EKJ

I'm Emma and I'm an essayist. Published work includes reviews, art writing, travel writing and memoir. Occasionally, I try to blend different elements from all of these. In September 2023, I was writer in residence at Marchmont House in Duns, Scottish Borders.

My writing is often led by an interest in a particular artist's practice or work of art, and I enjoy collaborating on new projects. If you're an artist, or a gallery looking for some copywriting work (or if you just want to chat!) you can contact me by email here.

Writing

• Meet the British Chairmakers Revitalising an Engandered Craft

  Resonate Travel

• The Jellyfish

  Seaside Gothic

• Maija Tammi: Hulda / Lilli

  C4 Journal

• Being Looked At

  Gutter

• Garry Fabian Miller 'Adore' and 'The Sea Horizon'

  Source Magazine

• Izabela Jurcewicz: Body as a Negative: Sensations of Return

  C4 Journal

• Body Language at Peckham 24 (2023)

  Peckham 24

• Minute 9: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

  3:AM

• Object Labels for an Exhibition of Works by Joanna Piotrowska

  The Pomegranate London

• The Woman in the Bath

  Lucy Writers

• Liz Orton: Every Body is an Archive

  C4 Journal

• Psychic Gasoline: Bikepacking and Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maitenance

  The Radavist

• Jonny Briggs: Beyond the Frame

  L'Essenziale Studio Journal

• Graduate Photography Online 2021: MA/MFA Selections

  Source Magazine

• Photography: A Feminist History

  Octopus Publishing Group (UK), Chronicle Books (US)

• Uist

  Elsewhere: A Journal of Place

Talks

• In conversation with artist Feiyi Wen

  SERCHIA Gallery

• Reading: The Pomegranate London launch party

  The Pomegranate London

• Conference paper presentation: Photographing an Imagined Place, Lieko Shiga's 'Spiral Shore'

  Women Talk Place

• In conversation with artist Amak Mahmoodian

  Offprint London

• In conversation with poet Grace Nichols

  Uniqlo Tate Lates: Dora Maar

• Curator-led tour: Dora Maar

  Tate Modern