马焘
简介Biography
马焘（Ma Tao），1981年生于河北邯郸，2005年毕业于西安美术学院油画系，现工作生活于北京。其创作常以荒诞、虚构的叙事手法探讨现实与想象的边界，作品带有鲜明的个人风格。重要个展包括：“我的过去，一片朦胧……”（2022，南京）、“礼轻情义重”（2021，南京）、“甜蜜蜜”（2020，南京）、“一杯鸡尾茶”（2019，南京）、“凯丁和茜芮丝”（2018，南京）、“马焘和他的MacGuffin”（2017，上海）、“荒诞的虚置”（2016，上海）。群展有：“当代中国纸本作品观察”（2018，英国伊普斯威奇博物馆）、“杂七杂八”（2013，苏州）、“青年艺术100”（2011，北京）、“画画”（2011，北京）、“第三届中国新锐绘画奖——旋转木马”（2011，北京）、“闪开！今天我们八零后－时光隧道”（2010，北京）、“闪开！今天我们八零后－晓世界”（2009，北京）、“上海当代艺术博览会”（2009）、“新视觉·自我成长的处境与选择”——第二届全国美术院校油画专业毕业生优秀作品展（2005，深圳）。
Ma Tao, born in Handan, Hebei in 1981, graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree, and now works and lives in Beijing. Ma Tao's works are often based on his daily life, expressing warm and sweet love through interesting images and vivid colors, and guiding the viewers to rethink the things we are used to in life. His works have been collected by Luciano Benetton (Italy), The Cloud Collection of Nanjing, and other organizations and private collections. 1981 Born in Handan, Hebei Province 2005 Graduated from Xi`an Academy of Fine Art，major in Oil Painting · He is now a professional artist living and working in Beijing.
代表作Selected Works
展览履历Exhibitions
- 2024比格·穆恩北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号798艺术区707街 · 索卡艺术
- 2022我的过去一片朦胧——马焘个展 个展问象艺术空间
- 2021礼轻情义重——马焘个展 个展问象艺术空间
- 2020甜蜜蜜——马焘个展 个展问象艺术空间
- 2019一杯鸡尾茶——马焘个展 个展问象艺术空间
- 2018凯丁和茜芮丝——马焘个展 个展问象艺术空间
- 2018当代中国纸本作品观察 群展伊普斯威奇博物馆
- 2017马焘和他的MacGuffin 个展言午画廊
- 2016荒诞的虚置 个展紫禁轩画廊
- 2013杂七杂八 群展金鸡湖美术馆
- 2011青年艺术100 群展地坛公园
- 2010闪开!今天我们八零后 – 时光隧道 群展玉兰堂画廊
- 2009闪开!今天我们八零后 - 晓世界 群展玉兰堂画廊
- 2005新视觉•自我成长的处境与选择 群展何香凝美术馆
艺见洞察ArtMatters Insights
代表作与创作Selected Works & Style
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Ma Tao is a Chinese contemporary artist born in 1981 in Handan, Hebei. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in 2005 and is now based in Beijing.
His creative style is characterized by absurd and fictional narratives that explore the boundary between reality and imagination. Working mainly in oil on canvas, Ma Tao blends figurative imagery with a highly personal, often humorous or surreal sensibility. His themes frequently touch on urban landscapes, emotion, dreams, consumerism, memory, and identity, conveyed through meticulously rendered scenes that feel both familiar and disorienting.
Among his representative works are:
- *Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Passover, Happy Eid...* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *A Better Tomorrow* (2023, oil on canvas)
- *The Sea in the Suitcase* (2023, oil on canvas)
- *Once a Thief* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *The Happy Balloon Magic Array* (2023, oil on canvas)
- *Birdie* (2022, oil on canvas)
- *The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *Bubble Magic Book* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *The Legend of the New White Lady* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *Magic* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *69 69 6699* (2024, oil on canvas)
- *The Shape of an Angel* (2023, oil on canvas)
These paintings consistently reflect Ma Tao’s interest in constructing imaginary scenarios that comment on contemporary life with wit and a touch of the uncanny. Through a precise figurative technique, he creates visual puzzles that challenge the viewer’s perception of reality.
展览与收藏Exhibitions & Collections
根据现有资料，平台暂无艺术家马焘的档案信息，因此无法提供其展览经历与机构收藏情况。
Ma Tao’s exhibition history includes solo presentations across multiple venues, primarily in eastern China:
- **"我的过去，一片朦胧……"** (2022, Nanjing)
- **"礼轻情义重"** (2021, Nanjing)
- **"甜蜜蜜"** (2020, Nanjing)
- **"一杯鸡尾茶"** (2019, Nanjing)
- **"凯丁和茜芮丝"** (2018, Nanjing)
- **"马焘和他的MacGuffin"** (2017, Shanghai)
- **"荒诞的虚置"** (2016, Shanghai)
His group exhibitions include:
- **"当代中国纸本作品观察"** (2018, Ipswich Museum, UK)
- **"杂七杂八"** (2013, Suzhou)
- **"青年艺术100"** (2011, Beijing)
- **"画画"** (2011, Beijing)
- **"第三届中国新锐绘画奖——旋转木马"** (2011, Beijing)
- **"闪开！今天我们八零后－时光隧道"** (2010, Beijing)
- **"闪开！今天我们八零后－晓世界"** (2009, Beijing)
- **"上海当代艺术博览会"** (2009)
- **"新视觉·自我成长的处境与选择"——第二届全国美术院校油画专业毕业生优秀作品展** (2005, Shenzhen)
- **"比格·穆恩"** (2024, Soka Art, Beijing)
Regarding collecting institutions: the available artist profile does not list any museum or institutional collections that hold Ma Tao’s work. If such information becomes available, it would need to be gathered from external sources.
