Phyllis Ma (b. Guangzhou, China) is a New York-based artist working in still life photography. She graduated from Columbia University, and also studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Fashion Institute of Technology.
Her ongoing series, Mushrooms & Friends, features both foraged and cultivated fungi, often in arrangements with flowers and food. Beyond photography, Phyllis often collaborates with mycologists, cultivators and foragers to identify and better understand the fungi she encounters.
Recently, she has been researching the history of the 19th century New York Mycological Club—the first mushroom club in New York City. Mushroom Fever, a zine of essays, is the culmination of this research.
Phyllis’s work has appeared in National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Die Zeit and Le Monde.
Some commercial clients include The New Yorker, Netflix, SSENSE, Cartoon Network and A24.
💌 Email: phyllis [at] phyllisma.com