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Sijia Ma (born 2001 in Shenyang, China)
Lives and studies in MA and Shanghai
Education
2019-2023 B.A. in Studio Arts and Quantitative Economics, Smith College, MA, USA
2020 Summer Visiting Student, Graphic Design, Yale University, CT, USA
2020 Five College Exchange Student, Photography, Amherst College, MA, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Scan It, Godine Family Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, US, May 2021
Selected Group Exhibitions
Mesnographies Photo Festival, Mairie, France, Sep – Oct 2022
Wort im Bild Photobook Winner Exhibition, Robert Musil Institute/ Robert Musil Literature Museum, Klagenfurt, Austria, June 2022
Filter Photo Festival Contest 2022, Filter Space, Chicago, Illinois, US, April 2022
I Matter, Wells Maltings, The Handa Gallery, Norfolk, England, Mar 2022
Shahjalal University Photographers’ Association Inquest Insight 6, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, India, Feb – Mar 2022
AIS 2022 Women Behind The Lens: International Female Photography Exhibition, Beta X, Leichester, United Kingdom, Feb 2022
Eighteenth Annual College Show, ArtsWorcester, Feb 2022
The Lighter Side, Woody Gaddis Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma, Feb 2022
American Photography 37 Annual Book Award Winners Exhibition, The Party, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, Nov 2021
Lensculture, Editors selection, Art Photography Awards 2022 Competition Gallery, Nov 2021
I Matter, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, curated by Olu Taiwo, Peterborough, England, 16 Sep 2021 – 28 Nov 2021
Contemporary Practice, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, US, Mar 2021
Mobile Photography, New Era Research Institute of Photography, Beijing, China, Feb 2021
Public Space Through the Reflections of Lens, Harvard ChinaGSD, Dec 2020
Moments of Color, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, Dec 2020
Diaries, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy, Dec 2020
International Portrait Exhibitions, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland, Nov 2020
Selected Publications, Reviews, and Press
Med in Bed, Sotheby Institute of Art, Emerging Artist Feature, May 2022
Broad Magazine, A Hundred Stories, Mar 2022
Leland Quarterly, Standford University, winter issue 2022
Shenandoah, Washington and Lee University, 72 issues, upcoming
Arts Management Magazine, AMM NextGen, Mar 2022
Zeniada Magazine, John Hopkins University, winter 2022 issue, Jan 2022
Existere Journal of Arts & Literature, York University, Vol 41. Issue 1, Canada, Jan 2022
American Photography 37 Annual Award Book, Scan It, Nov 2021
Burn Magazine, A Hundred Stories, Photography Essay, Oct 2021
Paris Lit Up Magazine, A Hundred Stories, 9th annual printed issue, Paris, France, Oct 2021
Bayou Magazine, University of New Orleans, Grief, Issue 73, work featured as cover, Aug 2021
Asterisk* Journal of Art and Art History, Yale University, June 2021
Stillpoint Magazine, One Hundred Stories, May 2021
Glass Mountain Magazine, University of Houston, Grief, printed Issue 26, May 2021
Sine Theta Magazine, High Noon, Issue 19, work featured as cover, May 2021
L Oeil de la Photographie, Scan It, April 2021
F-Stop Magazine, Self Portrait, Issue 106, April 2021
ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Empty Streets, Feb 2021
Lenscratch, Photography, Covid Projects: Covid Pictures, Feb 2021
Nashville Review, Vanderbilt University, Featured Artist, “Tale of Three Lands,” Dec 2020
Orenda Arts Journal, vol 2. work featured as cover, Photography, Dec 2020
Blank Wall Gallery, Photography, Exhibition Catalogue, Moments of Color 2020, vol.1&2, Dec 2020
Voices and Visions Journal, Rambling, Rise, Dec 2020
Selected Awards
International Photography Award, Winner in Fine Art, Second Place, 2022
The Enid Silver Winslow ’54 Prize in Art History, 2022
8th Fine Art Photography Awards Nominee in Fine Art, 2022
Wort im Bild Photobook Winner, Sixth Place, 2022
American Photography 37 Selected Winner, 2021
SIGMA 60th Anniversary Scholarship Contest, Honorable mention, 2022
Shahjalal University Photographers’ Association, Inquest Insight 6, Photo Story Winner, 2022
AIS 2022: Women Behind the Lense, curated by Sebah Chaudhry, Finalist, 2021
So to Speak Journal 2022 Contest in Visual Art, juried by Ghislaine Fremaux, Second Place, 2021
Selected Interview
Litang, Artist Interview, Tell A Hundred Stories, June 2021
Selected Conference Paper
“Reimagining Coins: Money Images on Money Trees in the Eastern Han Dynasty,” the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium, April 2022
Selected Work Experiences
Strategy Intern, Leo Burnett, Detroit, Michigan, June 2022 – Aug 2022
Brand Marketing Intern, Universal Studio, Beijing, May 2021 – Aug 2021
Global Event Intern, Caixin Global, Shanghai, Apr 2021 – May 2021
Design Intern, K11 Concepts Limited, Shanghai, Nov 2020 – Jan 2021