LuLu Meng works across media to explore the interplay between the individual and the collective in contemporary society. Employing everyday materials, digital components, clothing, drawings, and photographs, they create durational installations that invite interaction and reflection. Their concept-based practice delves into the quotidian to better understand the complexities of interpersonal relationships in the virtual and physical worlds. Having emigrated to the USA over a decade ago, LuLu, a queer artist from Taiwan, brings with them a background in chemical engineering, costume design, and event management. Their lived experience has prompted questions that inform their practice: What are the real differences between people? What shared values and aspirations unite us? What connects people
Meng appreciates the experiences while working with Abrazo Interno Gallery, CADAF Art Fair, Cuchifritos Gallery & Project Space, FiveMyles, Flux Factory, Longwood Art Gallery, New York Hall of Science, Open Source Gallery, QCC Art Gallery, Queens Botanical Garden, SFA Projects, Spring/Break Art Show, The Bronx Museum, Think!Chinatown, and 47 Canal in New York; Power Plant Gallery, North Carolina; Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan; Museo El Castillo, Medellín, Colombia; and Cloud Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, Verkstad konsthall, Norrköping, Sweden.
Meng is grateful the support received during their residency and fellowship at TAAC on Governors Island, Sculpture Space, Anaba Project, mhPROJECT NYC, Curatorial Program for Research (CPR); Artist in the Marketplace program at The Bronx Museum, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program at the New York Foundation for the Arts, Experimental Film Virginia, Residency Unlimited, Vermont Studio Center, DordtYart in the Netherlands, and WARP International Artist Village in Belgium.
Meng holds a B.A. in Drama and Theater from National Taiwan University and an M.F.A. in Photography and Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology.