In Nature's Vibrato, NEWWW, 2025

In Nature’s Vibrato transcends artist Julie May’s work as more than just images. They are related to touch sensation, and perception. As a printmaker, May endeavoured to extend the nature under which printmaking might exists, through meticulous experimentation, including tonal shifts in blended metal plates and alchemic processes. There is a certain amount of waiting that comes with printmaking, making it a monotony, quiet, yet undeniably graceful. The artist familiarises herself with her materials, observing details to depict the unexpected, to embody life as it is, sometimes disciplined, but mostly organic.

At NEWWW, May presents an ambient series of work, not exclusive to prints, but extending to paintings, video, and installation. By arranging, juxtaposing and combining rich colour layers, her work focuses on the permeability of surfaces, like music, they are fluid and unfixed.