I was born in a small city of the Western China. Since I could hold a pencil, I started to draw. Before going to college, I was madly cling to traditional oiling painting and just wanted to focus on oiling painting. When I studied in my art school, I found a board perspective to see the world and art and got to know lots of new materials. I believe that ideas are the most important to art, while I also believe that there is only one kind of materials that can give the optimal presentation for different details in an art piece. Then I started to use various of materials. I don’t care if it cost much, if it is new or old, or if it is popular or not. The only reason that I choose is because it is the best one to explain what I want to say. Thus, my works includes oil paintings, installation and sculpture, as long as the way or material is the best way to explain my idea. I still love traditional art, including Chinese traditional art and Western art, however, I think the contemporary art should reflect the development of age and generation of human civilization. Artists also should have open minds and combine national factors and international factors to explain their works. Thus, my works include traditional Chinese factors, contemporary factors and high-technology factors, using new perspectives and new ways.
On August 28, 2022, "Light Source" Ma Dongli's solo exhibition’s opening reception was hosted at Cheng Contemporary Art Center in 798 Art District. The main medium of the works in this exhibition is the flashlight. In the overall darkened exhibition space, the flashlights of each group of installations flashed a cold metallic luster in the dark.
AWARDS
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 SOLO EXHIBITON
2022 "Light Source", Cheng Center for Contemporary Art, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
2018 Traditional Art ≠Contemporary Art, FanSpace Gallery, Beijing, China
SELECTED TWO-PEOPLE EXHIBITION
2019 The Party of Identity: Judging People by the Appearance, Author Gallery, Beijing，China
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2021 ArtPrize 2021, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A
2021 Final Exhibition Venice of Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy
2021 An International Exhibition Arte Laguna Prize In Mauritius, Caudan Arts Center, Port Louis, Mauritius
2020 Resonance –The Seventh Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2015 Chang Jiang International Photography & Video Biennale, Chongqing , China
Judging People by the Appearance Series and The Hanging City, New York Art Fairs , New York, U.S.
2013 Genetically-Modified-Organism, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Walking in Black Bridge at Night, Black Bridge Art District, Beijing, China
Hi! Look! Exhibition, Black Bridge Art District, Beijing, China
