A Ge

(Chinese, born 1948)

Artworks

A Ge is a contemporary Chinese printmaker. Best known for her woodcut portraits of workers performing their trade, her intricate figurative work feature delicate shading and contrasting black and white palettes. Born in 1948 in Liangshan, China, the artist is a member of the Yi people, an ethnic minority in China. She went on to study in a segregated class at the Sichuan branch of the China Artists Association, and her work can now be found in the collection of the British Museum in London, among other institutions. A lives and works in China.