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Explore Projects by Elsa James - Solo Artist showcasing diverse projects. Discover the creativity and passion in Projects by Elsa James today. WORKS - projects Eighty-Five Years, 2024 We Stand With You, 2021 The Black Essex Flag, 2019 Love in Social Practice, 2019 <<< Sound Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Limited edition screenprints available for purchase, documenting anonymised racist microaggressions shared by four Black men reflecting on everyday experiences of growing up in or living in Essex, England. The works record lived encounters of racial bias and subtle violence, translating spoken testimony into visual form as a way of archiving, exposing, and critically reflecting on contemporary Black British life and its social realities. AVAILABLE EDITIONS Work No. 27: Hair Texture, 2022 Silkscreen print on Plike Black 330gsm 68 x 68 cm (unframed) Edition 1 of 1 plus 1 Exhibition copy Signed, dated, and numbered on the back £1500 + shipping Documentation of racist microaggressions, shared anonymously by four Black men reflecting on their everyday experiences of growing up in, or currently living in, Essex, England. Part of The Black Interior works here Credits: Typographics: Proof; Screenprint: K2Screens; Photographed by Anna Lukula ENQUIRE HERE Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

WORKS - SELECTED CollageS Osun-Osogbo, Windrush and Empire, 2025 Aristocratic Woman, Monkey, Mask and Orka, 2025 Black Radicals, 2025 <<< Neons Screenprints >>> Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

AVAILABLE EDITIONS Work No. 25: Living Here , 2022 Work No. 4: Hey, We're Over Here! 2021 We Stand With You , 2021 Work No. 7: Policy Note to Essex , 2021 Work No. 27: Hair Texture , 2022 Work No. 5: Untitled, 2021 Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS SOLO EXHIBITION Elsa James: It Should Not Be Forgotten Firstsite Colchester, UK 29 March - 6 July 2025 SOLO EXHIBITION Othered in a region that has been historically Othered Focal Point Gallery Southend-on-Sea, UK 26 June - 18 September 2022 SOLO EXHIBITION Elsa James: Black Girl Essex Firstsite Colchester, UK 22 June - 22 September 2019 GROUP EXHIBITION How to be in the Future? Chisenhale Art Place London, UK 3 October - 12 October 2025 GROUP EXHIBITION transfeminisms Chapter III: Fragile Archives Mimosa House London, UK 5 July – 17 August 2024 GROUP EXHIBITION Intension (the concept ‘dog’ encapsulates its ‘dogness’) Copperfield London, UK 1 June - 28 September 2024 GROUP EXHIBITION Liberation in Four Movements Art Museum at the University of Toronto Toronto, Canada 1 May - 27 July 2024 GROUP EXHIBITION Ac ts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood Hayward Gallery Touring UK & Ireland 9 March 2024 - 11 January 2026 GROUP EXHIBITION Rites of Passage Gagosian London, UK 16 March - 29 April 2023 Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

WORKS - PHOTO-BASED PERFORMANCE Beyond the Hold, 2025 <<< Durational preformances Neons >>> Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

WORKS - SELECTED SCREENPRINTS The Rebels of Breadnut Island Pen, 2025 The Black Interior, 2022 The Blackness Prints, 2021 <<< Collages Digital art >>> Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

BIO CV PUBLICATIONS PRESS MEDIA Menu Close 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 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 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 Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London , by (Author) Jimi Famurewa, published by Bloomsbury Publishing , 2022 Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere , by (Author) Sarah Perry, published by Serpent's Tail, 2020 Radical ESSEX by (Author of text) Tim Burrows, published by Focal Point Gallery, 2018 Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

AVAILABLE EDITIONS Work No. 25: Living Here, 2022 Silkscreen print on Plike Black 330gsm 68 x 68 cm (unframed) Edition 1 of 1 plus 1 Exhibition copy Signed, dated, and numbered on the back £1500 + shipping Documentation of racist microaggressions, shared anonymously by four Black men reflecting on their everyday experiences of growing up in, or currently living in, Essex, England. Part of The Black Interior works here Credits: Typographics: Proof; Screenprint: K2Screens; Photographed by Anna Lukula ENQUIRE HERE Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Large-scale Neon text installation referencing David Lammy’s Windrush speech, exploring African diaspora solidarity and the phrase “I Am Here Because You Were There.” WORKS - NEONS - Ode to David Lammy, 2022 Ode to David Lammy, 2022 Neon and black paint Letter height: 30 cm, install dimensions: 967.2 cm Edition of 2 I AM HERE BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE—a shared declaration across the African diaspora. The phrase originates from an impassioned speech by David Lammy in 2018, in response to the Windrush scandal, in which British subjects—many of whom had arrived from Caribbean nations decades earlier—were wrongly detained, denied their rights, or threatened with deportation. Commissioned by Focal Point Gallery as part of the solo exhibition titled Othered in a region that has been historically Othered , 2022. Funded by Arts Council England, Focal Point Gallery and Southend-on-Sea City Council. With support from Art Exchange at the University of Essex. Credits: Fabricator: Neon Circus; Photo 1. Anna Lukula, Photo 2. Lucy Dawkins. Courtesy Gagosian Exhibition history: 2025 - Firstsite, Colchester, UK 2023 - Bernie Grant Art Centre, London, UK 2023 - Gagosian, London, UK 2022 - Focal Point Gallery, Southend, UK <<< After Maya Osun-Osogbo, Windrush and Empire >>> Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

WORKS - DIGITAL ART The Mary Prince Narratives Part I, 2023 The Blackness Series, 2016- date <<< Screenprints Sound >>> Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

WORKS - SOUND - Beyond the Hold in C# Minor, 2025 Beyond the Hold in C# Minor, 2025 Audio 19:12 minutes, loop Beyond the Hold in C# Minor is a deep sonic work to accompany the photographic installation of Beyond the Hold, and to reflect the hauntological space within the enslaved ship's hold. The sound moves through and beyond the imagined space of containment—both physical and psychic. Drawing on atmosphere and sonic rupture, the piece evokes the lingering presence of what cannot be fully told or archived. Operating as a speculative and affective register, it attemps to holds memory and survival in tension—gesturing toward forms of Black existence that persist beyond capture and beyond the hold. Listen on Soundcloud here Commissioned by Firstsite as part of the solo exhibition It Should Not Be Forgotten , 2025. Funded by Arts Council England, Firstsite and Trevor Fenwick. With support from the Royal College of Art. Credits: Composed by Kirke Gross; Installation images: Jane Lloyd <<< Osogbo The Black Interior Audio Edit >>> Elsa James © 2026. All Rights Reserved.