The Brother In Elysium is a publishing imprint and studio run by the artist Jon Beacham (b. 1979, Cleveland, Ohio). The press issues books and editions using the forms of letterpress printing with hand set metal type, offset lithography, and hand bookbinding; and incorporating photography, collage, and 16mm film. It is a context for publishing books by artists and writers with a focus on collaboration, with recurring themes of self-determination, sense of place, and dialogues across time.

The process of making books slowly by hand is a natural extension of the content. The Brother In Elysium believes in the book as a venue for communication and possibility.

Collections

Beinecke Library, Yale University
Emory University
Walker Art Center
Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA Library
SFMOMA Library
Berg Collection, New York Public Library
Stanford University
University at Buffalo
Kent State University
University of Arizona Poetry Center
Tisch Library, Tufts University
Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
University of Delaware
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Simon Fraser University