Born in Hunan province, China, Ma Han graduated from the department of Oil painting of the China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou. He started his artistic career as early as 1994 and has been actively participating in numerous renowned international art fairs such as Art HK, Dubai Art Fair, La Biennale di Venezia, etc.

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Ma Han has witnessed the urban development and demolition

of Beijing's ancient city Hutongs（胡同）, city walls and 20th Century edifices. Since 2009, he has made dust and debris from razed architectural structures the subject of his studies. In'Every Crush Isn't the Same' and'Crush City' series, he intends to bring about a rebirth of culture from the rubble. All of the materials in his collection of over 20 types of demolition materials include marble, stone, cement, red, and grey brick, river rock, glass and ceramics

have been manually transformed into a uniform shape and size, and by reusing the materials in a new light with a new perspective, he has created a diary of mourning of this city

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Through his art, Ma Han wishes to make a connection between the demolished and the newly built, reminding us of the generational cycle of birth to destruction to rebirth.

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Ma Han specialised in oil painting and started his mixed media projects since 2005. Has had over 40 international solo and group exhibitions in China, Japan, Germany, France, U.S., Switzerland, Italy, Russia and Dubai. Has participated in various internationally

recognized art fairs such as La Biennale di Venezia (2011), Art HK (2009) and Art Dubai (2008). Had an auction record price of

HK$489,382 (US$62,7 40) fetched at Sotheby's Hong Kong in 2008.

His work (White Collar and Pink Collar) was selected and highly promoted at the main entrance of Art HK 2009 and Art Stage Singapore 2016 respectively Popular amongst public and private art collectors which include Swire properties and Uli Sigg.

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Educations and Background

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1994 Graduated from the Department of Oil painting of the China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China

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Signatures

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2016

Public Installation Art Project "Pink Collar" at Art Stage Singapore

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2009

Public Installation Art Project "White Collar" at Art HK 2009

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Solo Exhibitions

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2015

From the depth of three feet underground to a height of three feet

above ground, MOUart, Beijing

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2014

Plant - Ma Han personal project, Action Space, Black Bridge, Beijing

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2013

The Exhibition of Mahan's Project, Sanlitun,
The Opposite House, Beijing

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2009

Permeating: A Visual Experience With No Place to Hide, Found

Museum, Beijing

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2007

Today's Landscape - From Ma Han, Sanshang Art Beijing Gallery

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2003

Pingyao International Photography Festival: Personal Exhibition,

Shanxi Pingyao

Floating - Ma Han Exhibition, Western Academy of Beijing

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1994

Ma Han Installation Exhibition, Exhibition Hall at China Academy

of Fine Art, Hangzhou

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Group Exhibitions

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2016

Tongxi - The 3rd China International Art Forum & Exhibition on

Installation Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing

Art Stage Singapore, MBS Expo & Convention Centre

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2015

A Contemporary History Path by the West Lake, Sanshang Art Museum, Hangzhou

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2014

China International Installation Art Exhibition, Long
Museum, Shanghai

Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Customs Museum 
Bordeaux, France

Commensalism: 2014 Meixihu Exhibition of International

Architecture, Hunan, Changsha

Memory of rhetoric - Italy Biennial, Beijing, Italy

Riverside district, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing

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2013

Spread -The 2th Da Tong International Biennale Exhibition of Sculptures, Da Tong Shan Xi