Biography
Exhibitions (Selected)
Live Acts (Selected)
Cold Dream, the literal translation of Menghan in Chinese, is the alias of Menghan Wang, an interdisciplinary sound artist, musician, and independent curator. Her work reflects the interplays between undercurrent and representation, self and otherness, creating environments that invoke inner journeys to (re)explore, reflect, and (re)discover the interrelations between the self and the environment.
Born in Beijing, China, Menghan has been active in the independent art, underground and club music scenes in China as a musician, DJ, and promotor. After relocating to Berlin, Germany in 2018, she expanded her practice to sound installation, video art, and multimedia performance. She studied and received a Master of Arts degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK). Her work has been presented at Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project, UCCA Beijing, Goethe-Institut Beijing, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen, Climate Care Festival Berlin, etc. Since 2024, she’s been co-curating exhibtions and performance nights under “Apolis”, an art project and independent curatorial platform she co-founded with 23AD that aims to support independent artists around the globe.
Born in Beijing, China, Menghan has been active in the independent art, underground and club music scenes in China as a musician, DJ, and promotor. After relocating to Berlin, Germany in 2018, she expanded her practice to sound installation, video art, and multimedia performance. She studied and received a Master of Arts degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK). Her work has been presented at Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project, UCCA Beijing, Goethe-Institut Beijing, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen, Climate Care Festival Berlin, etc. Since 2024, she’s been co-curating exhibtions and performance nights under “Apolis”, an art project and independent curatorial platform she co-founded with 23AD that aims to support independent artists around the globe.
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Exhibition / Film Screenings and Music Events “Apolis – Departure / Return” during Green Mountain Film Festival, Crumb Factory, Montpelier VT, USA, March 14-16.
International Video Art Exhibition “Apolis – Attention as Participation” during Green Mountain Film Festival, Crumb Factory, Montpelier VT, USA, March 15-22.
Spatial sound and architectural installation “Pre Cocoon”, Otis Mountain Get Down, Elizabethtown NY, USA, September 8-10.
Sound installation “Silver Ripples”, 6 secluded locations and 1 location at Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Master Exhibition at Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, May 26-29.
Video Art “THEAR”, SoundsAbout Gallery, Berlin, Germany, November 20-22.
8-channel sound installation “Gate”, part of group exhibition, “The Changing Room“, ACUD Macht Neu, Berlin, Germany, August 1–3.
Audiovisual installation "UmbauStadt" with Markus M Schneider and Wang Changcun, Goethe-Institut China 30th Anniversary, Goethe-Institut, Beijing, China, November 17–18.
International Video Art Exhibition “Apolis – Attention as Participation” during Green Mountain Film Festival, Crumb Factory, Montpelier VT, USA, March 15-22.
Spatial sound and architectural installation “Pre Cocoon”, Otis Mountain Get Down, Elizabethtown NY, USA, September 8-10.
Sound installation “Silver Ripples”, 6 secluded locations and 1 location at Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Master Exhibition at Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, May 26-29.
Video Art “THEAR”, SoundsAbout Gallery, Berlin, Germany, November 20-22.
8-channel sound installation “Gate”, part of group exhibition, “The Changing Room“, ACUD Macht Neu, Berlin, Germany, August 1–3.
Audiovisual installation "UmbauStadt" with Markus M Schneider and Wang Changcun, Goethe-Institut China 30th Anniversary, Goethe-Institut, Beijing, China, November 17–18.
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Audiovisual live act “OTOLOGI CLINIC”, “Sound Art Live” events, part of group exhibition “I Never Dream Otherwise Than Awake: Journeys In Sound”, Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China, April 25 & 26.
Live act with Angelo Harmsworth and Ale Hop, Sturmundrang, Arkaoda, Berlin, Germany, June 23.
Live act “Terrain of Initiation”, part of performance and exhibition event “Reset”, la Mie Mobile, Rennes, France, September 24.
Audiovisual live act “Now is the Place, Here is the Time”, Climate Care Festival, Floating University, Berlin, Germany, September 5.
Audiovisual live act “Inverse”, live streamed from SoundsAbout Gallery, Berlin, Germany, November 28.
Workshop & live act, “dadamachines“, Goethe-Institut, Beijing, China, May 13.
Live act, “Echo Void“, The Product Republic, Beijing, China, July 12.
Live act and DJ, various events and locations, China.
Live act with Angelo Harmsworth and Ale Hop, Sturmundrang, Arkaoda, Berlin, Germany, June 23.
Live act “Terrain of Initiation”, part of performance and exhibition event “Reset”, la Mie Mobile, Rennes, France, September 24.
Audiovisual live act “Now is the Place, Here is the Time”, Climate Care Festival, Floating University, Berlin, Germany, September 5.
Audiovisual live act “Inverse”, live streamed from SoundsAbout Gallery, Berlin, Germany, November 28.
Workshop & live act, “dadamachines“, Goethe-Institut, Beijing, China, May 13.
Live act, “Echo Void“, The Product Republic, Beijing, China, July 12.
Live act and DJ, various events and locations, China.