mission statement

Lead Art Educator, Master of Art, School of Education, NYU  (1996)

Successfully completed her graduate studies & art professional training 

With international exhibitions in NYC &  Italy. 

Mrs. 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 often inspired by her origin, using ancient Asian  literature Tao Te Ching as her basis, experiment dichotomy in abstraction with  environmental elements by  layering sand, clay, fiber, wood, metal, glass, mesh grains for textural  painting application along with acrylics and ink.  

As a lead curriculum designer, and  a dedicated teaching artist, the artist studio is founded nearly a decade ago with commitment in mentorship, art education & advocacy in our communities. Mrs. 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, her art 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  & print  making collections at Klapper Hall, QC  Galleries (1991-93). While attending graduate school, she  collaborated several national ad campaigns in spearheading creative briefs (1994-97)  for  Mercedez Benz, (LVMH) Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton for Hennessy  brand, E*TRADE, Citibank & Amercian Express.  Her  window designs & schematics were commisioned by top cosmetic company for its summer & spring  collections (1992-1994). Always enjoy her involvement in art education events and  creating  theme-based original designs for public school foyers  &  performance stages in our  community. Prior  to 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 adverstising agencies, NY law offices/legal services & local business centers. She  continues to share her  passion in art and always aims to  work toward the annual art exhibitions with  her students at the Art Studio.