Meng’Kok Tan

Lecturer
Interior Design
Office: GHKH A206
E-mail: mengkokt@wku.edu.cn / metan@kean.edu

 

Courses

 

Education Background

Master of Fine Arts, Interior Design  [ 1996 ]

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Design  [ FIDER Accredited,  1991 ]

Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa

 

Biography

Meng began his art and design study in 1985 and received a Diploma with concentration in Interior Design from LaSalle College of Art and Design, Singapore. He further his studies and received an B.F.A. (1991), and an M.F.A. (1996), in Interior Design from Iowa State University, USA., and subsequently practiced professionally in Singapore and the U.S. with experience and interest in hospitality and commercial retail design, and he is NCIDQ certified.

 

Current teaching interests include design theory, lighting design, visual communication – manual and digital graphic imaging, computer-aided design application, and cross-cultural and service-related learning. Research interest study conducted involving documentation of traditional Turkish houses; understanding of cultural, religious, and contexture influences on building typology. Current research interests involve lighting design, digital photography, and painting.

 

Also conducted design studio-related courses in Turkey and El Salvador involving the exploration of historical context, study of house typology, building preservation and conservation, and designing housing for special population.

 

Research Field

Design Theory, Contexture Studies, Digital Imaging, Photography.

 

Academic Experience

Meng has been a design educator for more than twenty years, and received two awards for teaching excellence. He taught a wide range of interior design courses at Iowa State University, Central Michigan University, George Washington University, University of Tennessee and the University of Georgia. Meng also won several design and photography competitions and his works exhibited in galleries in California, Colorado, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

 

Creative Work

Publications

Akkurt, C.T., Akkurt, H., & Tan, M.K. (1998-2001) “Inside Turkish Homes:

Documentation of Traditional Turkish Houses”. Earthwatch, Center for Field Research.

Tan, M.K. (1995) “Understanding Disabilities: Examining Issues of Language and Portrayal.” Interiors & Sources, June 1995, p.58-62.

 

Awards

Cumming First United Methodist Church Juried Exhibition | April 22 – 29, 2012

Festival of Arts | 770 Canton Highway | Cumming, Georgia | www.music.cummingfirstmethodist.com

• Accepted – “Dance,” “Dawn,” & “Exit ” (Photography)

2012 Lyndon House Arts Center 37^th Juried Exhibition | Athens, Georgia | February 19 – April 21, 2012

• Accepted – “Night Stall, ” & “Geoffrey ” (Photography)

Young Architects Forum (YAF) Atlanta | Photography Competition 2011 | www.yafatlanta.org

American Institute of Architects (AIA) | Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Fulton County Library | Atlanta, Georgia | October 22 – January 2012

• Accepted – “Cannon Chapel ” Series (Photography)
• Accepted – “Int.07 ” Cannon Chapel Series [3^rd Place Award]

International Interior Design Association (IIDA) | September 22, 2011

Thrash 2 Treasure (t2t): Auction & Fundraiser | The Trolley Barn |Atlanta, Georgia

• Accepted – “P+Q ” (Lighting Fixture)

*Black and White 2011 | June 17 – August 6, 2011

The Center for Fine Art Photography | Fort Collins, Colorado | www.c4fap.org

• Accepted – “Geoffrey ” (Photography)

Cumming First United Methodist Church Juried Exhibition | May 8 – 15, 2011

Festival of Arts | 770 Canton Highway | Cumming, Georgia | www.music.cummingfirstmethodist.com

• Accepted – “Berber, ” & “Shy Boy ” (Photography)

*SOUTHWORKS 2011 | 16^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition | April 1 – May 7, 2011

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation | Watkinsville, Georgia | www.myocaf.com

• Accepted – “Erkek ” (Photography)

 

2011 Lyndon House Arts Center 36^th Juried Exhibition | Athens, Georgia | February 20 – May 10, 2011

• Accepted – “Huddle ” (Photography)

 

2010 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), South Regional Conference | November 10 – 12, 2010

High Point University | High Point, North Carolina

• Accepted – “Fairy Chimneys ” Series (Photography)

 

Vanguard: Juried Exhibition Honoring Georgia Art Educators | June 3 – August 14, 2010

Quinlan Visual Arts Center | Gainesville, Georgia | www.quinlanartscenter.org

• Accepted – “Door 17,” “Huddle,” “W 23,” & “Untitled ” (Photography)

 

Cumming First United Methodist Church Juried Exhibition | April 17 – 25, 2010

Festival of Arts | 770 Canton Highway | Cumming, Georgia | www.music.cummingfirstmethodist.com

• Accepted – “Door 17,” & “Huddle ” (Photography)

 

*SOUTHWORKS 2010 | 15^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition | April 2 – May 8, 2010

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation | Watkinsville, Georgia | www.myocaf.com

• Accepted – “Stone Face 3 ” (Photography)

 

2009 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), South Regional Conference | October 14 – 16, 2009

Meredith College | Raleigh, North Carolina

• Accepted – “Guarding Windows ” (Photography)

 

*2009 International Photography Awards (IPA) | Los Angeles, California | www.photoawards.com

• Accepted – “Children of Kula ” Series, & “Houses of Kula ” Series (Photography)

 

*2009 Photomedia Center Open Juried Exhibition | September 2 – 24, 2009

Bruce Gallery | Edinboro, Pennsylvania | www.photomediacenter.org

• Accepted – “Sandvic Adam ” (Photography)

 

*2009 Alpan International Juried Exhibition | August 29 – September 26, 2009

Alpan Gallery | Huntington, New York | www.alpangallery.com

• Accepted – “Incense-sation,” & “Melody ” (Photography)

 

*Digital Diversity Juried Open 2009 | June 22 – July 19, 2009

Topanga Canyon Gallery | Topanga, California | www.topangacanyongallery.com

• Accepted – “Night Stall ” (Photography)

 

30 and Beyond: College of Design Alumni Exhibition 2009 | August 3 – September 25, 2009

Gallery 181 | College of Design | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | www.design.iastate.edu/30/alumnishow.php

• Accepted (on-line exhibition) – “Incense-sation ” (Photography)

 

*LACDA 2009 “Top 40” International Juried Competition | May 14 – June 6, 2009

Los Angeles Center for Digital Art | Los Angeles, California | www.lacda.com

California Museum of Photography | Digital Studio Gallery | July 2 – August 22, 2009

University of California | Riverside, California | www.cmp.ucr.edu

• Accepted – “Red ” (Photography)

 

*SOUTHWORKS 2009 | 14^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition | April 3 – May 9, 2009

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation | Watkinsville, Georgia | www.myocaf.com

• Accepted – “Incense-sation,” & “Red ” [ Merit Award ] (Photography)

 

*2009 Juried Design Communication Exhibition | March 25 – 28, 2009

Design Communication Association (DCA), Biennial Conference | Atlanta, Georgia

Southern Polytechnic State University | Marietta, Georgia

• Accepted – “Kula House,” “88sk5,” & “Library ” (Digital Illustration)

 

*2009 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), Annual Conference | Saint Louis, Missouri | March 25 – 28, 2009

• Accepted – “Painted Faces II ” Series (Painting)

 

*Perspective Photo Show Juried Exhibition 2009 | March 20 – April 18, 2009

The Center for Fine Art Photography | Fort Collins, Colorado | www.c4fap.org

• Accepted – “Red ” (Photography)

 

2009 Lyndon House Arts Center 34^th Juried Exhibition | Athens, Georgia | February 22 – May 9, 2009

• Accepted – “Melody ” (Photography)

 

2008 Lamar Dodd School of Art Faculty Exhibition | September 5 – October 3, 2008

Work exhibited –  “Painted Faces II ” Series (Painting)

 

*7^th Biannual Juried Exhibition | December 12, 2008 – June 12, 2009

2008 American Juried Art Salon | Plano, Texas | www.artjury.com

• Accepted – “Zoey ” (Photography)

 

*Double Exposure: Clay & Photography | December 12, 2008 – January 4, 2009

2008 Santa Cruz Art League | Santa Cruz, California | www.scal.org

• Accepted – “Blue Brothers,” & “Melody ” (Photography)

 

2008 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), South Regional Conference | October 22 – 25, 2008

Auburn University | Auburn, Alabama

• Accepted – “Painted Faces II ” Series (Painting)

 

2008 Lyndon House Arts Center 33^rd Juried Exhibition | Athens, Georgia | February 22 – May 7, 2008

• Accepted – “Zhou Dewei ” (Painting from “Painted Faces II” Series)

 

*2007 Design Educators National Exhibition (DENE) | Juried Creative Scholarship | www.dene.tcu.edu

• Accepted – “Young Pride,” & “On My Way ” [ 3^rd Place ] (Photography), “Ying Bu,” (Painting)

 

*2007 Photomedia Center Open Juried Exhibition | www.photomediacenter.org

Photomedia Center | Erie, Pennsylvania

• Accepted – “Shy Boy ” (Photography)

 

*2007 Friends of the Earth International Photo Competition | www.foei.org

• Accepted – “Floating Market ” (Photography)  [ 3^rd Place & FoEI Groups Choice Award ]