MINGJER KUO

Ming-Jer Kuo (born in Taipei, Taiwan) is a New York-based artist and former environmental engineer. Kuo graduated with an MFA in Photography, Video, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts.

Kuo has received accolades from the Paula Rhodes Award for Exceptional Achievement and the Taoyuan Creation Award. He was a member of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program and an artist fellow for the New York Foundation for the Arts. He was an Artist-in-Residence for several organizations, including the NARS Foundation, Solo(s) Project House, and Vermont Studio Center.

Kuo’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across various spaces like the New York Hall of Science, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, QCC Art Gallery, EFA 20|20 Gallery, NARS Foundation, Trestle Gallery, Chashama Space, Gallery 456, Gallery Aferro and the 2 Gateway Center, Gallery Sejul, and Fotoaura Institute of Photography.

Ming-Jer Kuo, Mass Production of Living Style: Bronx, 2023, pigment print image on label sticker, varied dimensions

LuLu Meng is a multidisciplinary artist. Born in Taiwan and based in Brooklyn, their conceptual multimedia work embodies interconnected humanity. Using repetition of relatable forms such as clothing, text, and games, they create versions of the individual selves and the collective positionality relative to one another inhabiting, being, and playing.

Kuo’s work lures the viewer’s interest and curiosity with durational and interactive components. By using mirrors and translucent materials to obfuscate and reveal depth and complexity, Kuo’s projects reflect the individual on the whole and vice versa.

Meng has exhibited across spaces like include QCC Art Gallery and Museum, Windows to the World, Urban Tribes: Urban Caravan, Gallery MoMo, 47 Canal Gallery, Museo El Castillo, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Flux Factory, QCC Art Gallery, William Harris Gallery, Cuchifritos Gallery&Project Space, Hall of Science Museum, and Power Plant Gallery.

Their residencies and awards include the Taiwanese American Art Council Sculpture Space, Anaba Project, mh PROJECT nyc, Curatorial Program for Research, and more. Meng holds a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Theater from National Taiwan University and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Video, and Related Media from Rochester Institute of Technology.

LuLu Meng, Lived Happily Ever After, Series of Look into the Mirror, 2021, resin, fabric, see-through mirror, LED lights, microcontroller, electric cable, photo print, paper, wedding photos found online, and stainless steel wire, varied dimensions