As a Chinese artist who spends part of his time in Berlin, Meng Huang has embedded his perspective on history, derived from his personal experiences, into the background of his unique artworks. He is primarily a painter, but he also works in other media, such as photography and installation. His unique grasp of hue and his choice of theme, which has a rather realistic flavor, mirror the artist's reflection and analysis on the state of contemporary Chinese society.
Read MoreMeng Huang was born in Beijing in 1966, and now divides his time between Beijing and Berlin. His works have been exhibited in galleries and art institutions all over the world. His major solo exhibitions include I and We in 2012 at Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne; Five Faces of a Man in 2010 at Berlin's WiE Kultur; and And What Do You Think? Landscapes in 2008 at Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing. His major group exhibitions include CAPITAL-Merchants in Venice and Amsterdam in 2012 at the Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland; Weltsichten at the Museum Wiesbaden and Kunsthalle zu Kiel in Germany; and Mahjong—Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg, in 2006 at Germany's Hamburger Kunsthalle.
Text courtesy Galerie Urs Meile.
