| Ping Irvin, (Yunping
Ma) is an artist who grew up in Kunming, China. Her beautiful
work is reminiscent of Frida Kahlo, Paul Klee and George Braque.
Her family name, “Ma” means horse in Chinese, and
the horse appears in many of her paintings .
Ping graduated from Yunnan Art College in
1982, and was awarded a professorship in 2003.
She won first prize in the National Chinese
Exhibition in 1982 for the oil painting,“Return”
which was published in the book, “Chinese Fine Arts,
the excellent works collection"
She has had shows in the United States,
China and Thailand and has collectors in there as well as
Japan and Germany. Her painting titled "Distant View”
was featured in the book, “Biography of Chinese Artists
Worldwide". Then in 1999. The work titled "Limpid
Fountain” won the International Honor Prize in the
“International Chinese Art Competition“, and she
was given the award of “Outstanding International Chinese
Artist”
She is also listed in, "Who’s
Who in the Art of Modern China" and "The Biographic
dictionary of Chinese artists"
After marrying fellow artist Craig Irvin,
she began to show in the United States extensively, beginning
with Texas. She’s shown in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas,
South Padre Island, and at the Bayou City Art Festival in
Houston. Recently, she was awarded “Best of Show”
in the prestigious Rockport Festival of the Arts.
She now lives in Texas and has plans to
show all over the United States.
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