the Double and Her Other
Jacquie Meng
13.08.2026 - 05.09.2026
Curated by Sabine Jamieson
scrap detached from the conceptual
historical marriage of integrated art and life.
random stuff from mum’s storage born anew
through the surrealist dreaming of
sumptuously lavish violence
‘lynchian without intention’
autobiographical sculpture
in meng’s visage only as to not muddle with the long-winded
lineage of western art theory – history in representation and
disregarding the pitfalls of sentimentality.
[ INT. UNSETTLING REGIONAL MILK BAR ]
may we enter the circus tent and dispose of the
fourth wall, choosing to live in the rules created
by the ringmaster ( jacquie meng )
the unsuspecting guests at a dinner party
a character-driven drama
with diegetic problem solving
where we are not offered the parameters
like pro-wrestling where we know it’s a show and
hence buy-in to the ludicrous savagery
five figures welcome us,
bumpkin debonair
dolls created in the artist’s likeness,
effigies of self-portraiture rendered in
pla plastic and automotive paint shimmering gloss stinking of
petrochemical
it is funny because we know it should be
not because there are jokes being told
words by con gerakaris
In 2023, Meng undertook residencies at Kunstraum in New York and the Pilotenkueche International Art Program in Leipzig. In 2024, she was awarded the Waverley Artist Studios Residency in Bondi.
Meng was represented by Stanley Street Gallery at Sydney Contemporary in both 2023 and 2024 and was selected for the 2024 Canberra Art Biennial. Recent exhibitions include Year of the Dragon at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, The Floor is Lava at Tiles Gallery, and Choose Your Fighter at Marvin Gardens, New York.
Meng was awarded the 2024 Mosman Art Prize – Guy Warren Emerging Artist Award and was a finalist in the Lennox Street Studio Prize.