Transdisciplinary Multimedia Artist & Experimental Researcher
I am NeoMeta* (Julia Shu...), a transdisciplinary multimedia artist & researcher from Ukraine. I was born in Ukraine, and now I hold an MA in Art and Science with distinction from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
My practice bridges art, science, nature, and technology to explore the interconnectedness of life, non-life, and the systems that sustain them within the universal entropy. Working across sculpture, installation, sound, computational arts and beyond, I create immersive experiences that treat living, discarded, and digital entities as collaborators. While reimagining waste as material, I seek to foster interspecies kinship and reimagine coexistence within shared ecosystems.
Drawing on scientific methodologies and indigenous knowledge, NeoMeta envisions inclusive futures rooted in empathy, care, and ecological harmony.
Key Themes & Practice Areas
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Interspecies Kinship & Communication
Exploring connections between humans and nonhumans through sound, behavioural patterns, and interaction within contemporary NatureCulture / CultureNature. -
Post-Natural & Phygital Realms
Merging physical and digital realms to create experiential works where living, found, and digital entities thrive. -
Eco-Art & Environmental Advocacy
Addressing climate change and ecological restoration through multimedia art and collaborative platforms that inspire action.
* NeoMeta – my artistic name symbolizing the fusion of new (‘neo’) and transcending (‘meta’).
PS: I'm tired and I can't complete my new (again) portfolio.

Selected Exhibitions
BOTH Gallery, London | MetaNature: The Sea, The Slime & Other Stories – Duo Show with Jane Scobie, Sep 2024;
Postgraduate Showcase | Central Saint Martins: The Street, Jun 2024;
WRACK LINE | London College of Fashion, Arts SU, 8 Mar-11 Apr 2024;
BELONGINGS: lead by Susan Aldworth | CSM Museum & Collection Gallery, 15 Mar-30 Apr 2024;
WYF: WHERE YOU FROM | no place Gallery, Safehouse Peckham, 11-13 Jan 2024;
Yokai 2.0 | Duo Multimedia Art event with Sinopa, Tloom Space, Jan 2024;
Protection: Transcultural Collaboration | C-lab, Taipei: shared campus, 24-25 Nov 2023;
Bloomsbury Festival 2023: GROW | Open-air art show of 10 shortlisted winners, 13-22 Oct 2023;
GREEN HOUSE: Earth Day | Climate Emergency Network + Lethaby Gallery, 4 Apr-3 May 2023;
Rever la Guerre: 3irnicia art collective | Le Couvent, Marseille, 26 Mar 2023;
All things current are found: MA Interim Show | Trinity Buoy Wharf, 8-12 May 2023;
How to prevent an existential crisis | Chelsea College of Arts, 24-28 Feb 2023;
Love & Strength: Through Community, LGBTQ+ Month | CSM Window Gallery, Arts SU, Feb 2023;
UneARTh Annual Multimedia Art Festival, Nov-Dec 2022;
N(ar)ratives | Creative Computing Institute, 19 Oct-15 Dec 2022;
The Milk of Dreams: MUSA Pavilion | 59th Venice Biennale 2022, 2-8 Aug 2022;
European Digital Art Fair: Horizon of the Future Pavilion | VR Gallery, May 2022;
The Genesis: Inaugural Digital Art Collection | V-Art, Mar 2022;
Yokai: Duo show with Sinopa | Yurkovytsya Park, RBACAVA culture exchange, Sep 2021;
Art Seasons: Verbalisation | Modern Art Research Institute, Jul 2021;
Fontology: 10th International Book Arsenal Festival | Mystetskiy Arsenal, Jun 2021;
Hong Kong International Poster Triennial | Still & Motion: shortlisted winner, The Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Dec 2021;
Publications
Listening to Resilient Nonhumans: Sonic entanglements with Physarum* for Interspecies Kinship | Manuscript
The More-Than-Human Life (MOTH) Festival of Ideas, NYU Law, Mar 2025
Listening to Resilient Nonhumans: Sonification of Slime Mould (Physarum polycephalum) | Abstract
S+T+ARTS Symposium, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Oct 2024;
Towards the Nonhuman Agency in Metascapes of the Natureculture | MA Thesis
Research paper for MA Art and Science, CSM. Nov 2023;
Journal of Ecology: British Ecological Society. Feb 2024;
I, Science: Connections, issue 55 The Science Magazine of Imperial College. Aug 2023;