WENHAI MA
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Set/Costume Designer, Teacher, Illustrator
Flat C, 17/F, Manhattan Heights, 28 Kennedy Town New Praya, HK
Tel: (852) 2185-6733; Fax:(852) 2584-8806; E-mail: mawenhai@hkapa.edu |
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND |
| Master of Fine Arts |
Scene & Costume Design, Carnegie Mellon University, 1984 |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts |
Scene Design, Central Academy of Drama, 1982 |
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| SPECIAL TRAINING |
| Drawing/Painting |
Tailai Art Institute, PRC. 1972-1977 |
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| COMPUTER SKILLS |
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| Computer Aided Drafting, Computer Aided Rendering, AutoCAD |
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| EMPLOYMENT RECORD |
| Senior Lecturer (Set & Costume Design) |
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, HK, 1998 - present |
| Assistant Professor |
Drama Program, Duke University, USA.1992 - 1998 |
| Artist-in-Resident |
Drama Program, Duke University, USA .1987-1992 |
| Lecturer |
The Central Academy of Drama, PRC. 1984-1987 |
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| COURSES TAUGHT |
| Set/Costume Design (all levels), Scene Painting, Advanced Drafting, Color and design (all levels), Drawing (all levels), Asian Art and Theater. |
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
| China Theatre Association; China Stage Design Association, 1984-1987 |
| Society of Children's Books Writer/Illustrator, USA, 1994-1997 |
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| AWARDS/GRANTS/HONORS |
| Young Model Teacher Award, given by the Beijing Higher Education Ministry (only 10 teachers were awarded among universities and colleges in Beijing). 1987 |
West Coast Drama Clan Award, for Outstanding Students in Scene Design, Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1983 |
| Flower Prize Award in Design, first prize winner, given by the Central Academy of Drama |
| Government-Supported Study Abroad Grant (Scene Design), full-tuition and scholarship for three years study in the US, given by China Higher Education Ministry, the only grantee in China in 1987 |
| Arts/Science Professional Development Grant, for research in Theatre in China |
| *** Research in theatre design education and illustration was recognized through inclusion in Who's Who among Asian Americans, 1995-1999 |
| *** The Painted Fan, a picture book, was nominated for the Golden Kite Award for illustration, 1994 |
| *** Older Brother, Younger Brother, named One of the Best Picture Books of the Year, 1995 |
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| REPRESNETATIVE DESIGN EXPERIENCE |
| Professional (Theatre & Television) |
| In Hong Kong |
| 1998-04: |
Falling in Love with Her, a musical, set design, Spring-Time Stage; |
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An Absolute turkey, set design, The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre; |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Chung Ying theatre company & Hong Kong Syphonetia; |
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No1 Restaurant in Chin, set design, Spring-Time Experimental Theatre |
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| In Taiwan |
| 2004: |
When Will You Come Again, a musical, set design, TNT Production Limited; |
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Forever Teresa Teng, a musical, set design, TNT Production Limited |
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| In the USA |
| 1997-98: |
How I learned Driving, set design, Man Bites Dog Theatre |
| 1996-97: |
Chinese New Year's Gala Celebrations, set design, The Yellow River Song & Dance Ensemble, Washington , D.C. |
| 1995-96: |
Jazz: the Nutcracker Suite, set design, NC Jazz Per. Theatre |
| 1992-93: |
The Mikado, co-costume designer, Durham Savoyard Ltd. |
| 1990-91: |
Faust, scenic artist, Durham Savoyards Ltd.;
Billy the Kid, set design, The Canadian Studies/Research Center |
| 1989-90: |
Moonlight & Valentino, a pre-Broadway production, set design |
| 1988-89: |
Arsenic & Old lace; Bad Guys & Bed Fellows; Macbeth, set design, Duke Stage Company;
The Sorcerer, co-set design, Durham Savoyards Ltd;
