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Meng Chih Chiang
Associate Professor-level Technical Expert, Designer, Author, Curator

Expertise：Data Visualization, Infographics, User Interface, User Experience,
               NFT and Cryptocurrency, Creative Coding, AI Generative Art
　　　
Office：Room 1108, Wuyu Building in Minsheng Campus
Phone：08-7663800 Ext. 35254
Email | mchiang@nptu.edu.tw

 

Current Position

Associate Professor-level Technical Expert

Experience

2021-present　Associate Professor-level Technical Expert and Director of M.A. New Media, National Pingtung University
2016-2021　Faculty, MFA Computer Art Department, School of Visual Arts
2015-2021　Creative Director, Mengdom Experimental Design Lab
2014 Interactive Designer, Hi-ReS!, New York
2013 Creative Designer(Digital), American Express, New York
2011 Multimedia Web Designer, Medialand digi-tech. Inc. Taiwan

Educations

2013
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
MFA, Computer Arts Department, major in Data Visualization and Internet Art

2009
National Taiwan Normal University,
BFA, Fine Arts Department, major in Visual Communication Design

Expertise
  • Data Visualization and Infographics
  • User Interface and User Experience
  • AI Generative Art
  • NFT and Cryptocurrency
  • Creative Coding

Awards

1.Gold, iF Design Award: Campaigns / Advertising, 2021
2.Silver, Indigo Award:  Character Design, 2021
3.Silver, Indigo Award:  Logos, 2021
4.Bronze, International Design Awards (IDA): Multimedia / Brand Identity, 2021
5.Bronze, A’ Design Award: Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design, 2021
6.Winner, Good Design Award: Awareness improvement for individual and public, 2020
7.Winner, Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design: Poster, 2020
8.Winner, Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design: Corporate Design, 2020
9.Gold, Hermes Creative Awards: Print Media | Holiday Card, 2020
10.Silver, A’ Design Award: Tourism Advertising, 2020
11.Silver, Muse Creative Award: Outdoor Advertising, 2020
12.Silver, Summit Creative Awards: Outdoor, 2019
13.Platinum, Muse Creative Award: Outdoor Advertising, 2019
14.Bronze, A’ Design Award: Information Processing Tools Design, 2016　
15.Bronze, International Design Awards (IDA): Multimedia / Interactive Media, 2016
16.Winner, Red Dot Award: Communication Design: Online, 2015
17.Silver, 10th Macau Design Biennial: Multimedia / Professional section, 2015
18.The Top 100 of the Lumen Prize, 2015
19.Selected Work, Google Chrome Experiments, 2015
20.Selected Work, The IEEE Visualization Conference – VIS Arts Program, 2015
21.Semifinalist, Adobe Design Achievement Awards, 2015
22.Winner, French Design Index Award – Site of the Day, June 17th, 2015
23.Winner, Best CSS Award – Site of the Day, June 20th, 2015
24.Nomination, Awwwards, 2015

Scholarships
  • Academic and Creative Excellence Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, 2013
  • Assistantship Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, 2012
  • Matching Outside Scholarships, School of Visual Arts, 2011
  • Government Scholarship to Study Abroad, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2011
  • Merit Scholarship, National Taiwan Normal University, 2009

Other Achievements
  • Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for exceptional achievement in Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, 2013
  • Girls in Tech (GIT) Taiwan 40 Under 40, 2019
  • Nomination, Eslite Bookstore Annual Award, the Author of the Year, 2018
  • Outstanding Alumni Awards, the Affiliated Experimental Elementary School of National Pingtung University, 2018
  • Outstanding Alumni Awards, National Pingtung Senior High School, 2016

Solo Exhibitions
  • Pingtung Art Museum, MengChih Chiang Solo Exhibition, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2018   
  • Art Alley Gallery,：Wordia—MengChih Chiang Solo Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, 2016

