Granite is at the centre of Julie Stoneman’s sustained enquiry into complex, chaotic systems of deep geological time. Found across the globe, vast granite batholiths connect landforms and countries, forming deep structures that underpin the Earth’s surface. Used historically in sculpture and architecture for its durability and crystalline beauty, granite becomes in Julie’s work both material and metaphor for an elemental connector between cultures and geologies.
Her research moves into the microscopic realm of geological micrographs and thin rock sections revealed through polarized light. Within these images, mineral structures appear as an “ordered chaos”: a liminal field of refracted colour and light where geological time is compressed into intricate, shifting formations. Julie’s painting practice responds to this hidden complexity through layered processes of mark-making that echo crystalline growth over immense spans of time. The works unfold as accumulations of fine, sediment-like layers, suggesting both fragility and density.
Venue: INSTINC Space, 39 Keppel Rd, #03-10 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065
When: 23 - 26 Apr 2026, Wed-Fri, 1PM-7PM. Sat - Sun, 1PM-6PM
By: INSTINC
