rao fu.

Rao Fu is a painter, born in Beijing, who has been living in Dresden, Germany for the past 24 years. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and the United States. Since 2008, the Dresden City Art Museum (Städtische Galerie Dresden) has acquired his works on three occasions. Fu has also participated in major international art fairs, and in March 2025, he presented a solo show with Perrotin Tokyo at Art Fair Tokyo.

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1978
born in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Dresden, Germany.

1999-2001
Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2002-2008
Diploma, Painting Studies, Class of Prof. Ralf Kerbach, Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden (HfBK), Germany

2008–2010
Meisterschülerstudium with Prof. Ralf Kerbach, Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK)

2010-2012
Diploma, Art Therapy, Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK), Germany

2026
Visiting Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK Dresden)

Awards and grants

2020
Project funding „Denkzeit“, The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony

2016
Heimspiel – Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, scholarship of The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, Spielerei Leipzig scholarship

2014
Project funding, The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony

2008-2012
Scholarship of the Heinrich-Böll-Fondation

2009
DAAD-Award for Oustanding Achievemente (Foreign Students)

2006
DAAD Prize

Collections

2026
Red Brick Art Museum

2016 / 2024
Dresden City Art Museum

2023
DEJI Art Museum (CHN)

2018
National Museum for History and Art Luxembourg (MNHA), Luxembourg

2009
Arts Foundations of Dresden State Art Collections, Dresden (SKD)

Publications

2024
50 PAINTINGS at Milwaukee Art Museum
ISBN: 978-1646-5703-79

2023
FLAMING IMAGES
Mind Set Art Center Ausgaben: Mind Set Art Center, Andre Lee, Rao Fu
ISBN: 978-626-98372-0-5

2022
DISSONANCE-PLATFORM GERMANY
Mark Gisbourne, Christoph Tannert . Ausgaben: DCV
ISBN: 978-3-96912-060-6

2021
Rao FU / COMBUSTION
Galerie Vazieux Paris, Christoph Tannert, Roan Ching-Yueh, Ausgaben: Lord Byron
ISBN: 978-2491901-13-4

2019
Rao FU / INFINITRACE
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts and Mind Set Art Center, Andre Lee, Monica Demattè, Huang Chien-Hung, Wang Rui-Xu.
ISBN: 978-986- 94868-8-0

2012
Rao FU / FOLLOW WIND
VW Volkswagen and Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Dr.Constanze von Marlin, Ausgaben: kerber verlag
ISBN: 978-3-7356- 0033-2

Jury

2025/2026
Invited as an international jury member for the “Kunst am Bau” public art project of the German Cancer Research Center, participating in the selection of artists and evaluation of competition entries.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026
AURORA, Solo Exhibition Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China

2025
Perrotin Tokyo Presents Rao Fu’s Solo Exhibition, Art Fair Tokyo 2025, Japan

2024
Colors of the Soul, Galerie PERROTIN, shanghai, China
Dynamische Stille: Gewalt und Lebendigkeit der Farben, KORNFELD Galerie Berlin, Germany

2023
Flaming Images, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei 　　
Night Feast at Art Basel Hong Kong, Mind Set Art Center

2022
Night Knight, Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Galeie Vazieux 　
Rao Fu: Dresden, Fergus McCaffrey Gallery, New York 　
Solo Show Rao Fu at Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, France

2021
Solo Show at Art 021, Shanghai, China 　　　　
COMBUSTION, Galerie Vazieux Paris, Paris, France

2020
Immensity, Galerie Vazieux Paris, Paris, France 　
In The Rain, Gallery EIGENHEIM Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2019
Night fishing, Gallery EIGENHEIM Berlin (salon), Berlin, Germany
Infinitrace, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KdMoFA), Taipei　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2018
Paysages Intérieurs, Gallery ARTSCAPE Contemporary S.à,r.I.-S, Luxembourg　　　　
CENTURY, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

2017
COXCOMB, Galerie Irrgang, Berlin, Germany 　　
Follow Wind, Galerie Heissingsart, Lübeck, Germany

2016
CHIMERICA, Project Room of City Art Gallery (SKD), Dresden, Germany 　
OPEN STUDIO, HALLE 14, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Germany

