Yuhanxiao (Maggie) Ma is an object-fascinated research artist. Her work revolves around the social and critical implications of technology, exploring how technological innovations and societal structures influence our lived experiences. She uses a range of media, including 3D fabrication, multimedia installations, crafting (casting and molding), and performance art.
Her process involves in-depth research on specific topics, which she then presents through various media to spark discussion. Influenced by her engagement with the phenomenological tradition in Western continental philosophy, each of her pieces encourages a critical examination of the established norms and structures that govern our perception of our experiences.
Ma's notable residencies include the DOM Art Residence (Barcelona) and SVA's Bio Art Residency (New York). Her work has been exhibited in New York's TheBLANC Gallery, Gallatin Galleries, and internationally in Barcelona and Shanghai. She is currently in a year-long Artist-in-Residence program at Gallatin WetLab.
Her process involves in-depth research on specific topics, which she then presents through various media to spark discussion. Influenced by her engagement with the phenomenological tradition in Western continental philosophy, each of her pieces encourages a critical examination of the established norms and structures that govern our perception of our experiences.
Ma's notable residencies include the DOM Art Residence (Barcelona) and SVA's Bio Art Residency (New York). Her work has been exhibited in New York's TheBLANC Gallery, Gallatin Galleries, and internationally in Barcelona and Shanghai. She is currently in a year-long Artist-in-Residence program at Gallatin WetLab.
Education
BA with Thesis Honors, cum laude | New York University | May 2024
Gallatin School of Individualized Study Concentration: Media, Arts, and Technology
College of Arts and Sciences Minor: Philosophy
Awards, Fellowships, and Residencies
2024 Gallatin WetLab Artist-in-Residence (Year-Long Residency), New York, USA
2024 DOM Art Residency (Fully Funded), Barcelona, Spain
2024 SVA Residency - Interdisciplinary Practices in Bio Art
2024 Senior Thesis with Honors: Conceptual and Expressive Potential of a "Truthful Lie”
2023 Visual Art Prize, Gallatin Review (Volume 38)
2023 Dean’s Honor Society with a fully funded trip to Senegal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 DOM Gallery (Utopia46), What can we do to deserve aliens’ attention? | Barcelona, Spain
2024 SVA, Metabolically Yours, | New York, NY
2024 John Molloy Gallery, Scene Not be Seen | New York, NY
2024 CultureHub, 1-800-I-WAS-SCAMMED.COM | New York, NY
2024 theBlanc Gallery, 11:59 | New York, NY
2024 Gallatin Galleries, To Be a Part and Apart | New York, NY
2023 theBlanc Gallery, Useless Machines | New York, NY
2022 NYU, IMA Show | New York, NY
2021 NYU, IMA Show | Shanghai, China
2019 Nanjing Academy of Art, Sugar Art Society | Nanjing, China
Inclusion in Publication
2024 DOM Art Residence YouTube, “Artist Interview: Yuhanxiao (Maggie) Ma — Artist and DOM Art Residence Participant (October 2024)”
2024 Lo’Ammi, “Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of Pharmaceuticals in Yuhanxiao Ma’s ‘Modest Witnesses’”
2024 ara, “Encara som a temps d'agradar als extraterrestres?”
2024 exibart, “DOM Art Residence (Barcelona) celebra su segunda edición”
2024 Labocine, THE ECOSYSTEM (October 2024 issue), “Solutio”
2024 CanvasRebel Magazine, “Meet Yuhanxiao (Maggie) Ma”
2024 The Gallatin Galleries, “Artist Homepage: Yuhanxiao (Maggie) Ma”
2024 DOM Art Residence, “Artist in Residence 2024”
2023 Gallatin Review (Volume 39), Managing Co-editor of Visual Arts
2023 Gallatin Review (Volume 38, p.69), “Déjà vu”
2023 Confluence, “The Pills”
Talks and Conferences
2024 Panel on Physical Computing at New York University (invited by Prof. Yeseul Song)
2023 Fablearn/Constructionism Conference "Integrating Art, Programming, and Embroidery in Education” New York