Selected Group Exhibitions　
  1. Japan-Taiwan Exchange Poster Exhibition, International Design Center, Nagoya, Japan, 2022
  2. iF design exhibition, iF design salon Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, 2021
  3. International Good Design Exhibition, Design Museum, Como, Italy, 2020
  4. Red Dot Design Museum, Red Dot Winner Exhibition, Essen, Germany, 2020
  5. Pulp Factory of Taiwan Sugar Corporation, Taiwan Design Expo, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2019
  6. Huashan1914 Creative Park, Taiwan Creative Expo, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
  7. Future Reboot Interactive Exhibition, Benjamin J. Dineen and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, New Jersey, USA, 2017　
  8. Light Year 24: Video Projection Exhibition, Manhattan Bridge, New York, USA, 2017
  9. A’ Design Award’s Winners’ Exhibition, Museum of Outstanding Design, Como, Italy, 2016
  10. Al-Tiba9 International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Bardo National Museum, Algiers, Algeria, 2015　
  11. Data Improvisations – The IEEE Visualization Arts Program Exhibition, Leroy Neiman Center of SAIC, Chicago, USA, 2015　
  12. Macau Design Biennial Exhibition, Handover Gifts Museum of Macau, China, 2015
  13. Zero Boundaries — Emerging Taiwanese Art/Design/Tech Exhibition, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, New York, USA, 2014
  14. Crossing Platforms – MFACA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, USA, 2013

Juries
  1. The One Club for Creativity, Portfolio Review, Reviewer, 2020
  2. Golden Pin Concept Design Award, Preliminary Jury, 2019
  3. The Grand A’ Design Award, Jury, 2017
  4. Creativity International Design & Advertising Awards, Jury, 2016
  5. Summit Creative Award, Jury in Interactive Media, Jury, 2016
  6. Alumni Scholarship Awards of SVA, Masters Programs, Judging Panel, 2016
  7. Summit Emerging Media Award, Jury, 2015

Books & Publications
  1. iF International Forum Design GmbH. iF Communication Design Award Yearbook. Birkhäuser Architecture. 2021
  2. Cobanli, Onur Mustak. “Winner Designs Yearbook 2019/20120”. A’ Design Award & Competition. 2021
  3. Sendenkaigi Co., Ltd. Good Design Award Yearbook. Japan Institute of Design Promotion. 2020
  4. Zec, Peter. “International Yearbook Communication Design 2019/20120”. Red Dot Editions. 2020
  5. Cobanli, Onur Mustak. “Winner Designs Yearbook 2019/20120”. A’ Design Award & Competition. 2020
  6. Chiang, MengChih. “The Spirit of Undefeated: a Rural Girl’s Adversity Philosophy of Adventuring the World”. Crown Culture Corporation. 2018
  7. Chiang, MengChih. “What kind of person would you like to be in 10 years?”. Business Today Magazine. 2018
  8. Columnist，Crown Magazine，2017
  9. Braun, Steven. “Data Visualization for Success – Interviews with 40 Experienced Designers”. Images Publishing. 2017
  10. Farmani, Hossein. “Annual International Design Awards Book”. Farmani Group. 2017
  11. Cobanli, Onur Mustak. “Winner Designs Yearbook 2015/2016”. A’ Design Award & Competition. 2016
  12. Tsoupikova, Daria. “Data Improvisations”. CreateSpace. 2015
  13. Zec, Peter. “International Yearbook Communication Design 2015/2016”. Red Dot Editions. 2015
  14. Fong, Dirco. “Macau Design Biennial Award Collection Book”. Macau Designers Association. 2015

Membership

2015-present Membership, D&AD – Design & Art Direction, United Kingdom
2015-present Membership, ACM SIGGRAPH, America
2015-present Membership, User Experience Professionals Association, America
2015-present Membership, Interaction Design Association, America
2012-present Membership, ADC – Art Directors Club, New York
2011-present Membership, AIGA – the professional association for design, New York

Commencement Speech
  • “The world may not get better, but you will surely be braver,” National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019

TED Talks
  • “Believing: The power of self-acceptance and self mentoring,” TEDxDominicanIntlSchool, Dominican International School, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
  • “The reasons why you fear for taking action,” TEDxYouth, Stella Matutina Girls' High School, Taichung, Taiwan, 2019

