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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017    Tints and Dispositions - Grey Projects, Singapore
           The Probability of Veracity - part 1 : the Missing Daguerreotypes  - residency Open Studio in L’Observatoire, Singapore. 

2013    Love Hurts (Tales from the Heartlands) - Objectifs, Singapore.
2011    The Road to Persepolis - Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore.
2010    En Flânant Valbelle V2.0.10 (Installation/Performance in situ) - Château de Tourves, France.
2007    Valbelle, Myth or Fiction? Part 1: The Museum - Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore.
           Valbelle Myth or Fiction? Part 2: The Dream - Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
2006    Valbelle, Myth or Fiction? A Process of Remembering - LASALLE SIA, Singapore.
2005    Retro Specks / Future Pixs – The Return Ticket - National Institute of Education, Singapore.
           First Step, Time Delay - Creative Curating Lab, Singapore Art 2005, City Link, Singapore.
2004    Retro Specks / Future Pixs - Sculpture Square, Singapore.

2002    My Life as a Lamp-Post - Singapore Month of Photography, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
2001     Hang In There (and Artist Book by the same title) - Travel Café, Singapore.
1998     Plastic Resurrection (Exhibition/Performance) - Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore.
1997     Les Anges Passent - Operetta Café, Singapore.
1996     Visavisage - Utopia Gallery, Singapore.
1995     Copies de Voyages (Exhibition/Performance) - Canon Centre, Paris, France.
1992     Coffee Shop (Exhibition/Installation) - Chye Hong Restaurant, Singapore.
            When Did We Last Meet? (Exhibition/Performance) - Residence of Lucina Talib, Singapore.
            Partition Pour 18 Promenades en 3 Temps et Mouvements - Maison Du Geste et de l'Image, Paris, France.
1991    The Asian Eyes Chronicles (2) - Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
           Singapore Time Flies With You - Art Square, Singapore.
           Final format of Les Moments de L'Instant – Gardanne, France.
1990    Les Moments de l'Instant (Exhibition/Performance) - Alliance Française de Bangkok, Thailand.
            The Asian Eyes Chronicles (Exhibition/Performance) - Restaurant Le Saxophone, Singapore.
            Les Facades Imaginaires de Calcutta - Maison du Geste et de l'Image, Paris, France.
1988    Fragmented Whole - Della Butcher Gallery, Singapore.
1986    Asimages (Exhibition/Installation) - Marseille, France.
1985    Singapore from BW to C (Exhibition/Installation) - Carpentry Workshop of Lucina Talib, Singapore.
1973    Imaginativité - Gardanne, France.
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SELECTED EVENTS, EXPERIENCES AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018    To leave home is already half the journey, curator and artist for the exhibition of the project Crossing the Straits,ICA, LASALLE, Singapore. 
2017    Singapore from BW to C v.2.0.17 - Public screening of the short movie in Singapore National Library 
           From chiaroscuro to the collapse of the wave function, light as a trans-sensorial phenomenon
           Interdisciplinary symposium – Travels in trans-sensoriality, LASALLE, Singapore.

           Meta-Graphy – Artist Village members group exhibition, Deck – Singapore and MEME Space - Taipei
​2016    The Great Lubricator, collaborative works by members of LASALLE Faculty of Fine Arts - Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore.
2015    Photo Speaks 2015 - 7th International Festival for Photography and Video, The Society of Korean Photography, Busan, Korea.

