Jongil Ma is an artist who has participated in over 50 group exhibitions between 2005 and 2024, including at the Museum of Art at Seoul National University, The Bronx Museum, Gwangju Museum of Art, David Owsley Museum of Art, Charles Wang Center at Stony Brook University, and the Housatonic Museum of Art. Ma also exhibited internationally at the Incheon Women Artists Biennale (2009), and the Lodz Biennale (2010).

Ma’s public art projects include commissions from Korea’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Gwangju and Damyang (2006–07), and site-specific installations for Kolon Corporation (2011). Ma has had solo and two-person exhibitions, and shown work through various venues such as the Roger Smith Hotel Gallery in Manhattan, Jamaica Flux, LMCC’s Governors Island Project, the Islip Art Museum and Randall’s Island (Flow.11), the Bronx Museum’s AIM program and its biennial, and Socrates Sculpture Park.

Grants and awards include the AHL Foundation (2008), the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2011-12), Arts Council Korea, and a recognition from Hanyang Mart. Ma’s works are in collections including the Korean Cultural Center in New York, David Owsley Museum of Art, Charles Wang Center, and Housatonic Museum of Art. Press coverage includes The New York Times, Korea Times, Hankyoreh, and World Sculpture News. Ma has also curated exhibitions in New York and Korea, including a 2023 project in Naju featuring 23 international and local artists.