Maleonn Ma
Photographer & Director of short films
1972 Born in Shanghai
1995 Graduated from Fine Art College of Shanghai University, major in Graphic Design.
1996-2004 Working as Art Director and short video Director
2004 Began Art Creation
Chinese Story
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2005 'Maleonn Photography Exhibition', Esplanade gallery, Singapore
- 2005 'Shadow Maker-Maleonn', The 5th Pingyao international Photography Festival, China
- 2005 'Maleonn's world', Fotoyard gallery, Tianjing, China
- 2005 'Face to mask', Advance Gallery, Shanghai, China
- 2005 'Déja vu', Backyard Café, 8 Bridge Art District, Shanghai, China
- 2006 'Transfigurations', Culture Club, Hong Kong
- 2006 'Wonderland', Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
- 2006 'Transfigurations', Craig Scott Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 2006 'His Vision World', The heart of the Art, Luoyang, China
- 2006 'Sweets and Sours', Art Sea Gallery, M50, Shanghai, China
Group Exhibitions:
- 2005 'Shadow Make', Advance Gallery, Shanghai
- 2005 'Shanghai in vogue', Singapore
- 2005 'Get it louder', Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen
- 2005 'Joint Exhibition of Chinese Photographers', The 6th San Francisco International Photographic Art Exposition, San Francisco, USA
- 2005 'CREATION', Olive Hyde gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2005 'Selfhood-Absent Minded'- Joint Exhibition of Shanghai Photographers, Lianzhou International Photography Festival, China
- 2006 'The Virtual Salon', MOCA, New York, US
- 2006 'Joint Exhibition with Artists from China/Denmark/Holland/Iceland', Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen, China
- 2006 'IDAA' (International Digital Art Awards), Queensland, Australia
- 2006 'Joint Exhibition of Chinese Photographers', The 7th San Francisco International Photographic Art Exposition, San Francisco, USA
- 2006 'Diaporama' Festival, Nantes, France
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Photography
Maleonn Ma
- Roots: China
- Age: 33
- Place of residence/work: Shanghai, China
- Education: Fine Art College of Shanghai University, major in Graphic Design
- I started to photograph: April, 2004
- Camera(s) I use: CANON-20D/MAMIYA-RB67
- Favorite photosensitive material: KODAK T400CN
- Favorite aperture and shutter speed: Doesn't matter, depends on.
- I take photographs, because: Photograph can express my emotion and thinking easily, I can complete the work independently, don't have to collaborate with other person.
- Pictures hanging in your apartment: Two my own works, small size
- I would like to meet: My untouchable lover who's in remote country
- Favorite photographer: Jan Saudek
- Music, you are "killing" right now: a Mongolian Long-tune (a national Mongolian music), because I'm in Mongolia at present.
- Last seen movie: Return by Pedro Almodovar, His movies are always my favorites.
- Book you last read/reading now: Essays by Arthur Schopenhauer
Portrait of Mephisto
Shanghai Boys
Days on The Cotton Candy
Unforgivable Children
Book of Taboo
