Hanshu Ma
Artist & Designer
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Based in New York, Hanshu Ma is an artist and designer working at the intersection of graphic design, sculptural installation, and visual identity systems. Her practice centers on re-reading the everyday—unpacking the emotional structures, social behaviors, and psychological codes embedded within visual and spatial environments. With a particular sensitivity to marginalized contexts, she explores how image and space can function as tools for building safety, empathy, and collective resonance. Whether client-based or self-initiated, her projects treat language and imagery as fluid materials, not fixed symbols—inviting iterative experimentation grounded in conceptual clarity. For her, design is not just a formal discipline but a method to decode, disrupt, and recompose the structures we inhabit.
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1301 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD
Time: May 16–19, 2025
Material: Wood, Cement, People, Trace, Memory
Typeface: Neue Haas Grotesk Text Pro
- Location: Rooftop
- 1020 Park Ave, Baltimore, MD
- Time: 16:57, May 2, 2024
- Material: Wood, Metal, People
- Location: Mt Royal Station, First Floor Hallway
- 1400 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD
- Time: 13:00-15:00, December 12, 2024
- Material: Chalk Powder
- Typeface: Neue Haas Grotesk Text Pro
- Location: MICA 15/15 Building, Second Floor
- 1515 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD
- Time: 13:04, February 17, 2025
- Material: Yarn, Cotton pulp