agnes ma

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

If only we could all be good

Unburdened from our daily lives
Unburdened from decisions made by others
Unburdened from the traumas of the world

Where would we all be
If only we could all be good

My work speaks to the complexity of existence in this life, where none of our choices are fully ours to make. How can we support life on this earth sustainably when everything is interwoven? How can we subsist humbly while still maintaining a quality of life? How can humanity progress without leaving anybody behind? In referencing manufactured and industrial materials handmade in a toxic, oozy, glowing green plastic paired with organic material and natural landscapes, a comparison is made to reflect on how we exist in the planet, in this galaxy, in this universe. While we may not be able to fully control every consequence of a decision, we can control how we interact with one another. We can hope for us all to be good, and hopefully that will be enough.

BIO

Born in the hot, sticky summer of the midwest, Agnes Ma is an Illinois native who relocated to the semi-arid state of Colorado in 2016 and then back to the comforts of humidity in 2025 to Dallas, Texas. She received a BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her MFA in Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication as well as a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University. She has spent the last decade and more teaching metalsmithing, 3D Design, sculpture, digital fabrication, and professional practice in higher education and will be the new Exhibition Designer at the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas.

Agnes has exhibited across the United States and internationally, including at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, and the IESA Gallery in Paris, France. She was the 2015-2016 Artist in Residence for Metalwork and Glass at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, a 2018 Artist-in-Residence at Yellowstone National Park, took part in the Arctic Circle Residency 2023 Spring Expedition, and was a 2022-2024 Resident Artist at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. Her work combines traditional craft and modern methods of fabrication to examine the relationship between humans, their surrounding environment, and the complexity of existence.