Dongli Ma is a realistic artist who lives and works in Beijing, China. He graduated from Film and TV Stage Design School, Communication University of China in 2010. He always sought the best method to do his work. In the past ten years, he not only practiced oil painting, mixed media and installation, but also created a new painting style and combined painting with installations and action to present his ideas.
He has participated in numerous international exhibitions, in China, France, U.S.A., Mauritius, UK, Germany and Italy, including ArteLaguna (3 times), Carrousel du Louvre, ArtPrize 2021( USA), Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition, 2023 London Art Biennale, RedDot Miami 2024, 2025 Art Madrid etc.
AWARDS
2024 Nominee of 2024 WULANGYE Tomorrow Sculpture Award, China
2024 Grant: Artist of Redwood Art Collective, 2024 Santa Fe Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
2023 Finalists 2023 London Art Biennale, London, United Kingdom
2023 Finalists BBA Artist Prize 2023, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2023 Finalists 17th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Italy
2020 Finalist : 14TH Arte Laguna Prize 2019, Venice, Italy, for Manufactured Truth
2013 Winner: Gold Medal of Carrousel du Louvre 2013, Paris, France, for The Chinese Tower of Babel
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art Madrid: The Hanging City and Five Commissioners, in Palacio De Cibeles, Madrid, Spain
Artexpo New York 2025: Gatekeepers, in Pier 36, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
Deterritorializing Transcendence: A Theatre of Difference and Repetition, in Bounded Art Space, 789 Art District, Beijing, China
2024 Under the Light: Finalist Exhibition of 2024 WULANGYE Tomorrow Sculpture Award, in Sichuan, China
2024 Santa Fe Art, Previous Time – Prospective Time, Wealth of God, Modern Rituals, in Santa Fe New Mexico, U.S.A.
Spectrum Art Maimi 2024: Five Commissioners and New Modern Rituals, in Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, FL, U.S.A
Symbiosis 2024: China-Europe International Art Biennale, New Water Album, in Yiluozhai Cultural and Art Center, Shanghai, China
Red Dot Miami 2024: Plain Colour Series, in Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, FL, U.S.A
2023 2023 London Art Biennale: Five Commissioners, in London, United Kingdom
BBA Artist Prize 2023: The Hanging City, Previous Time – Prospective Time, The World Events and The World of Events, in BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
17th Arte Laguna Prize: Under the Light, in Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
ArtGeminiPrize 2022 9th Edition Finalists, Five Commissioners Y2ARTS Gallery, Singapore.
2021 14th & 15th Arte Laguna Prize: Manufactured Truth, in Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
ArtPrize 2021: Monument of Generations, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Arte Laguna Prize International Exhibition: Gatekeepers, in Caudan Arts Center, Port Louis, Mauritius
2020 The Seventh Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition: Judging People by Appearance: Resonance , in Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2015
2015 ArtExpo New York: Judging People by Appearance Series , in New York City, NY, U.S.A.
2013 Salon Des Deaux Art 2013 Finalist: Chinese Tower of Babel, at the Salon du Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France,
