Meng Tang
Babel by Meng Tang
Born
Meng Tang (唐夢)

Tianjin, China
NationalityChinese, American
EducationUniversity of Minnesota, New York University, Beijing Academy of Arts
Known forPhotography, vdeo installations, performance art
AwardsDistinguished Alumni of the University of Minnesota China Center, Minnesota Monthly- “Artists to Watch”

Meng Elizabeth Tang (唐夢) is a Chinese-American media artist, art curator, and art professor well known for her photography, video installations and performance art.[1][2][3] Tang uses her art to explore the themes of communication, gender, culture & politics. She hones on her experiences growing up in China to create a basis in which she communicates with her audience.[1][4] Meng who currently resides in the US has featured in several exhibitions internationally including the Ping Yao International Festival. Tang was in 2010 listed as a Distinguished Alumni of the University of Minnesota China Center.[1][5][6]

Career and education

Tang was born and raised in Tianjin, China and received her bachelor's degree from the Beijing Film Academy in 1996 and proceeded to earn a master's degree in Media Arts in 2006 from New York University NYU.[1] She also earned an MFA in Experimental New Media, from the University of Minnesota in 2010, where she became the first Chinese national to obtain an MFA from the University.[1][7]

She began her career as an IT Specialist at the Beijing Film Academy in 1997 and later moved on to become a lecturer in the Department of Cinematography at the Academy. Tang has since held various positions in academia including being a visiting scholar at Duke University and a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Department of Art.[7]

Meng today, who still lectures at the University of Minnesota, sits as the Vice-President of the Minnesota Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA),[8] and the Vice President of the International Association of Female Artists.[9] Meng’s work has been featured & exhibited at the Kobe Biennale in Japan, Chengdu Biennale in China & the Ping Yao International Festival in China[1]

Some of her work like The Soap Factory with Guo Gai & Slinko has drawn some attention from the communist authorities in China, given their very expressive political nature. Guo was in 2011, in unrelated incidents, arrested in China, for attending an event at the Beijing Contemporary Museum of Art that was allegedly related to the "Jasmine Revolution".[1][4][10]

Exhibitions

Below are a list of exhibitions Tang has featured in[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Tang, Meng. "Art Educator". Tang Meng, University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ US, China Media. "Executive Team". Executive Team Advisory Board. Us China Media. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ Wing Young, Huie. "Same Difference: A Cross Cultural Dialogue with Shana Kaplow & Meng Tang". Same Difference: A Cross Cultural Dialogue with Shana Kaplow & Meng Tang. Wing Young Huie. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Meng, Tang. "Guo Gai, Meng Tang, Slinko". Secrets of the city. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. ^ Distinguished, Alumni. "Distinguished Alumni,University of Minnesota". Distinguished Alumni,University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Artists to Watch" (PDF). Minnesota Monthly. Greenspring Media, LLC. September 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b Meng, Tang. "MengTang". MengTang. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. ^ Mn, Artists. "Minnesota Women's Caucus for Art". Mn Artists. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. ^ iafartists. "Board Members,iafartists". iafartists. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Five Years After His Arrest, a Chinese Artist Continues to Tell the Truth". hyperallergic. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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