北京人。1981年毕业于中央美院中国画系。师从卢沉、姚有多、刘渤舒诸先生。中国艺术研究院艺术创作院特约研究员，中国美协会员，荣宝斋画院教授，荣宝斋签约画家，北京文史馆馆员，人民美术出版社画家。几十年如一日，一直致力于京味艺术的收集、整理、发掘。他大量写生，勤奋创作，绘画题材由点到面，由浅入深，不间断地充实、发展、提高，作品涵盖老北京风情习俗之方方面面，笔精墨妙，引人入胜，风格独特，影响广泛。以没骨入画，适度勾线，在强调造型准确的基础上对人物作适度夸张，且设色巧拙明亮，不拘一格，在继承传统水墨的同时巧妙融入西画的一些技法、民俗的诸多成就，使之极具观赏性与时代审美，形成独树一帜的绘画风格，1990年获首届中国风俗大赛金奖，世界华人美术大展银奖，第八届全国美展优秀作品奖等，入选第八届、第九届、第十届全国美展，出版各种画集多部。

Mr. Ma Haifang, the Han ethnic group, was born in 1956 in Beijing. In 1981 graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting, China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Studied under Mr. Lu Chen, Yao Youduo, Liu Boshu. Member of China Art Association, Professor Rong Bao Zhai Art Academy, Rong Bao Zhai signing artist, librarian in the Beijing Research Institute of Culture and History, Deputy Chairman of the Art Committee at China Culture Academy of Painting & Calligraphy Ministry of Culture of The PRC.
Ma Haifang is specialized in skeletonless painting method ( a traditional Chinese painting method) and moderate lines, highlighting the shape accurately on the basis of figures for a modest exaggeration, and using clever bright color, he is unlimited to one style and inheriting of traditional ink painting at the same time ingenious integration of Western painting techniques, making it ornamental and aesthetic of the times, form a unique painting style. Persevering for several decades as if it were one day , He has been committed to typical Beijing style art collection, collation, and exploration. He had been to a large number of sketches, and hard creations, his painting subjects spread over a whole area from one point, implemented progressively, continuously enrich, develop, improve, his works cover all aspects of old Beijing customs practices, refined brush and wonderful ink, fascinating, unique style, exert a tremendous influence. In 1990, he won gold medal of the First Competition of China Customs, silver medal of World Chinese Artists Exhibition, the Excellent Prize of Eighth National Fine Arts Exhibition, being selected in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth National Fine Arts Exhibition, his personal works had been published by the People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Cultural Relics Press, the Beijing Arts and Crafts Press, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, Hong Kong Heart Source Press, Fujian Fine Arts Publishing House, Hebei Fine Art Publishing House. He also hold a number of personal exhibitions at home and abroad, his works are well praised and appreciated by the Art Institute and others at home and abroad, and collected by many art institutions.