Cami James

Camilla James is a queer, Australian-born artist based in New York, working in sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media. Her practice centres on the female body as a site of cultural inscription — examining how women's physicality, freedom, and relationships have been historically contained, adorned, and defined by forces outside themselves. Working primarily in hand-built stoneware, James constructs figurative forms layered with ceramic chains, belts, piercings, and found hardware, collapsing the language of restraint and ornamentation into objects that are simultaneously confrontational and seductive.

James holds a Bachelor of Design (Fashion) with First Class Honours from RMIT University, Melbourne, and is the co-founder and co-designer of Discount Universe and SeaQueen Swim, whose work has been acquired for the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Her fine art practice has been exhibited internationally, including at Material Art Fair (Zona Maco, Mexico City), Museum of Sex (New York), Sculpture Space (New York), CUE Gallery (New York), and Apto Galeria (Guadalajara). In 2024–25 she completed a residency at Cerámica Suro, Guadalajara. ...