Ma Hongfa
Ma Hongfa, born in Heze, Shandong in 1984, graduated from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, and currently lives and works in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Because of comprehensive influence of history, era, family, region, this post-80s artist inevitably became "an explorer and practitioner of the spirit from Chinese classical sculpture" (Quote from Lin Gang, director of Sculpture Institution of Zhejiang). In his imagination of personal creation fantasy of myth system. He focuses representation and narration of ideology, the deepening of the expression of ancient concept and contemporary contextualization. Those works present transcend time, but at the same time have solid connection with this present. The artist has concrete understanding of Chinese tradition cultural as context and texture of material, which endows his works with unique divinity and spirituality. Ma Hongfa has participated in many domestic and foreign art exhibitions, and his works have also been favored and collected by many art institutions and private collectors.
Video Link: Artist Catalogue | "Tunnel"
Ma Hongfa, born in Heze, Shandong in 1984, graduated from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, and currently lives and works in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Because of comprehensive influence of history, era, family, region, this post-80s artist inevitably became "an explorer and practitioner of the spirit from Chinese classical sculpture" (Quote from Lin Gang, director of Sculpture Institution of Zhejiang). In his imagination of personal creation fantasy of myth system. He focuses representation and narration of ideology, the deepening of the expression of ancient concept and contemporary contextualization. Those works present transcend time, but at the same time have solid connection with this present. The artist has concrete understanding of Chinese tradition cultural as context and texture of material, which endows his works with unique divinity and spirituality. Ma Hongfa has participated in many domestic and foreign art exhibitions, and his works have also been favored and collected by many art institutions and private collectors.
Video Link: Artist Catalogue | "Tunnel"