literary Management and by
Despard Gallery, Hobart.
