Ma Kelu
Ma Kelu was born in Shanghai in 1954 and later relocated to Beijing, is one of the members of the "The No Name Painting Association," a contemporary Chinese art group from the 1970s. Committed to the practice of "art returning to its essence," Ma Kelu has always been dedicated to the principle of achieving complete freedom in his artistic creation. He participated in the underground art exhibition in 1974 and the public exhibition of the Nameless Painting Society in 1979, and in the early 1980s, he became a member of the Beijing Abstract Art Experimental Group. His early landscape works exceeded the general significance of sketching from life, with his practice itself characterized by distinct artistic propositions, research awareness, and working methods. He moved to New York at an early age and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Until 2006, Ma Kelu returned to his hometown, continuing his abstract style with a broader vision.
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His works have been collected by numerous international public institutions and private collectors, including the National Museum of China, Tate Modern, Guangdong Art Museum, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Museum, Yuan Art Museum, Yinchuan Museum of Art, Inside-Out Art Museum, Shanghai Himalaya Museum, Hong Kong's M+ Art Museum, He Art Museum, Goldman Sachs in the United States, and Deshan Art Space.
