Ivy Ma

Lives and works in Hong Kong

Artist statement

Ivy Ma King Chu (b. 1973) received her MA Degree of Feminist Theory and Practice in Visual Art at University of Leeds in UK in 2002 and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 2001. Cultivating an aesthetic characterized by quietness and stillness, MA’s work becomes a philosophical reflection on nature and history. Looking, collecting, drawing and thinking, she works her way through history to find what we might call "the human thread" running through everything. The objects she collects, the images she selects, and the occasional photographs and videos she produces all strike a similar chord, one that is at once uncanny, disturbing and beautiful. Starting in 2010 Ivy Ma began focusing on found images, both stills taken from specific films and photographs found in history museums, for an ongoing series of what she calls "drawing-interventions" where she actively erases and draws into and over the existing image. In ten years, she has developed several series of works, including "Film" series, "War Memorial" series, "Family Album" series and "News" series. Ivy Ma has been continuously exploring painting, photography, and installation art for over twenty years. Her work has entered a unique new phase in recent years. In 2021, Ivy left Hong Kong and began a nomadic travel with her family. They stay in each city for a few weeks to several months and are still on the move. This dramatic lifestyle change has influenced her artistic...

Artwork

• BIRD OF SHAPE : BOX , 2024. Collage with archival pigment print and acrylic on paper, mounted on acid free paper
• BIRD OF SHAPE : CITIES : No.216 – 395 (Paris, Antwerp, Cancun, Mexico City, Madrid, Toledo, Venice, Rome, Istanbul), 2024. Collage with laser print and acrylic on paper, mounted on acid-free paper
• BIRD OF SHAPE : SCRAP PAD No.1-150 , 2023. paper cut-out on paper
• BIRD OF SHAPE : CITIES : No.576 - 595 (Hong Kong), 2024. Collage with archival pigment print and acrylic on paper, mounted on acid free paper
• BIRD (video) /BIRD OF SHAPE : A-I (collage) , 2023. 1 hour online performance / Collage with laser print and acrylic on A4 paper
• LAST YEAR, 2015. Ink and graphite on archival pigment print
• SHAPE OF BIRD, 2024. 1 hour performance
• BIRD, 2021. Video
• WINDOW, 2022. Video
• WINDOW, 2022. Online Performance
• "WAR MEMORIAL" series : Walking Towards / Number Standing Still / Hand 001 / Hand 002 / Hand 003, 2012. pastel, graphite on archival pigment print
• "FILM" series: Study of a scene from Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” / Study of a scene from Jane Campion's "An Angel at My Table" / Study of a scene from Jan Němec's "Diamonds of the Night", 2017. Mixed Media
• "NEWS" series: A Chinese Gymnast (1) / 24-hour McDonald /The Coronation of Queen, The Death of Stalin and The Abolishment of Concubinage etc. /Typhoon/Her Newspaper Clippings/ Sand Dune (1)(2), 2016. collage and mixed media on linen / print
• "FAMILY ALBUM" series : I Don't Attend My Father's Funeral / Mother at 20/ Self-Portrait , 2020. printed paper cut-out nailed on wall / pastel and graphite on die-cut wood / hairpin, print and paint on wood
• Bird of Shape : Cities : No.091-154 (Athens and Istanbul) , 2023. Collage with laser print, colour paper and acrylic, mounted on acid-free paper
• Bird of Shape : Cities No.155-215 (Cardiff, Bath, London), 2024. Collage with laser print and acrylic on paper, mounted on acid-free paper
• Bird of Shape : FOUR cut-outs and TWO shades (001-029), 2024. Collage with laser print, colour paper, acrylic on paper and graphite, mounted on acid-free card
• ON LAND, 2023. Video + Animation