Ma Xiqin
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in 1959 in Wuqiang, Hebei. He is a national representative bearer of Wuqiang Woodblock New Year Pictures, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, a master of folk arts and crafts of Hebei Province, and a folk artist. In 1975 he learned the craft of carving printing blocks at the Wuqiang Painting Factory, studying under the block-carving technician Sun Huirong while collaborating with Mr. Lu Zhiguo, a senior industrial artist, in the creation of Wuqiang woodblock New Year pictures. In 1980 he became a block-carving technician; in 1986 he was transferred to the Wuqiang New Year Painting Museum; in 1990 he undertook advanced study in the printmaking department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; in 1996 he graduated from the fine arts program of Hebei Normal University; and in 1999 he became deputy director of the Wuqiang New Year Painting Museum. To date he has been engaged for more than thirty years in block carving, printing, creation, and research on woodblock New Year pictures, and his works have participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad, winning favorable acclaim.
Honors & Recognition
Altogether he has taken on four disciples over the years.
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