Anne Marie Basquin is a writer and artist based in Leigh near Te Hāwere-a-Maki in Aotearoa New Zealand. She grew up in the Midwest and Great Lakes region of the US and Ōtepoti Dunedin in the South Island of Aotearoa. She moved to the Hauraki Gulf in 2021.
She has a BFA in Printmaking from the Dunedin School of Fine Arts and a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Auckland. Her work has been exhibited around Aotearoa and published in the anthologies Strong Words 4, Poto | Short and Hoot!, in the academic journal Junctures, in the photobook whispering bird song, and online in Flash Frontier and The Golden Key.
Qualifications
Master of Creative Writing (Paula Morris), University of Auckland, 2022
PADI Certified Rescue Diver, Dive Otago, 2018
BFA in Printmaking, Dunedin School of Fine Arts (Printmaking), 2006
Awards
Commended for my essay ‘Choosing Sides’ in Landfall’s annual essay competition, 2023
Highly Commended, Animal Category, Otago Wildlife Photography Competition, 2018
Jocelyn Harris Prize for best essay on a text written by a woman author under exam conditions, University of Otago, 2014
Publications
‘Becoming Animal’, Flash Frontier, He mutunga | Endings, March Issue, 2026, https://flashfrontier.com/march-2026-he-mutunga-endings/
‘Stipes, Blades, Bladders,’ Te Kohuroa Rewilding Initiative Blog, Sept 2025, https://www.tekohuroarewilding.org/stories/annebasquin
‘Choosing Sides’, Strong Words 4, Otago University Press, August 2025, p155-164
‘Private Acts’, Poto! Short, Massey University Press, July 2025, p34-35
‘Date Night’, Hoot!:Words from the Otepoti Writer’s Lab Community, Rivulet Press, 2024, p73-75
‘Mangrove’, Whispering Bird Song, The Handmade Darkroom Sustainable Photography Collective, p18, 2024
‘Farewell to Goat Island Campground’, Goat Island Marine Reserve Blog, July 2024, https://www.goatislandmarinereserve.co.nz/post/farewell-to-goat-island-campground
‘Crossing the Divide’ extract, Master of Creative Writing Sampler, University of Auckland, 2021/22, p. 1-4
‘Art and Water Collaboration: Interview’, Junctures, Issue 21: Water, December 2020, p.56-64 (co-author, includes photographs) PDF: https://junctures.org/index.php/junctures/article/view/395
Our Oceans Exhibition Catalogue, Forrester Gallery, 2020, p.33
Art & Water: Mountains to the Sea Exhibition Catalogue, Dunedin School of Art & University of Otago, 2019, p.29, 31
Foreword, Why We Love Our Things, Egan Vlerick and Angela Trolove, Vlerick & Trolove Press, 2016
‘Wasp Heart Humming’, “Peacock Blue” and “Magical Powers”, The Scribbler, Issue X, 2015, p.15-16, 41, 52
‘Jim Talks to the Moon’, The Golden Key, Issue 5: Things that Float, 2014 (online)
‘Luck of Life’, Let's Roar Loudly! Conversations about Art and Feminism, WAO Publishing, 2011, p.20-22
‘Himalayan Children's Home’ #1 and #2, Let's Roar Loudly! Conversations about Art and Feminism, WAO Publishing, 2011, p.33
‘Lewis’, Re-Draft 3, Clerestory Press, 2003, p.79-80
Exhibitions
RANGE, Eyes on Fire Gallery, Auckland, May 29-June 18, 2026
Mahurangi Artist Network Gallery, Matakana, Nov 2025 - May 2026
Women’s Work In(visible), Tuesday Club, Auckland, March 7-10, 2025
Mahurangi Artist NetworkMembers Showcase, Warkworth Town Hall, Warkworth, Jan 30-Feb 9, 2025
Our Oceans, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, 2020
Prayers for Water, AYU Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin, February 2020 (solo)
Art & Water: Mountains to the Sea, HD Skinner Annex, Otago Museum, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2019 (Collaboration between University of Otago Scientists and Dunedin School of Fine Arts Alumni)
Otago Wildlife Photography Awards Exhibition, Otago Museum, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2018
Light Terrain, Mou Bar, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2012 (solo)
Dirt, Glue Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2012
Let's Roar Loudly, Pop Up Gallery, Lower Stuart, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2011
Otago Wildlife Photography Awards Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Otago Museum, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2010
In the City, Buller Street Community Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin 2009
South Island Art Graduates Show, Ashburton Gallery, 2007 (photo documentation of artist’s performance work)
Enjoy Performance Series, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington, 2007 (photo documentation of artist’s performance work)
Effluent Rising, Fishbowl Gallery, New Plymouth 2007 (photo documentation of artist’s performance work)
Site, Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2006
Intermission, Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2006
Rush, Dunedin Community Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2005
1, 2, 3 Testing, Introspect Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin, 2004