Mary Mai
Exhibitions Gallery Wellington – now showing
The exhibition runs until 29 July 2017
Mary was born in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China in 1964. At the age of 14 she was encouraged to pursue a career in fine art.
While at school Mary received a scholarship for formal art training which she completed.
In 1988 Mary and partner Ben Ho emigrated to New Zealand. Here they commenced their professional art careers. This included their popular fine art tutorials.
Mary has won several New Zealand fine art awards. These include the professional category at the Royal Easter Shows in 1995 and 1996.
The exhibition will feature a number of Mary’s paintings and several of Ben’s.