Conferences & Workshops
  1. Invited Speaker, Techno-Arts Workshop at National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, 2021　
  2. Invited Speaker, Annual Conference of New England Association of Chinese Professionals (NEACP) at MIT - Kirsch Auditorium, Boston, USA
  3. Invited Keynote Speaker, Taiwanese American Conference - East Coast at Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall in West Chester University, Pennsylvania, USA
  4. Invited Speaker and Panelist, Front-End & Design Conference at Evergreen International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018
  5. Invited Speaker, Infographics and Data Visualization Workshop at National Taiwan Normal University, MFA Design Department, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018 　
  6. Invited Speaker, Infographics and Data Visualization Workshop at Art Alley Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2016 　

Artist Talks & Invited Lectures
  1. Invited Speaker, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2021
  2. Invited Speaker, National Pingtung Senior High School, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2021
  3. Special Guest, Contemporary And Digital Art Fairs (CADAF), Online, 2020
  4. Design Talk, Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, New York, USA, 2019
  5. Invited Speaker, Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore, 2019
  6. Invited Speaker, Taoyuan City Public Library, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2019
  7. Invited Speaker, Microsoft Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
  8. Invited Speaker, Lioshutan Digital Learning Corp., Taichung, Taiwan, 2019
  9. Invited Speaker, City Reader Corp., Pingtung, Taiwan, 2019
  10. Invited Speaker, CSC Educational Foundation, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2019
  11. Invited Speaker, Woya Technology Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2019
  12. Invited Speaker, National Taiwan Normal University, BFA Design Department, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
  13. Invited Speaker, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, 2019
  14. Invited Speaker, MitraStar Technology Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2019
  15. Invited Speaker, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2019
  16. Invited Speaker, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2019
  17. Invited Speaker, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2019
  18. Invited Speaker, Taiwan Kaohsiung District Court, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2019
  19. Invited Speaker, Skyline International Talents, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
  20. Invited Speaker, Monospace, Taichung, Taiwan, 2018
  21. Artist Talk, Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2018
  22. Invited Speaker, National Formosa University, Multimedia Design Department, Yunlin, Taiwan, 2018
  23. Invited Speaker, “Startups/Creativity: How do build and develop your own business/career”, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, USA, 2018
  24. Invited Speaker, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2018
  25. Invited Speaker, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018
  26. Invited Speaker, Fubon Life Insurance Corp., Pingtung, Taiwan, 2018
  27. Invited Speaker, Takao Railway Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018
  28. Invited Speaker, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 2018
  29. Invited Speaker, Taiwan Global Professional & Scholar Networking, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018
  30. Invited Speaker, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018
  31. Invited Speaker, National Taiwan Normal University, BFA Design Department, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018
  32. Artist Talk, Hudson County Community College, New Jersey, USA, 2017
  33. Invited Speaker, AsiaYo MeetUp, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017
  34. Invited Speaker, National Taiwan Normal University, MFA Design Department, Taipei, Taiwan, 2016
  35. Artist Talk, Art Alley Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2016

Book-Signing Tours
  • Taipei, Taiwan — Eslite R79 Store / Zhongshan Underground Book Street, 2019
  • Hualien, Taiwan — Eslite Spectrum Hualien Store, 2F Forum, 2019
  • Hengchun, Taiwan — Le BallonRouge, the southmost independent bookstore in TW, 2018
  • Chiayi, Taiwan — Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store, 1F Plaza, 2018
  • New York, USA — Vision Space NYC at Time Square, 2018
  • Kaohsiung, Taiwan — Eslite Spectrum at Far Eastern Department Stores , 2018
  • Pingtung, Taiwan — Eslite Bookstore at Pacific Department Store, 2018
  • Taichung, Taiwan — Eslite Bookstore at Park Lane by CMP Corporate group, 2018
  • Taipei, Taiwan — Eslite Spectrum Songyan Store, 3F Forum, 2018