2015
PLANKTON, Gellery Irrgang, Leipzig, Germany

2014
Follow Wind, Kunstverein Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg, Germany

2013
MIRAGE, Gallery Grafikladen, Dresden, Germany 2012 CHIMERICA, Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany

2011
Rao Fu Arbeiten, Kunst bei Gericht, Ständehaus, Dresden, Germany

2010
Rao Fu Arbeiten, Gallery Ling, Berlin, Germany

2009
Qi Nian / Sieben Jahre, Gallery Elly Brose Eiermann, Dresden, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
ZUKUNFT DER KULTUR — Opening Exhibition and Cultural Program, German Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan

2024
ECHTZEIT, City Art Museum of Dresden, Germany 　　　
DISSONANCE-Platform Germany #3, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bukarest 　　
DISSONANCE-Platform Germany #2, City Museum of Kiel, Germany
50 paintings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA

2023
NOCTURNAL BALLADS, Group Show at Perrotin Shanghai, China 　　　　
Ursula Walter Kommt, Pavillon am Milchhof in Berlin, Germany
Group Show, Gallery Fergus Mccaffrey , USA
Ursula Walter Kommt, KV FAK,Germany

2022
Dissonance-Platform Germany, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Germany 　　
Bitterer Frühling, Galerie Eigenheim Berlin, German
Flowing Light, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2021
The landscapes of soul, Asian ART Museum of Nice Galerie Vazieux Paris Paris, France

2020
PRISMA-Group exhibition, Gallery EIGENHEIM, Berlin, Germany.

2018
Chaos, Rao FU, JHONG Jiang-Ze, TANG Jo-Hung, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei,Taiwan

2017 1
443, Galerie Ursula Walter, Dresden

2015
Das muss man gesehen haben, 10 Jahre Städtische Galerie Dresden – Erwerbungen und Schenkungen, City Art Gallery Dresden, Germany

2015
Pushing Hands, with Andreas Sachsenmaier, Gallery Ursula Walter, Dresden, Germany

2014 　　
DaDaTy, Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden

2014
Kooperation, Galerie Ursula Walter, Dresden

2013
trozt alledem…, Galerie Modul 8, Dresden,Germany 　　　　　
jetzt hier, Gegenwartskunst. Aus dem kunstfonds, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden,Germany 　
Hommage to Asia, Chinesischer Pavillon, Dresden,Germany 　
HYPE, Geh8, Dresden,Germany　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2012
4. Dresdner Biennale des 20. Kunstfestivals Ornö, Dresden, Germany 　
Die unsichtbaren Städte, 2025 Kunst und Kultur e.V. Hamburg, Germany
FU: LEYH, mit Stefan Leyh, Gallery cCe Kulturhaus, Leuna, Germany

Publications

DISSONANCE-PLATFORM GERMANY

Mark Gisbourne, Christoph Tannert . Ausgaben: DCV
ISBN: 978-3-96912-060-6

FLAMING IMAGES

Mind Set Art Center Ausgaben: Mind Set Art Center , Andre Lee, Rao Fu
ISBN: 978-626-98372-0-5

“Flaming Images” compiles 42 pieces from his solo exhibition of the same name, curated by German curator Christoph Tannert, along with 81 carefully selected paintings created by Rao FU since 2020. In total, the book features 123 exceptional images of Rao FU’s works, covering his major pieces since the solo exhibition “Infinitrace” at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in 2019. Additionally, the publication includes an essay by curator Tannert titled ’Images of Flaming Passion,‘ an article by chief editor Andre Lee titled “Janus: The Perpetual Exploration in Rao FU’s Painting,” the artist’s statement, and a complete record of his exhibition experiences. The book is a hardcover edition measuring 28.5×24.5 cm, spanning 224 pages, and is priced at NTD 2,000.

50 Paintings at Milwaukee Art Museum

‘50 Paintings’ is on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin through June 23, 2024. It features works created within the last five years by 50 international artists, highlighting the artistic trends in practice today. Co-curated by Margaret Andera and Michelle Grabner, ‘50 Paintings’ invites visitors to formulate their own assessments of trends in contemporary painting.