Born in June 1995 in Handan, China, MA Gaoxian 馬高賢 graduated from the School of Arts and Design at Guilin University of Technology in June 2019. Following his graduation, he studied under Onishi Nagatoshi at the Gansen Urushi Studio International in Tokyo, Japan. In March 2021, he interned at the Kanazawa College of Art and completed his Master's degree in Crafts there in March 2023, mentored by Nobuyuki Tanaka.

 

Ma has received several prestigious awards, including the President's Encouragement Award from the Kanazawa Craft Association in the 78th Kanazawa Craft Exhibition in 2022 and the President's Award from Hokuriku News in the 36th Modern Crafts Exhibition in Ishikawa. He was also selected for the 5th Kanazawa World Craft Triennale and the Ishikawa International Lacquerware Exhibition in 2023.

 

His exhibition activities include a group exhibition titled "Lacquer that Adorns Forms" in September 2022 and a solo exhibition, "Ma Gaoxian Lacquer Sculpture Exhibition," at Gallery O2 in Kanazawa in January 2023. Additionally, he participated in the "Surface Emergence - Contemporary Lacquer Art Exhibition" in Wuhan in 2023. Recent exhibitions included a duo show with Wang Guangle titled "Functional and Non-Functional" at Beijing Lemoo Gallery in October 2024, and another solo exhibition, "The Fantasy of Wells," at Gallery O2 in Kanazawa in March 2025. This is his first solo exhibition held in Hong Kong at The Gallery by SOIL.