the Nightingale, set design, Chapel Hill Ballet Company;
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, set design and scenic artist |
| 1987-88: |
Widows, set design, Hip Pocket Theatre;
The Magic Flute, set design, Durham Arts council & Triangle Music Theatre Associates |
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In China |
| 1986-87: |
After Night, It'll be Morning, set design, Ningxia Drama Theatre;
The Last Emperor, TV series, set design for the opening sequence, Central Television;
Fly, Petrels, set design, Tsing Tao Drama Theatre;
They are Here with You, a TV show, set design, Beijing TV;
Northern China Music Festival, set design, Huhohaote TV Station, Inner Mongolia |
| 1985-86: |
Desire Under the Elms, set & costume design, Shenyang Drama Theatre;
An Old-Fashioned Comedy, set design, the Experimental Theatre, Beijing;
Tartuffe, set and costume design, the experimental Theatre, Beijing |
| 1984-85: |
The Deaf family, set design, Beijing Film School Youth Theatre;
Fashion & Concert, Chinese New Year Gala Celebrations, set design, Beijing TV |
| 1981-82: |
Havoc in Heaven, the Monkey King Story, Peking Opera, the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre, Beijing |
| 1980-81: |
Paul Kechkin, China Children's Art Theatre, Beijing |
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| Academic |
HKAPA |
| 2002-03: |
Cantonese Opera Scenes, set design |
| 2001-02: |
Family, set design |
| 1998-00: |
Fast Forward Figaro, set design; Barber of Seville , costume design |
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| Duke University |
| 1997-98: |
Twelfth Night , set design; Orpheus descending , set design |
| 1996-97: |
The Tempest, set design; Carousel, set design |
| 1996-97: |
The Father, costume design; The Importance of Beijing earnest, set design |
| 1994-95: |
Measure for Measure, set design; The House of Blue Leaves, set & costume design |
| 1993-94: |
McTeague, set design; Kaspar, set & costume design |
| 1992-93: |
Van Gogh/Gauguin, set design; The three sisters, set design;
Mad Dog Blues, set design;
He Who Gets Slapped, set design;
World Premieres Fastival |
| 1990-91: |
Arms & the Man, set design;
Butterfly's Evil Spell, set design;
World Premieres Festival, set design;
The Servant of Two Masters, set design;
A Marvelous Party; Scenes/Songs of Noel Coward, set design |
| 1989-90: |
World Premiere Festival, set design;
The Trojan Women, set design;
Hamlet, set design |
| 1988-98: |
The Miser, set design;
Full Moon, set & costume design |
| 1987-88: |
The Taming of the Shrew, set design;
Circus Cervantes, set design |
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Carnegie Mellon University |
| 1982-84: |
The Greeks, set design;
The Sea Gull, assistant set design;
Medea, set design |
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| Duke Institute of the Arts |
| 1988: |
The Unicorn, the Gorgon, the Manticore, set design |
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| PUBLICATIONS IN THEATER JOURNALS |
| 1993: |
An Outline of the American theatre Design Education, Theatre Studies, China |
| 1992: |
Theatre Design education, My Point of View, Theatre Studies, China |
| 1986: |
Designing for Desire Under the Elms, Theatre Studies, China |
| 1986: |
Theatre Design Education at Carnegie Mellon, Theatre Studies, China |
| 1985: |
Broadway Musicals, Theatre Studies, China |
| 1984: |
Tennessee Williams and His Work, Theater Studies, China |
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| TRANSLATIONS |
| 1993: |
Theatre Collaboration, Theatre Studies, from English to Chinese |
| 1980: |
Macbeth: The Chinese Version, Theatre Studies, from English to Chinese |
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| CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
| 1995: |
SETC in Norfolk, VA, panelist: The Schneider Notation System |
| 1992: |
ATHE in Atlanta, panelist: Theatre Collaboration |
| 1991: |
SETC in Winston-Salem, presenter: Traditional & Contemporary Theatre in China |
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| EXHIBITIONS |
| 2002: |
The Exhibition of Design Works from Five Art Colleges. Set/costume model/renderings exhibited with works by faculty/students of Yale School of Drama, York University , Canada , Taipei University of the Arts, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.
