MA Wei-Yuan Born in 1985, in Taipei, graduated with a Master’s Degree from the Department of New Media Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts.
After graduation, in addition to exhibitions, performances, and other collaborative projects, MA has been busy with daily chores such as grocery shopping, cooking, washing, and cleaning; chasing after love and maintaining relationships, going for walks, daydreaming, etc. Most of MA’s works take on the format of audience interaction, video, and performance as his main elements; and focuses on themes from his personal surroundings such as family, love, and desire.
In 2016, MA performed a solo performance in Jin-Tang at the Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre. In 2017, he produced the work Altogether, based on his relationship with social media for the exhibition “Arena” at the Taipei Fine arts museum. In 2018, Jin-Tang was re-performed again at the Macao Old Court Building Black Box Theatre. In 2019, his work Learning to Sleep derived from self-identity in a romantic relationship was created for the Play Arts Festival at C-Lab. In 2020, his solo performance 1:1 was shown in the Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre.