Jennifer Wen Ma was born in 1973 in Beijing, China, moved to the United State in 1986, and received her masters degree in fine art in 1999 from Pratt Institute, New York. Jennifer works in media as varied as installation, video, drawing, fashion design, performance and public art. She has participated in numerous exhibitions internationally.

Some recent projects include, Lingua Franca for the St. Moritz Art Masters, solo exhibitions at Eslite Gallery, Taipei and Art Space NIJI in Kyoto, Japan; artistic direction for The Republic of China Centennial Grand Countdown, in Taipei; two projects for the 2010 Sydney Biennale; solo exhibition at The Phillips Collection in Washington DC; 2009 Echigo-Tsumari Triennial; commissioned video installation for Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009 and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2008; permanent public artwork for the Digital Beijing Building; National Art Museum of China, 2008.

Jennifer was a member of the core creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and its chief designer for visual and special effects. She won an Emmy as an associate producer for the NBC broadcast of the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony.

Jennifer's upcoming projects include solo exhibitions at Ullens Center For Contemporary Art, Beijing and Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, among others in 2012.

Education

1993 Born in Beijing, China Lives and works in New York and Beijing
1999 Bachelor of Art, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts, Oklahoma Master of Fine Art, Pratt Institute, New York

Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2012    “Hanging Garden in Ink”, Ullens Cener for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China “Jennifer Wen Ma Solo Exhibition”, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2011    “Tide—Inked Spring”, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan “Inked”, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2009    “Brain Storm”, Phillips Collection with Transformer Gallery and Shigeko Bork mu project, Washington D.C., USA
“You can’t always see where you are going, but can you see where you’ve been?”,
DMoCA, Echigo-Tsumari Triennial, Niigata, Japan
2008    “The In-Between World—Daydream Nation”, Permanent public multimedia installation,
Digital Beijing Building, Beijing, China
2005    “Aeolian Garden”, UMoCA, Arte all’Arte 10, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
“Whiplash”, Shigeko Bork mu project, Washington D.C., USA
2002    “Cleansing Walk”, Chinatown, Lower Eastside, Brooklyn Bridge, Long Beach, New York,
USA
“Do Do Falling”, Art Fiend Foundation, New York, USA
2001    “Richard and Jenn”, The University Gallery, Oklahoma, USA
“Bye Bye Do Do”, Elysium Studios, New York, USA
“Do Do Rama”, Art Fiend Foundation, New York, USA
1999    “Above is the Old/Below is the Small”, P.S. 12 Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
1996    “Sinicism”, The Lovelight, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Group Exhibitions and Projects

2011    “Moving Image in China: 1988-2011”, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China “Hotspots”, SH Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China “Lingua Franca”, St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland “Stealing The Senses”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2010    “Compulsive Beauty“, Space 15th, Seoul, Korea “The Beauty of Distance—Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age”, Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia “Paralinear”, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2009    “Everything is Museum”, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain “Mythologies”, Haunches of Venison, London, UK
2008    “mARkeT”, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China “Everything is Museum”, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China “Beyond Reminiscence”, Beijing Cultural Olympiad, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China “Everything is Museum”, Sackler Center for Arts Education, Solomon R. Guggenheim, USA Museum, New York
2007    “The Politics of Fear”, Albion, London, UK “¥%...@¥!# “, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China “Long March Project Yan’an”, Long March Space, Beijing, China
2006    “Belief”, Singapore Biennale, Singapore “Building Violation”, Long March Foundation, Yan’an, China
2003    “Distance”, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China “Blue Sky Exposure”, 798 Space and Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
2002    “Convention”, Art Fiend Foundation, New York, USA
2001    “Crouching Bitch”, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
“Small Works Salon”, Atelier Sockmonkey, Brooklyn, USA
2000    “11500”, GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, USA
1999    “Size Matters”, GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, USA
“Slide Show”, GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, USA
1998    “A.I.R. Gallery’s 3rd Biennial Exhibition”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
“Pratt MFA Thesis Show”, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA
1997    “Pier Show 5”, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Redhook, USA
“The Shoe Project”, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

Other Experiences

2010    Creative director, The Republic of China Centennial Grand Countdown, Taipei, Taiwan
2009    Guest curator, “Ink Storm”, Transformer Gallery, Washington, USA
2008    Core creative team member, Beijing
2008 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games opening and closing ceremonies, Beijing, China
2005    Producer, “Virgin Garden: Emersion”, The 1st China Pavilion, Venice Biennale
2003    Producer, Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art—18 Solo Exhibitions, Kinmen, Taiwan

Awards & Grants

2008    Emmy Awards, Associate Producer, Outstanding Live Event Turnaround, “Games of the XXIX Olympiad” NBC Broadcast
2003    NYFA Artists’ Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York