Julia Schewalie (*1988) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 2009 to 2015. Coming
from landscape painting Julia Schewalie turned to a serial production process in which she
works with many different elements from different materials but through an additive technique
produces a uniformity that has its own particular formal language whereby viewers discover the
differences between the individual works. As diverse as her materials are they operate
according to the same mechanism they interact in persistently new ways with the light that
falls on them and thus their presence in a given space changes. A change in perspective
sometimes changes everything. This is a mesmerizing aspect of the works of Julia Schewalie
which have an inherently ephemeral and fleeting quality often juxta- posed with a perplexingly
unusual use of materials.The monochrome works generate contemplative situations and tempt
viewers with their haptically compelling surfaces while eluding anyone's immediate grasp.
Beyond Black is the first comprehensive monograph on the artist's work to be published here by
Verlag Kettler.
