Artist Bio
NeoMeta (Julia Shu) is a transdisciplinary multimedia artist and experimental researcher from Kyiv, based in London. She received her MA in Art and Science with Distinction at Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London (CSM, UAL, 2024).
Rooted in digital arts, her art/science practice combines diverse disciplines including:
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INSTALLATION & SCULPTURE
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NEW MEDIA & SOUND ARTS
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PERFORMANCE & INTERACTIVITY
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BIOART & LIVING SYSTEMS
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By blending physical and digital, real and imagined realms, NeoMeta creates multisensory, interactive installations, live performances and mixed realities, treating living, found, and discarded as equal collaborators.
Learning from living systems, she explores the boundless potential of regeneration in Nature to ignite a spark of hope for a future where all beings such as animals, plants, machines, virtual entities and others can flourish in a harmonious synergy within diverse ecosystems. NeoMeta's immersive experiences encourage reflection on the coexistence of scientific and indigenous knowledge, fostering empathy and kindness towards nurturing a just world for all.
*NeoMeta: my artist name embodying a fusion of artistic expression & scientific inquiry
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‘neo’, from the Greek (νÎος) – “new”
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‘meta’ (μετά) – “beyond", “transcending”
​Her practice-based research is exploratory and is embedded in creative practice, focusing on the living systems' behaviour, nonhuman agency, bioacoustics, digital sensing technologies and interspecies communication. Julia has written her master's thesis on Nonhuman Agency and was published in the Journal of Ecology by the British Ecological Society (Feb 2024), and in the Science Magazine of Imperial College London (Aug 2023). She recently participated in the Art & Science Symposium at Central Saint Martins (CSM, Jun 2024) and continues her work in interspecies communication and digital listening with a paper on Slime Mould Sonification that will be presented in the S+T+ARTS Symposium at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona.
Education
Sep 2022 -Jul 2024
Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
2021 - 2022
MA in Art & Science with Distinction
Central Saint Martins (CSM), University of Arts London (UAL)
Transcultural Collaboration 2023 International Semester Programme
Shared Campus: Zurich University of the Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
Integrated Digital Media Programme
NYUx: New York University, Certified IDM edX MicroMasters programme
Fine Art 2D; Sculpture
Individual Tutored Studies; KUST Ceramics Studio, Kyiv
Jul 2019 – Dec 2020
Audiovisual Installations; AR Technologies
Projector Creative & Tech Institute, Certified media arts programmes, Kyiv
Residencies & Awards
Mar 2024
Oct 2023
Feb-Mar 2023
Nov 2022
Mattering Life Scientist in Residence
STADHI (Science & Tech + Art & Design Hybrid Innovation), Tokyo Institute of Technology + Central Saint Martins
Bloomsbury Festival 2023: GROW
Open-air art show of 10 shortlisted winners
Rendering Utopias: Feminist Internet
Residency & Symposium, Creative Computing Institute
AI Art Competition Winner
LabLab.ai, artificial intelligence ecosystem & innovations
Dec 2021
Hong Kong International Poster Triennial: Still & Motion
shortlisted winner, The Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Sep-Oct 2021
Nov 2020
Digital Art Observatory Residency
Research residence by V-Art & Electric Artefacts, supported by the British Council
TouchDesigner LivePatching Competition
Audiovisual live coding performance: winner, OneLocation LED Cube, Kyiv
Selected Exhibitions
25-30 Jun 2024
May 2024
8 Mar – 11 Apr 2024
15 Mar – 30 Apr 2024
23 – 27 Jan 2024
11 - 13 Jan 2024
Jan 2024
24 - 25 Nov 2023
12 - 14 Sep 2023
4 Apr - 3 May 2023
26 Mar 2023
8 - 12 May 2023
24 - 28 Feb 2023
Feb 2023
13 - 18 Jan 2023
Nov - Dec 2022
Nov 2022
19 Oct - 15 Dec 2022
2 - 8 Aug 2022
May 2022
Mar 2022
Sep 2021
Jul 2021
Jun 2021
Postgraduate Showcase | Central Saint Martins: The Street;
Moveable Fest | CSM Arts SU Gallery + Aargh! Collective;
WRACK LINE | London College of Fashion, Arts SU;
BELONGINGS: lead by Susan Aldworth | CSM Museum & Collection Gallery;
Rooluh: Sideshow Programme | Lethaby Gallery;
WYF: WHERE YOU FROM | no place Gallery, Safehouse Peckham;
Yokai 2.0 | Duo Multimedia Art event with Sinopa, Tloom Space;
Protection: Transcultural Collaboration | C-lab, Taipei: shared campus;
Websy Live Performance: Zurich University of Arts: shared campus;
GREEN HOUSE: Earth Day | Climate Emergency Network + Lethaby Gallery;
Rever la Guerre: 3irnicia art collective | Le Couvent, Marseille;
All things current are found: MA Interim Show | Trinity Buoy Wharf;
How to prevent an existential crisis | Chelsea College of Arts;
Love & Strength: Through Community, LGBTQ+ Month | CSM Window Gallery, Arts SU;
The New Artist: 4th Edition | Boomer Gallery;
UneARTh Annual Multimedia Art Festival;
Cluster Contemporary Art Fair | Oxo Tower Wharf;
N(ar)ratives | Creative Computing Institute;
The Milk of Dreams: MUSA Pavilion | 59th Venice Biennale 2022;
European Digital Art Fair: Horizon of the Future Pavilion | VR Gallery;
The Genesis: Inaugural Digital Art Collection | V-Art;
Yokai: Duo show with Sinopa | Yurkovytsya Park, RBACAVA culture exchange;
Art Seasons: Verbalisation | Modern Art Research Institute;
Fontology: 10th International Book Arsenal Festival | Mystetskiy Arsenal;