Rao FU
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
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
Award & Grant
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
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
National Museum for History and Art Luxembourg (MNHA), Luxembourg
Arts Foundations of Dresden State Art Collections, Dresden
Dresden City Art Museum (SKD)
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts
Arts Foundations of Dresden State Art Collections, Dresden
Dresden City Art Museum (SKD)
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts
Select Solo Exhibitions:
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 Jahren, Gallery Elly Brose Eiermann, Dresden, 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 Jahren, Gallery Elly Brose Eiermann, Dresden, Germany
Select Group Exhibitions:
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 Gruppe 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 1443, 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 DaDa Ty, 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
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 Gruppe 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 1443, 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 DaDa Ty, 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