Artist Statement
"My art is primarily
oil portraiture on canvas but also includes various subjects and whatever captures my heart and attention, done in a realistic style.
While oil is my preferred medium because of the
incomparable brilliant colors and texture it offers, I work equally in acrylic, pastel, gouache, graphite pencil.
For my patrons, I strive to produce a portrait expressing both the palpable and the nuanced reality of their personalities. My goal is to give my patrons the highest possible degree of enriched realism in a portrait that will clearly make a significant contribution to their legacies.
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Mini-Biography
Largely self-taught, Ma Ly has been a professional classical realist artist since 2007 and currently lives in Fresno, California. He is a member of the Clovis Art Guild, the Fresno Arts Council, and the Fresno Arts Network.
Born in Laos, of Hmong origin, he relocated right after the Vietnam War in France where he lived over 32 years before settling in 2008 in Clovis, California. He founded and currently manages Colligo Studio, a thriving art studio and gallery in downtown Fresno, California.
Ma Ly received awards from both the Fresno Fair Fine Arts Contest and the Clovis Art Guild and was a judge for art programs involving the Fresno Unified School District and the Fresno Art Museum.
His paintings are in private collections in France and the United States. They also were displayed in several art shows and venues in Fresno and Clovis, including Fresno City Hall, Fresno Art Museum, Arte Americas, Coke Hallowell Center for River Studies, and Clovis Veterans Memorial District. In January 2011, he completed a life size posthumous portrait of General Vang Pao for his memorial service. A limited edition giclée print of this painting now hangs in the Vang family’s house in Westminster, California. Also, Martin Luther King Jr., III owns in Atlanta, Georgia a print of Ma Ly's award-winning oil painting “The Bus of Shame”. The original piece is displayed in the African American Historical & Cultural Museum of the San Joaquin Valley of Fresno. Both paintings were broadcasted on the local news.
Between art shows, he welcomes any type of commissions and gives art lessons |
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Juried Exhibitions & Awards
2011
- Honorable Mention, Acrylic – Clovis Art Guild Veterans Art Show – Fresno, CA
- Second Place, Oil – Fresno Fair Fine Arts Contest – Fresno, CA
· People’s Choice, Acrylic – Art by Hand/Fresno Water Tower – Fresno, CA
2010
· First Place, Oil – Clovis Veterans Fall Art Show – Clovis, CA
· Third Place, Oil – Fresno Fair Fine Arts Contest – Fresno, CA
2009
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Honorable Mention,
Gouache – Fresno Fair Fine Arts Contest – Fresno, CA
Publications
2011
· Blog “See About Town Adventures” http://abouttownfresno.wordpress.com
· Clovis Art Guild June newsletter “First Place Pick of the Month”
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Clovis Art Guild May
newsletter “Artist of the Month, First Place Pick of the Month”
Selected Exhibitions
2011
- Group Exhibition – Clovis Art Guild Veterans Art Show – Clovis, CA
- Group Exhibition – Bebe O's – Fresno, CA
· Group Exhibition – The Pepper Tree Gallery – Fresno, CA
· Solo Exhibition – Fresno City Hall – Fresno, CA
· Alliance of California Artists (ACA) Members Show – Clovis, CA
· Group Exhibition – Old West and Rodeo Art Show – Clovis, CA
· Group Exhibition – African American Historical & Cultural Museum Of The San Joaquin Valley – Fresno, CA
2010
· Solo Exhibition – Central Library – Fresno, CA
· Group Exhibition – Fresno City Hall – Fresno, CA
· Group Exhibition – Citibank – Clovis, CA
· Group Exhibition –Coke Hallowell Center for River Studies – Fresno, CA
· Group Exhibition – Fresno Art Museum – Fresno, CA
· Group Exhibition – Arte Americas – Fresno, CA
2009
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Group Exhibition –
Fresno City Hall – Fresno, CA
· Martin Luther King Jr., III – Atlanta, GA
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The General Vang Pao
Family – Westminster, CA
Teaching
2011-present
· Fresno Adult School (Manchester Center)– Fresno, CA
· Michaels – Clovis, CA
2010-present
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Colligo Studio –
Fresno, California
Related Professional Activities
2011
· Judge for the “Asian Art Show” at the Pepper Tree Gallery – Fresno, CA
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Judge for the Fresno
County Student Art Scholarship Contest “Go Green” at the Fresno Art Museum –
Fresno, CA
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Judge for the
2010-2011 PTA Reflections Program with the Fresno Unified School District –
Fresno, CA
Membership
· Fresno Arts Council (FAC)
· Alliance of California Artists (ACA)
· Clovis Art Guild (CAG)
· Fresno Arts Network (FAN, part of Fresno County Office of Education)
All artworks are the ©opyright of Ma Ly. No reproduction, copying or
any unauthorized use is permitted.
