Mengtai Zhang
Mengtai Zhang is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. Employing sculpture, sound, and simulation technology, his works create ambivalent allegories of power, where personal and sociopolitical factors encounter each other. He is a PhD candidate in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He holds an MFA in Sound Art at Columbia University, an MFA in Fine Arts at School of Visual Arts, and a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Mengtai's works have been presented internationally, including IDFA (Netherlands); Sundance Film Festival, New York Fashion Week, NYCEMF, ChaShaMa, Humble Arts Foundation, and Fridman Gallery (US); Times Art Museum, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, MOCA SJZ, and SNAP (China). Conferences that have programmed Mengtai’s works include New Interfaces for Musical Expression, International Computer Music Conference, and Sound and Music Computing. He has received fellowships from Wave Farm, IDFA DocLab, and Sylff Association.
Mengtai Zhang '19 is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. Employing sculpture, sound, and simulation technology, his works create ambivalent allegories of power, where personal and sociopolitical factors encounter each other. He is a PhD candidate in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He holds an MFA in Sound Art at Columbia University, an MFA in Fine Arts at School of Visual Arts, and a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Mengtai's works have been presented internationally, including IDFA (Netherlands); Sundance Film Festival, New York Fashion Week, NYCEMF, ChaShaMa, Humble Arts Foundation, and Fridman Gallery (US); Times Art Museum, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, MOCA SJZ, and SNAP (China). Conferences that have programmed Mengtai’s works include New Interfaces for Musical Expression, International Computer Music Conference, and Sound and Music Computing. He has received fellowships from Wave Farm, IDFA DocLab, and Sylff Association.
Mengtai Zhang ‘19 and Lemon Guo ‘18 collaborated on Diagnosia, a virtual reality experience running at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam from November 17 to 28, 2021.