Meng DU
2017
Glass, multimedia, silver
32 x 12 x 17.5 cm
Meng DU
Born in 1986
MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology
BA, Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing)
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
2019, Embers, FOU Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, The US
2018, The Room, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, China
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2019, Mind the Gap, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, The US
2019, Four types of Summer, KWM Art Center, Beijing, China
Awards and Grants (Selected)
2016, Honorable Mention, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2016, Kanazawa, Japan
2014, Third Place Award, 43rd Annual Glass Art Society International Student Exhibition, Palmer House, Chicago, The US
“There is a quiet beauty in the moment that triggers personal memories. I am interested in preserving memories and keeping a record of them so they do not fade over time. I also want to show memories in decay, as a way of memorializing them and showing the process of their slow disappearance from our consciousness. Collecting and drawing found objects are the ways I record my life. With a natural instinct to extract meaning from narrative, I also find these activities to be the inspiration of my work. I incorporate the drawings and illustrations, which come from my personal life experience into the surface treatment and imaging techniques of glass. To represent the nostalgic feeling and memories of certain times and places that I do not want to let go of.“