Ma Shida (1943-2012) was a calligraphy carver. He is otherwise known as Jizhe, Laoma, and Xuanlu. He was born in Lianshui, and moved to Taicang in 1955. He did not start learning calligraphy carving at the beginning of the 1960s, and later he was instructed by Mr. Sha Manweng and Mr. Song Jiding. As one of the most representative seal carvers today, Mr. Ma Shida tapped deep into tradition and digested the tradition, succeeded to and promoted the “dare creation” spirit of Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi, leading the grand free-hand trend of modern seal world. Mr. Ma Shida died, till today, five years ago, and it is fitting to give this exhibition on such a date. Through exhibiting his seal works, a fuller understanding and learning of Mr. Ma Shida is to be romoted. NAMOC has always been making positive efforts for the development of modern calligraphy carving, and the exhibition fills a blank in promoting the collecting of fine neoteric calligraphy seals and relevant researches, and in enhancing attention to deceased important 20th-century calligraphers.