sophia meng is an artist and illustrator based in brooklyn, ny.
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This Money Is Fake
a couple weeks into 2024, i was scammed. i made the counterfeit bills given to me into “joss paper”, a ceremonial artifact used in cultural ancestor veneration practices.
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2024
veil (1-3)
paper triptych taking familiar representative images from my own life and memories and obscure them in various ways (blockage, coverage, scale).
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2024
ritual/meditation (incense series)
incense sculptures that document a long personal history with disordered eating, and the ways these habits mimic the repetitive nature of meditation. the homemade incense itself is composed of various foods.
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2024
looking forward to it
a centerpiece altar surrounded by divination ports, each of which pay homage to a different fortune-telling ritual used throughout Chinese history.
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2023
asking (1-6)
six paper drawings comprised of vignettes pulled from personal memory. the compositions are ecosystems of emotion laden with loss, desire, and intimacy—my personal offerings to the altar.
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2023
