About the Artist
Rulin Ma is a visual artist based in Seattle. Her works explore the fluidity and paradoxes inherent in the ongoing process of reconstructing identity, language, and perception, particularly in the context of migration and cultural displacement. Drawing inspiration from her experiences as an immigrant and contemporary social issues, Rulin creates dynamic and expressive abstract paintings that blend a variety of materials and techniques.
Rulin's work is a fusion of abstraction, handwriting, and collage, with mixed media that includes acrylic paint, fabric, ink, rice paper, photographs, and found objects. Her vibrant 2D and 3D pieces engage the viewer and inspire reflection, creating a space for contemplation and dialogue.
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Education
2021 BFA, Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts, CA
Solo Exhibition
2022 Echo, Seattle Restored Storefront, Seattle, WA
2021 Body Memory, Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA
2019 Ordinary Things, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition
2023 June 1st Thursday Open Studio Group Show, The Good Arts Building,
Seattle, WA
2022 Holiday Group Show, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, WA
2022 Turn it Up to Eleven, The Good Arts Building, Seattle, WA
2021 The Contemporary: Globalization in Contemporary Art 2021, VR exhibition
2021 Looking Back, Looking Forward: Art in Response to Covid-19, One Year Later, California College of the Arts Library, San Francisco, CA
2020 The Virgin Forest, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2020 Borders and Migration, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Awards/ Residencies
2024 Rockland Woods Winter Residency, Bremerton, WA
2023 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Artist Residency, Nebraska City, NE
2020 All-College Honors 2020 Ralls Painting Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
2020 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship, Snowmass Village, CO