Elisha Lim

Elisha Lim (they/them) researches the intersection of social media, theology and critical race theory, and is currently working on a book about the rise in distorted identity politics, from ethnic fraud and polarizing populism to hyperbolic corporate solidarity statements. Lim is also an award-winning claymation filmmaker, and their queer and transgender films, comic strips, and graphic novel (100 Crushes, Koyama Press) are documented by Duke University Press and Inanna Press monographs. They have written about algorithms and identity economics in academic journals and the media (The Daily Beast; hyperallergic; Document Journal; TEDxUofT) as well as thematically in their upcoming graphic novel, 8 Dreams About You.

Elisha Lim in an award winning visual artist and filmmaker. Lim has juried art grants in Canada and the States, and was the debut exhibit of Toronto’s notorious Feminist Art Gallery. They have lectured on race representation and gender-neutral pronouns on panels, artist talks and United Nations conferences since 2009, and directed Montréal’s first Racialized Pride Week in 2012. Their short film 100 Butches #9: Ruby was controversially censored in Singapore and debuted at the London BFI; their claymation about the pronoun "They" was awarded Best New Director at Toronto's Inside Out Film Festival. In Spring 2014 Lim published their first graphic novel "100 Crushes" on Koyama Press.

Elisha Lim is a graphic novelist and claymation animator who can't ever leave Toronto, although they have tried, with Singapore, Berlin, London, the east coast of Australia and Montreal. They have 100 Crushes but they always come home. They decorate their most heartfelt stories with embellished frames and intimately detailed portraits. They also curate, lecture, jury and direct festivals to promote themes close their heart: radical inclusion and respect around race and gender.