            /*semble*/, group exhibition and performance by members of The Artist Village - Tanjong Pagar Station, Singapore.
            The Incredible Adventures of the Border Crossers, Performer for the show directed by Ong Keng Sen - Opening of Festival Singapour en France,
          Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France and Singapore International Festival of Arts, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore.
            Contemporary Osmosis - Audiovisual Media Festival, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2014    Who’s Looking: Surf and Turf - Post Museum, CCA, Singapore.
2013    Use Metric or Die - Campaign City, Singapore National Library, Singapore.
            Small Singapore Show, The Artists Village group exhibition - Makati City, Philippines.
            COS•MO, Curator - Institute of Contemporary Art, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
2012    Matter and Principle, Video, Photo and Shadow Projection Installation (with sound piece by Mark Wong) - OH! 2012, Qi Tian Gong, 
          Monkey God temple, Tiong Bahru, Singapore.
            9+/-1 - Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. 
            The Mad conferences of Professor Ma: Photography and Performance v.1.1, in collaboration with Ruben Pang, Mark Wee and Lim Sheng En -
          The Lecher or Art, Substation, Singapore.
            Adapting Tiphaigne, Performance-Lecture with live video connection between Tourves, France and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -
          Opening event of the Conference Citizens of the World, Adapting (in) the 18th Century.
2011    Asian Photography - Conference, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
            9, Group Exhibition - Institute of Contemporary Art, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore .
            Paris Photo Quai 2011 - Correspondent for South East Asia.
            The Malay Allocution, Lecture/Performance by Professor Ma (with Rubin Ashim) - Substation, Singapore.
            October Conversations - Centre for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
2010    SeenUnseen, curator - Institute of Contemporary Art, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
            Performance in Frame, Lecture/Performance by Professor Ma - Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand.
            Rainbow Asia - East Asia Art Exhibition, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Korea.
            Is that a Temple? - Evil Empire, Singapore.
2009    To Cut or Not to Paste, Is that the Question?, Article and Conference - International Workshop on Computational Photography and Aesthetic 
          organised by the Institute of Media Innovation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
            The Space within the Space within the Space, Installation with BA (Level 1) Photo Students from LASALLE College of the Arts (Fine Arts) – 
          ​Transport Asian, Singapore Museum of Arts, Singapore.
            Pre-Text, Group Exhibition - Gallery 2902, Singapore.
2008    Alain Fleisher’s Ecran Sensible Workshop, with LASALLE College of the Arts - Lecturer in charge, Singapore Month of Photography  2008, Singapore.
            LTA Integrated Art Programme, Appointed artist for permanent public work at Buona Vista MRT Station (Circle Line), Singapore.
2007    Identity: Photograph, Curator - LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
            Sama Sama - Not That Balai 2007 Arts Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
            Ganga Meets Mekong - Part 2, Performance - Fetter Field 2007, Singapore.
            China Pingyao International Photography Festival – Pingyao, China.
2006     Prêt à Porter - Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
            Ganga Meets Mekong - Part 5, Performance.
2005     Access - Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
            In Exile – Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore.
2004    Scratch – China-Singapore Digital Image Art Exhibition – Beijing, Shenyang, China.
            0 (inner) Gravity, Short Movie - Maap in Singapore, Gravity, Singapore Art Museum.
            Singapore Month of Photography 2004 – Substation, Singapore.
            Time Out, Group Exhibition - Opening Festival of The Arts House, Singapore.
            The Fedex Box Project/Artspaces - Auckland.
2003     Boxed - Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
            houseWORK - Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore.
2002     Facets, Group Exhibition - Month of Photography, Alliance Française, Singapore.
             Flag Art, Project with Plastique Kinetic Worms - Kwangju Biennale, Korea.
             Flag Art Festival - World Cup Park, Seoul, Korea.
2001     Deriving Spaces, Photo Installation - Nokia Biennale, South Bridge Road, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
2000     Gallery Atelier Frank And Lee with Yvonne Lee and Frank Sylvain.
             The Open House of Teo, Mural Painting and Installation - William Teo’s Theatre Production.
          Digital Compassion, Group Exhibition - Singapore Alliance Française, Singapore.
1999     3+3, Group Exhibition - Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore.
1998     Mixage, Group Exhibition - Various Locations, Singapore.
             Sex Oh No Not Again!, Group exhibition with Plastique Kinetic Worms - UE2, Singapore.
1997     3 Deadly Sins by Fofoa Temese, Performer - Singapore.
            Consultant with Orient Pacific for the brand Ocean Pacific, Singapore.
1996     My Body, My Choice?, Production by Lim Fei Shen, Audiovisual Producer and Performer - Singapore Festival of Arts, Singapore.
1995     Technologies For the 21st Century, Art Coordinator and Commissioned Photo Installation - French Festival, Singapore.
1994     Vision of Marseille, Performer and Visual Artist - Shanghai.
1993     A New Journey to the West, Founder and Producer - French Festival, Singapore.
1988    Technical director for the Festival Fringe and the Grand Opening of the Singapore Festival of Arts, Singapore.
            Arts Commando, Producer - Singapore Festival of Arts Fringe, Singapore.
            Hayavadana, Set Designer - Experimental Theatre Club, Singapore.
1987    Yin Yang Festival, Founder and Producer with the National University of Singapore Society.
            Orchids in the Moonlight, Set Designer - Experimental Theatre Club, Singapore.
            Award of excellence from the American magazine "Photography Annual".
1986    Performer in the Singapore Festival of Arts Fringe, Singapore.
            Manchester Arts & Technologies Workshop, Singapore.
1985    Die Fledermaus, Set Designer - Singapore Lyric Theatre, Singapore.
1984    Singapore Festival of Arts Fringe with the group Talking Eyes.
           The Life and Time of Mr X, Audiovisual Producer - Experimental Theatre Club, Singapore.
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ACADEMIC ARTICLES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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2015    Jules Itier and the Lagrené Mission, History of Photography, Taylor and Francis, Oxford, 2015.
2015
    Dans les Pas de Jules Itier, Une Autre Histoire de la Photographie, Musée Français de la Photographie, Flammarion, Paris, 2015.
2015
    The elusive image rising over the horizon - "Valbelle, Myth or Fiction?": re-contextualizing the legacy of an 18th century aristocrat. 
            
Citizens of the World, 
Rowman & Littlefield - Bucknell University Press, 2015.
2014
    Joseph Marie Callery, Le Passeur de Monde, La Chine: Une Passion Française, Loubatières,Paris, 2014.
2012
    Between Legend and Reality: the Bukit Batu Cemetery of the Island of Bintan, Riau Archipelago, 
           Gilles Massot and Ludvik Kalus, 
Archipel,
Ecole Française d'Extrème Orient, Paris, 2012.
2009    Performance in Frame: The Historical Perspective, Performance in Frame
, Fetter Field 2009, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 2009. 
2009    Photography: A Historical Perspective, Transport Asian - Visions of Contemporary Photography from South East Asia, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2009. 
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BOOKS
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2003    Bintan, Phoenix of the Malay Archipelago
, Editions Gunung Bintan, Singapore, 2003.
​2007    Retro Specks Future Pixs: The Book, Asimages, Singapore, 2007.
2014    COS•MO, catalogue of the exhibition, ICAS, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, 2014.
​2018    Tints and Disposition - Gilles Massot, Grey Projects, Singapore, 2018.
ARTIST PROFILE PUBLICATIONS
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2011     The French in Singapore, Maxine Pilon and Danièle Weiler, Edition Didier Millet, Singapore.
2012     Tomorrow, Today – contemporary art from the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
2014     Singapore Eye – contemporary Singapore Art, Skira, Milano.
2016     Singapore Visual Artists, National Arts Council, Singapore.
2016     Photography in South East Asia, a survey, Zhuang Wubin, NUS Press, Singapore.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
LTA Integrated Art Program, Singapore.

National Library, Singapore.
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I AM MA.
As simple as that.
And I work on the space between things.
© 2017
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