Design Faculty Exhibition 2002, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. |
| 1997: |
Wenhai & Shuching Ma: Watercolor & Still-life Paintings. Duke Medical Center Gallery |
| 1996: |
Wenhai ma's Watercolor & Illustrations, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Chapel Hill |
| 1994: |
The Painted Fan, picture book, selected by the society of Illustrations for the Original Art Exhibition, New York |
| 1994: |
Collaborative Artist, with five other artists, Museum of Fine arts, NC Central University |
| 1993: |
Wenhai & Shuching Ma, recent Water Color & Still-Life Paintings, Mendenhall Art Gallery, east Carolina University , Greenville |
| 1993: |
Watercolors & Still-Life Paintings by Wenhai & Shuching Ma, Union Main Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1992: |
Recent Watercolor & Illustrations, one-man show, Duke University, Art Gallery, Institute of the Arts |
| 1988: |
Stage & Nature, one-man show, L. Brown Gallery, Duke University |
| 1988: |
Scene design renderings exhibited in Ten Young & Mid-aged Designers' Scenic Art Exhibition, Xian, Harbin , Beijing |
| 1987: |
Scene design renderings exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1985: |
Wenhai Ma's Design Exhibition, Art Gallery, the Central Academy of Drama, Art Gallery, Shanghai Drama institute |
| 1984: |
Scene design renderings exhibited in Sino-Japan Stage Design Students' Work Exhibition, China Fine Arts Museum, Beijing |
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| ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, MAGAZINES & POSTER DESIGNS |
| 2004: |
Monkey King Meets the Master Monk, a picture book in English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Cambodian |
| 2003: |
God's Adventurer, OMF Hong Kong |
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Pen-notes from Ariel's Mom, China Alliance Press |
| 2000: |
Monkey King Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, a picture book in English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Cambodian |
| 1997: |
The Making of the Monkey, a picture book in English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Cambodian |
| 1996: |
The Pavilion Garden Liberated, a novel, the Campus Press, Taiwan |
| 1995: |
The Swan's Gift, a picture book, Candlewick Press |
| 1994: |
The Painted Fan, a picture book, Morrow Junior Books |
| 1994: |
Red Means Good Fortune, a Novel, Viking Children's Books,
Older Brother, Younger Brother, a picture book , Viking Children's Books |
| 1989-97: |
illustrated over 50 articles/stories for various magazines in the US |
| 1984-97: |
illustrated and designed over 20 posters for theatre and other events including posters for the First Shakespeare Festival in China, Pre-Broadway productions, Duke Drama Program productions and the Archipelago Theatre, etc. |
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| REFERENCES |
| Donato Moreno |
Design Department, HKAPA
1 Gloucester Rd., Wanchai, HK |
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| Ming Cho Lee (Designer) |
| 12 E. 87th St. #3 - A, New York, NY 10028 , USA |
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| Prof. Cletus Anderson and Prof. Barbara Anderson (Designers) |
| School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA |
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| Prof. Randolph Umberger |
| Artistic Director, Durham Savoyards Musical Ltd., Dept. of Dramatic Arts, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA |
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| Johnny Simons (Artistic Director) |
| Hip Pocket Theatre, 1627 Fairmount, Fort Worth, Texas 76104, USA |
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| Prof. Doris Schneider (Designer) |
| Dept. of Dramatic Arts, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA |
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| Lynn Britt (Choreographer) |
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#2 Broadway St. Mystic, CT 06355, USA |
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Flat C, 17/F, Manhattan Heights, 28 New Praya, Kennedy Town HK
Tel: (852) 2185-6733; Fax:(852) 2584-8806; E-mail: mawenhai@hkapa.edu
Website: http://www.mindpixels.net/ma |
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