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Prof. Zhang Meng 

 

Supervisor und Dekan der Abteilung für Fotografie und Bildkunst der Tianjin Academy of Fine Art (TAFA). 

1996 absolvierte er die Graphische Fakultät der Tianjin Akademie für Schöne Künste. 

Im Jahr 2006 hat er sich mit Ölgemälden an der Akademie für Schöne Künste in Tianjin beschäftigt. 

Seit 2004 leitet er an der Akademie die Abteilung für Videokunst. 

 

Er ist Multimediakünstler: Seine Arbeit bewegt sich zwischen 3D-Animation, Multi-Channel-Video, Malerei und Installation. Seine Werke wurden in bedeutenden Kunstinstitutionen in Deutschland, den USA, Japan, Kanada, Belgien, Australien und Südkorea ausgestellt.  Er wurde zweimal eingeladen, an der Kobe Biennale teilzunehmen. 

 

Zudem ist er Experte für Städtebau und war verantwortlich für die Gestaltung des Bereichs Neue Medienkunst beim Tianjin Summer Davos Economic Forum (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). Ausgehend von der Verbindung urbaner traditioneller Kultur und zeitgenössischer Ästhetik, betont er die Synchronizität von Tradition und Gegenwart und die Vermischung von künstlerischen und technologischen Strategien.

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Zhang Meng is an artist, associate professor, Supervisor of Postgraduate, the dean of the Department of Photography and Image Art of Tianjin Academy of Fine Art (TAFA). Born in May, 1972. Graduated from the Printmaking Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1996, and the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. As the head of the Video Art Department (former Digital Media Art Department) at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts from 2004 to the present. 

 

 

Founded the Digital Media Art Specialty of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2004, and the Mobile Media Arts Specialty in 2009. A member of the academic committee of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. He has spent many years studying and teaching new media art. In 2009, he established the Identical Factory Media Lab, which is devoted to new media services and research. His creation based on video and painting.

 

Zhang Meng is a multi-media artist, and his work hovers between 3D animation, multi-channel video, painting, and installation. His works have been exhibited at important art institutions in Germany, the United States, Japan, Canada, Belgium, Australia, and South Korea. He attempts to reveal the relationship between space and time at China’s current era. Zhang’s work has been collected by cultural institutions and individuals. He has twice been invited to participate in the Kobe Biennale.

Zhang Meng is also an expert in urban design, and he was responsible for the design of the new media art section at the Tianjin Summer Davos Economic Forum (2010,2012,2014,2016). Beginning with the combination of urban traditional culture and contemporary aesthetics, he emphasized the synchronicity of the traditional and the contemporary and the admixture of artistic and technological strategies. His designs highlight low-carbon, environmentally-friendly, and sustainable development concepts, injecting new ideas into modern urban and human spaces that integrate traditional culture and human history.