SANDY MA

Sandy Ma (she/they) is an emerging multidisciplinary artist and educator living and working on unceded Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country.

我爸姓马,我妈属马 ( wǒ bà xìng mǎ, wǒ mā shǔ mǎ) my dad’s name means horse, my mum was born in the year of the horse (2026)

我爸姓马,我妈属马 ( wǒ bà xìng mǎ, wǒ mā shǔ mǎ) my dad’s name means horse, my mum was born in the year of the horse

2026

cotton yarn, fabric, beads and chains


Reflecting on slow craft and how capitalism abstracts and dehumanises the labour in our supply chains, I started developing a little project around identity and horses. Despite never being a horse girl, I’ve had quite intimate connections to horses through my life. My name Ma literally means horse.

Photography by Brenton McGeachie courtesy of M16 Artspace.