Exhibitions — Mengna Da

Mengna Da

Exhibitions

As a project manager and creative producer, I have realized dozens of group and solo exhibitions in a variety of media, budgets, and contexts in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

KIN Festival: Preservation Park, WSA, New York, 2025
Client: Cycymymy & Kinfolk Tech

Key moments:

Led the exhibition design development, production planning, and install supervision for Kinfolk’s AR exhibition, which blends digital monuments with community-centered physical installation;
Created and managed a cross-discplinary roadmap with clear milestones and dependencies;
Found cost-effective solutions for production and ensured on-time, in-budget project delivery.

KIN Festival, WSA, New York, 2025
Photo: Cynthia Bryan / Cycymymy

Jenny Holzer, Installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1989/2024.

Exhibition view: Jenny Holzer: Light Line, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2024.

Jenny Holzer in collaboration with Lee Quiñones, the beginning, 2024.

Jenny Holzer, For The Guggenheim, 2008/2024.

Jenny Holzer, TRACE, 2024.

Jenny Holzer: Light Line
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2024
Employer: Jenny Holzer Studio

Key moments:

Responsible for the production and installation of a site specific installation composed of 1300+ hand-pasted posters and graffiti art by Lee Quiñones;
Organized the design and content development of Holzer’s artist’s book TRACE, balancing artistic vision with feasibility;
Orchestrated the development of a digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, overseeing the delivery and implementation of 100+ visual and textual assets;
Managed merch design and production in collaboration with the Guggenheim Shop;
Managed photo-video documentation and post-production, providing creative/editorial feedback.

JENNY HOLZER
K21, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2023

Employer: Jenny Holzer Studio

Key moments:

Developed checklist and exhibition design, working closely with the architectural designer and registrars;
Managed the development of K+ Digital Guide, coordinating with design, content, and engineering teams;
Managed PR materials and requests including wall texts, press release, and interviews;
Coordinated fabrication for site-specific installations.

Truisms, 2020
Text: Truisms, 1977–79
Installation: JENNY HOLZER, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2023
© 2020 Jenny Holzer, member of ARS, NY
Photo: Collin LaFle

Bilingual digital exhibition guide

Exhibition view: JENNY HOLZER, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2023
© 2023 Jenny Holzer, member ARS, NY
Photo: Andreas Endermann

Heinrich-Heine-Allee U-Bahn Station, Düsseldorf, Germany
March 9, 2023
Text: Truisms, 1977–79
Photo: Andreas Endermann

Xu Bing, Book from the Sky,
1987－1991/2019

Xu Bing, Art For The People, 1999/2019

Xu Bing, Square Word Calligraphy Classroom, 1994-96/2019

Xu Bing, Background Story – The Shangfang Temple, 2019

Exhibition opening: Xu Bing: Art for the People,
Center del Carme, Valencia, Spain, 2019

Xu Bing: Art for the People
Center del Carme, Valencia, Spain, 2019
Employer: Xu Bing Studio

Key moments:

Oversaw the lifespan of the exhibition from checklist curation to international shipping and production of 4 site-specific installations;
Served as the key liaison across different disciplines and time zones; translated and streamlined creative vision, technical reports, and paperwork among the artist, studio, curator, sponsors, and vendors;
Coordinated competing demands and problem-solved in a fast-paced day-to-day.

art, creative tech, interactive media

Mengna Da