Biography. 

Mei is a contemporary artist with studios in New York City and Mougins, whose work plays with perception and intuition.

Mei creates acrylic paintings where familiar environments subtly obey impossible or surprising rules, thereby influencing the way audiences emotionally process what they see. Her compositions often integrate logical or spatial paradoxes into warm, leisurely worlds. In doing so, Mei presents a unique body of work at the intersection of elegance and play, where curiosity is rewarded with multiple visual discoveries.

Mei’s practice is informed by an unusually interdisciplinary background spanning science, medicine, and brand design. She holds degrees in physics, medical engineering and business from Harvard. Prior to focusing exclusively on her studio practice, she led branding and advertising agencies in NYC, including founding and scaling her own award-winning marketing agency.

This background informs the core tenet of Mei’s fine art practice: when integrated well, intelligence and beauty together generate some of the most powerful emotions. To achieve this, Mei treats her canvas as her perceptual playground: an exploration of how color, logic and structure can drive and evade intuition.

Mei’s work has been exhibited in group shows across the U.S. and internationally, including London, Monaco, Barcelona and Madrid. Her work is held in American, European and Asian private collections.