PUBLICATIONS | Elsa James

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E L S A J A M E S

Artist's Writings and Essays

Liberation in Four Movements, essay by Ingrid Jones, published by the Art Museum, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2024

Words for Essex, written by Elsa James for Southend’s Twilight Worlds, edited by Elliot Gibbons, published by The Old Waterworks, 2022

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Intersections in the Art of Elsa James, extended essay by Jon Blackwood, published by Firstsite and Metal, 2021

Coming Out as a Black Essex Girl, written by Elsa James for Trawler X EGLF, edited by Ciara Phipps, published by Trawler, 2020

New ways of seeing, making and telling, written by Elsa James for the Social Art Summit Paper, published by a-n The Artists Information Company, 2018

Featured In

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How to Enter the Art World...: AFTER a late start / a first career / raising children / caring for parents / recovering from illness / a crisis of confidence / leaving it in disgust, by (Author) Hettie Judah, published by Hoxton Mini Press, 2026

Matrescence and Performance: Becoming/Unbecoming, by (Author) Laura Biscel, published by Intellect Books, 2026

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Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London, by (Author) Jimi Famurewa, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

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Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere, by (Author) Sarah Perry, published by Serpent's Tail, 2020

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Radical ESSEX by (Author of text) Tim Burrows, published by Focal Point Gallery, 2018

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