"My artistic practice is to constantly capture and feel the inner state of human beings in different contexts, such as dreams, fantasies, hallucinations; these subconscious activities that cannot be observed with eyes. I question their significance in real life."
Chinese artist, Donglai Meng earned an MA in Fine Art at Master Institute of Visual Cultures AKV St.Joost, Den Bosch, The Netherlands and a BA in Oil Painting from Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, Rome, Italy. Donglai currently lives and works from Delft, The Netherlands.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2020 Four States, Funspace Gallery OnlineRoom, Rome, Italy (Online Exhibition, Curator Mengyin Wang)
2020 Midday Dreaming, WitteRook, Breda, the Netherlands
2019 Hairy Legs Shrine, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
2017 Poetic Game, Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, Italy (Curator Yongxu Wang)
Art Fairs
2021 THIS art fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 Chinese artists group exhibition, the Hague, the Netherlands
2020 Gallery Exhibition, Galerie Sonia Monti, Paris, France
2019 Graduation Exhibition - POSTCOMPOST, Master Institute of Visual Cultures AKV St.Joost, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2019 夢 力 (meng li), Theater Vascello, Rome, Italy
2019 Percorso d'Arte a Castiglione III edizione, Palombara Sabina, Italy
2018 Transition, Eye Research Lab, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 AGSA15, Dalian, China
2018 What Do We Dance For? Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017 TRACCE 2017, San Domenico, Italy
Artist Residencies
2021 CRIPTA747 Studio, Turin, Italy
2019-2020 WitteRook, Breda, the Netherlands
2019 Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
Select Awards
2020 Stipendium Emerging Artists 2020-21, Mondriaan Fonds
