This interview was conducted at Ma Kelu's studio in Beijing on 18 March 2009. For more information please visit the Materials of the Future website.


Biography:

Ma Kelu (b. 1954, Shanghai) is an artist living and working in Beijing.

After being sent to the countryside for ‘re-education’ during the Cultural Revolution, Ma studied painting in Beijing from 1973 to 1974. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Ma was an active member of the No Name Group.

After meeting Zhao Wenliang and Yang Yushu in 1974, Ma took part in a series of unofficial exhibitions, including the ‘Eleven Persons' exhibition held in Zhang Wei’s apartment (1985), the ‘Beijing Landscape' painting exhibition (Jingshan Park, Beijing, 1978), the first and second 'No Name Group' exhibitions (1979, 1981), the ‘Ten Persons' painting exhibition (Chaoyang Theatre, Beijing, 1985) and the ‘Seven Persons' painting exhibition held in an American journalist’s apartment in Beijing (1985).

After moving to New York City in 1987, he returned in 2006 to Beijing where he continues to live and work as an artist.


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馬可魯，1954 出生上海。藝術家，現居北京。

馬可鲁於1960年隨父移居北京。文革時期曾下鄉插隊，其間堅持作畫。後於1973—1974年間在北京文化宮美術學習班学习繪畫。馬可魯是七、八十年代「無名畫會」的重要成員。自1974年認識趙文量及楊雨澍等畫家後，他積極參與各類非官方畫展，其中包括《十一人地下畫展》（1985，張偉家）、《北京風景畫展》（1978，北京景山公園）、無名畫會第一、二屆公開畫展（1979、1981，北海畫舫齋）、《塗畫展覽會十人畫展》（1985，北京朝陽劇場）、《七人畫展》（1985，美國記者何模樂的公寓）等。

1987年，馬可魯旅居紐約，並參加國外展覽。2006年開始於北京生活及工作。