It may surprise you to learn that Julia deVille, known as a jeweller, artist and taxidermist, is actually a vegetarian. She's spent most of her career preserving animal bodies and arranging them into intricate works of art, but she works exclusively with animals that have died of natural causes, and wants audiences to be better informed about the animal products that we use. She protests against the abuse and mistreatment of animals.
In this new exhibition, she's extending her practice into holography, VR and installation as she takes over the rooms of the recently re-opened Linden New Art, imagining the original Victorian rooms of the gallery. There's a zebra in the exhibition, but the most striking work is a baby giraffe.