Rodrigo (Jing P. Ma) was born in Henan China in 1979. Rodrigo was fortunate to have been born at a time of China’s changing attitudes toward the outside world as well as the directions its people were to take in the “New China” itself. The world was opening up as Rodrigo took lessons in various art forms, eventually selecting oil paintings as his choice of expressing his artistic level.

In 1999, Rodrigo graduated from Henan University of Education. Over the next few years, he worked at several arts related endeavors while developing his skills as a professional artist. In 2003 Rodrigo entered his first major art exhibit being held in Hong Kong. By the next year he had won first place in the Beijing Art Expo. Rodrigo developed his current theme of nature scenes, using very heavily textured techniques causing an almost third dimension of beauty. He later migrated to Spain and has a studio there. His works are being enthusiastically received by a growing number of collectors worldwide.