Ma Quan Zhu is a Chinese-born Australian artist who previously worked professionally in Jinan and Guangzhou creating a multitude of designs for the burgeoning Chinese textile industry.  With an expertise in screen printing and colour work, as a student at the National Art School, Ma specialises in oil painting. His main purpose is to expand his own artistic skills through using his past experience into experimentation with painting.  A selection of  his image-making can be seen below. This body of work demonstrates Ma’s knowledge and understanding of  his cultural heritage; this and his personal  identity both play into his art, as do new perspectives derived from his immediate environment. Just look at his art and you will see that Ma sets out to produce works that are manifestations of deep conscious thoughts. Even in his portraiture Ma considers not only his own thoughts but in seeking to capture the essence of his subjects, he looks into his subject’s minds and through this you will see he amalgamates a spiritualism often lacking in portraiture. So in his refreshing work and with his expertise in line and colour also embrace scenes from daily life. And in some of his artistic creations you will also find responses to a wider field encompassing global issues that Ma holds close to his heart.

BIO

Ma Quan Zhu was born in Jinan of China in1955 and graduated from Shandong design and art college in 1975. After graduation , he worked in the graphic design studio of Jinan Art institution until 1978. In 1982, he graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Art ( now China Academy of Fine Arts) majoring in textile design.

From 1982 to 1990. He worked in Guangdong Textile Industry Corporation. Product section chief of science and technology department. Director of design committee of provincial textile engineering society. In 1990, He immigrated to Australia and settled in Sydney till now. He hold visual art Diploma at TAFE Meadowbank and Bachelor at National Art School.