Julie May

Julie May (b. 2000) is a printmaker, painter and performance artist based in Hong Kong. A graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, her practice subverts social expectations and cultural conventions around identity and artistic production. Often using raw materials in her work, she seeks to articulate the enduring relationships within body politics. 

May draws inspiration from her classical view of femininity, including womanhood and sexuality, to cultivate the complexity of the ‘self’. Through the mark-making nature of print, she incorporates ‘otherness’ as an artistic strategy to reinforce undermined notions such as legacy and courage. May’s experimental approach encourages a reconsideration of ourselves in this peculiar life.