Bio of Kimmy Wu Ma
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As the Founder and Principal of KMA Creative Consulting LLC and Kimmy Ma ART Studio LLC, Kimmy integrates her expertise in art administration, student services, and collaborative creative work to unleash the creative potential of young talents and emerging artists. Our organizations offer success coaching in design thinking strategies to help facilitate strong and resilient brand identities for creative thinkers. We create impact through artistic applications and guide our clients in navigating real-world experiences in the creative industries.
As a success coach for young talents, Kimmy is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of artists and empowering them to create meaningful impact in the creative industries. We offer thoughtful mentorship to aspiring artists, helping them navigate the dynamic landscape of art and design industries, create impactful works, and build successful careers. With a focus on the intersection of art, education, and marketing, our organizations are committed to advocating for art as a catalyst for positive societal change. We foster a collective mentality and encourage lifelong learning to ensure that our clients are prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the creative world.
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Kimmy Ma was also selected to attend Instituto Universtario di Architectuttura di Venezia at NYU's Master's Studio Arts program in Venice, Italy, after competitive auditions. With her concentration in painting & art theories, her thesis aims to conceptualize minimal forms in duality. Her work is inspired by her origin, using ancient Asian literature Tao Te Ching as her basis, experimenting with a dichotomy in abstraction with environmental elements by layering sand, clay, fiber, wood, metal, glass, and mesh grains for textural painting application along with acrylics and ink.
Kimmy Ma engages actively in public arts projects as Queens Library guest lecturer in various branches and facilitates art education parent workshops for various public schools. While in college, she participated in Clara E Gli Americani Travel Exhibitions in Italy (1995-97). In NYC, exhibitions included Casa Italian Zerilli-Marimo for her series of "12/81 Chapters Interpretation"(1995-97); 80 Washington Square East Gallery of "36/81 Chapters of Interpretation" series & thesis group exhibition in Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Italy (1995-96); ; W. Wickiser Gallery (1994-95)with "Dreamscape" series. Solo/group exhibitions in photography, woodcut & printmaking collections at Klapper Hall, QC Galleries (1991-93). While attending graduate school, she collaborated on several national ad campaigns in spearheading creative briefs (1994-97) for Mercedez Benz, (LVMH) Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton for Hennessy brand, E*TRADE, Citibank & American Express. Her window designs & schematics were commissioned by a top cosmetic company for its summer & spring collections (1992-1994). Enjoy her involvement in art education events and creating theme-based original designs for public school foyers & performance stages in our community. Before ARTStudio, in addition to teaching, she had served as Director of Queens campus (1997-99) for Audrey Cohen College and VP of Account Services (1999-2003) at Admerasia Advertising Inc. Her works have been privately collected by NYC advertising agencies, NY law offices/legal services & local business centers. She continues to share her passion for art and always aims to work toward the annual art exhibitions with her students at the Art Studio. https://www.facebook.com/kimmyartstudio
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Lifelong Learning
Kimmy Ma is pursuing her Ph.D., focusing on Emotional Intelligence Frameworks in her art practices. She designs her art curriculum with (CASEL) Collaborative Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning framework with mindfulness to build leadership skills and Learner-Centric Environments. She is a seasoned art educator and advocate in the art world, with over 25 years of marketing experience. She holds a Master of Arts from NYU’s School of Education and a Master’s degree from Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia in Venice, Italy. As a lifelong learner, Kimmy has received recognition, for Business Excellence, in Executive Education at Columbia Business School. She also serves as one of many Ambassadors for the Columbia Business School ExeEd Global Network and at NYU Alumni Association, and serves on the teaching artist committee at the NYC Arts in Education ROUNDTABLE, sharing her passion for lifelong learning and personal growth.
At Kimmy Ma Art studio, as a lead curriculum designer for over two decades, we continue to commit to mentorship, art education & advocacy in our communities.
At KMA Creative Consulting, as success coaches, we offer thoughtful mentorship to aspiring artists, helping them navigate the dynamic landscape of art and design industries, create impactful works, and build successful careers. With a focus on the intersection of art, education, and marketing, our organizations are committed to advocating for art as a catalyst for positive societal change. We foster a collective mentality and encourage lifelong learning to ensure that our clients are prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the creative world.
Portfolio Prep & Private Lessons
Student Portfolio Prep & Private
This gallery showcases serious young artists (6th graders-HS) who have been with our Studio's private & group instructions for past 2-4 years, with Mrs. Ma. Our young talents with strong work ethics and self motivation are ready to prepare a compelling portfolio. Many begin their preparation 1-2 years before audition, in addition to after 2 years of basic medium/technique training. These art works demonstrate young artists' dedication and hard work to create original concepts while using exceptional understanding in techniques. Portfolios are thoughtfully developed in observations & imagination categories to show originality & creativity, in both found objects in mixed mediums and in fine arts mediums. Art theory and creative discussions further prepare our art learners to articulate confidently in their visual essays and in auditions & on-site practical exams. Our young artists are mentored, prepared and focused, as they launch their creative minds! Portfolio sizes up to 14x28.
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