The artwork features a predominant use of varying shades of green, with a simple geometric composition centered around a square frame within a square. The overall minimalist style and subdued color scheme create a sense of serenity and balance. The artist's precise execution and focus on negative space suggest an exploration of the relationship between form, color, and their interaction within the frame. This abstract work reflects the artist's intention to evoke a contemplative and meditative response from the viewer through the use of reductive and distilled visual elements. ...
Ma Haijiao (b.1990, Hebei, China) received his B.A. & M.F.A. at the China Academy of Art. He was a nominee for the JIMEI x ARLES Discovery Award in 2020. He won the prize of EACA (East Asian Contemporary Art, 2019), and was a finalist of the Huayu Youth Award in Art Sanya (2018) and the 10th Three Shadows Photography Award (2018). His artworks are in the collection of Smart Museum of Art (Chicago), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), and ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art (Vladivostok).
His recent solo exhibitions include: The North, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2022); If We Delete Green, If We Start Caring About Plants, Tabula Rasa Gallery (London, 2022); A Room with A View, Zhejiang Art Museum (Hangzhou, 2021); Happy Valley II, Discoveries, Art Basel (Hong Kong, 2019); Happy Valley, Tabula Rasa Gallery (Beijing, 2018); just to name a few.
His recent institutional exhibitions include: I Recognised the World: Born in the 80s and 90s, MOCA Yinchuan (Yinchuan, 2021); Future Future: CEF Young Artists’ Experimental Film Project, Bona Palace (Shanghai, 2020); An Impulse to Turn, Inside-Out Art Museum (Beijing, 2020); Symbiosis: The Intertextuality of Art and Poetry, OCAT (Shenzhen, 2019); 8102 — On Reality, OCAT (Shanghai, 2019); Today's Yesterday: The 1st Anren Biennale, Anren (Chengdu, 2017); The New Normal, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, 2017); Why Not Ask Again: The 11th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art (Shanghai, 2016); Fly Without Wings, V ART Center, (Shanghai, 2015).
His short film Orange, Bee, and Snow Mountain was selected for the Short Short Film section of the FIRST International Film Festival (2021).
website：http://www.mahaijiao.cn/ ...
Tabula Rasa Gallery is based in Beijing's 798 art district. Established in 2015, it aims to promote both Chinese and international contemporary artists through exhibitions, talks, research and publication. The gallery name is Latin for 'blank state'. In philosophical discourse, it refers to the idea that our knowledge comes from our experiences and education, all participants are born in a Tabula Rasa state. Tabula Rasa hopes that the exhibitions they present can subvert viewers’ preconceptions, creating conditions for fresh artistic experiments. ...
