BIOGRAPHY

I grew up in Beijing, China. Throughout my youth China had a long period of political turmoil and education was completely neglected. My father found me an art teacher and I spent many happy hours learning drawing and watercolor to pass time. 

At age of 19, I went to UK to study architecture on a Chinese government scholarship. After graduation I worked for more than 10 years as an architect with three renowned architectural company in London, UK. 

In 1996 my second child was born with severe disabilities and we began our nomadic life trotting the globe following my husband’s work relocation. We moved from London to Tokyo, to New York, to Hong Kong and finally back to New York again. I chose to be a full-time mother and homemaker.

In 2007 while we were in Hong Kong, I felt a strong yearning to paint.  I bought some art materials, signed myself up to some evening art classes and started learning and working with great enthusiasm…

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Art is a strange thing. Art is who we are.    -Georgia O’Keeffe

Life is a series of endless experiences. I consider the creative process as an extension of all facets of human experience: the passion and desire, the honesty and humbleness, the hope and reality, the joy and despair, the fear and perseverance…. 

My artworks are the reflections and end results.

Email: mei_ning@hotmail.com

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