Meng Du
Meng Du, Place, 2019. Kiln-formed glass, silver foil. Photograph by Peichao Lin ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery
b.1986, Beijing, China
Meng Du (杜蒙) is interested in preserving memories and keeping a record of them so they do not fade over time. With a natural instinct to extract meaning from narrative, she also wants to show memories in decay, as a way of memorializing them and showing the process of their slow disappearance from our consciousness.
She incorporates the drawings and found objects, which come from her 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 she does not want to let go of.
Graduated from the Graphic Design program of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (B.F.A.) in 2008 and the Digital Art program at the Department of Glass Program of Rochester Institute of Technology (M.F.A.) in 2013. Currently, she is living and working in Beijing. Her work has continued to exhibit in China, Europe, and in the United States. Her recent exhibitions include: My Flower Doesn't Have A Name Yet, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai (2023); Meng Du: Echo from the Highland II, Genesis Foundation, Beijing (2022); Finding Hidden Genius: Vivian Maier, Today Art Museum, Beijing (2021); Blazing Element, An+ Art & Design Center, Shenzhen (2020); Mind the Gap, The Delaware Contemporary, U.S.A. (2020); Meng Du: Embers, Fou Gallery, New York (2019); Meng Du: The Room, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai (2018) and The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa at Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan (2016). In June 2016, she had her first solo exhibition in New York: Meng Du: The Climb, The Fall at Fou Gallery, New York (2016). She served as a residency artist at Seto International Ceramic & Glass Art Exchange Program, Seto, Japan (2021) and Aichi University of Education Glass Program, Aichi, Japan (2017). Her work has been widely featured in China Daily, People’s Daily, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Yitiao, Art China, CAFA Art Info, and other media platforms. She was invited to give lectures at YiXi (2020) and ROG International Art Project Online Symposium (2020). In 2016, she won the Honorable Mention for The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan). In 2018, she won the 2018 Saxe Emerging Artist Award at 48th Glass Art Society Conference (Venice, Italy). She is the youngest artist who presented a solo exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Glass.
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Exhibitions
Meng Du: Shadow of Day, Shadow of Night
Jan. 28—Apr. 16, 2023
Fou Gallery, New York
Meng Du: Embers
Nov. 30, 2019—Feb. 16, 2020
Fou Gallery, New York
Meng Du: The Cimb, The Fall
Jun. 25—Aug. 7, 2020
Fou Gallery, New York
News
Meng Du’s work 'A Pair of Glasses in the Kitchen' is on show at Collect Art Fair held by International Festival of Glass
Date: March 3–5, 2023
Venue: Gallery S12. (First Floor South Wing), Somerset House, London WC2R 1LA
Group Show: My Flower Doesn't Have A Name Yet
Date: December 3, 2022–April 9, 2023
Venue: Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai
Date: March 27–May 14, 2022
Echo From the Highland, an exhibition of young artists' works and support program initiated and organized by Beijing Qihao Cultural Foundation, recently opened at Qihao Beijing. The exhibition invited young Chinese glass artist Meng Du to present her work "Echo From the Highland II", and launched a series of relevant events.
Burberry unveils beautiful Chinese chess art pieces in a nod to tradition and culture
Date: January 24, 2022
Can We Play Chess Together? shows Du use her old buttons for her art piece. Using Burberry’s Monogram cloth as the chessboard and glass buttons as chess pieces, the softness of the cloth and the fragility of the glass represent that the game of chess is not always competitive, but can be gentle as well, according to Du.
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Date: April 23—September 5, 2021
Venue: IOMA Art Center, No.D-01, 798 Art Zone, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Open Hours:
Monday to Sunday: 10 am - 7 pm
Four Types of Summer
Date: August 1—24, 2019
Venue: KWM Art Center, 201, Tower East, World Financial Center, No.1 Middle Road, Dongsanhuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P. R. China, 100020
Open Hours: 10:00 - 19:00, Tuesday to Saturday, closed on Sunday & Monday
Mind the Gap
Date: November 16, 2019—January 20, 2020
Venue: Delaware Contemporary, 200 South Madison Street Wilmington, DE 19801
Open Hours: Tuesday: 12 - 5 pm
Wednesday: 12 - 7 pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10 am- 5 pm
Sunday: 12 - 5 pm
Monday: CLOSED
Du Meng: The Room
Date: April 29—October 29, 2018
Venue: Shanghai Museum of Glass, 685 Changjiang West Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai
Open Hours: Tuesday－Sunday, 9:30am-6pm; extended hours on Saturday, 6-9pm; closed on Monday.
Curator: Cathye Yang
Shanghai－Fou Gallery is pleased to announce that Meng Du will have her solo exhibition The Room at Shanghai Museum of Glass from April 29 to October 29, 2018. Featuring Meng Du’s most recent works made during her residency in Nanxun, Zhejiang Province, The Room will be Meng Du’s first solo exhibition in mainland China. She is also the youngest artist who ever have a solo exhibition in Shanghai Museum of Glass.