Biography

Born in 1978, Rao Fu is a Chinese artist living and working in Dresden, Germany.

From 1999 to 2001, Rao pursued his undergraduate in design at Tsinghua University in Beijing; and from 2002 to 2010, he was enrolled at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, to further his studies in painting, graphic arts, and art therapy. During his studies with Siegfried Klotz and Elke Hopfe, he tackled, among other things, the traditional painting methods of the Dresden School. In 2008, he became a ‘Meisterstudiu’ student and continued an advanced program with Professor Ralf Kerbach. During his graduate studies, Rao received the DAAD Scholarship for Fine Arts in 2006 and a grant from the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation from 2008 to 2012. In the following years, he was awarded a scholarship from the Cultural Donation of the Free State of Saxony in 2014 and additionally the ‘Heimspiel-Stipendium’ sponsored by the Cotton Mill Leipzig, from the Cultural Donation of the Free State of Saxony in 2016. He won the cholarship of the 14th hall artist of Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei in 2017. In 2020, he was honored with the grant ‘Denkzeit’ sponsored by the Cultural Donation of the Free State of Saxony. His works are collected by the National Museum of History and Art of
Luxembourg (MNHA), the Saxon Art Foundation in Germany, and the Dresden National Gallery.

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

2020	Project funding -“Denkzeit”, The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2016	Heimspiel – Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, schol- arship 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

2022	Solo Exhibition, Galerie Fergus McCarey Gallery, New York, USA
2021	COMBUSTION, Galerie Vazieux Paris Paris, France
2021	Immensity, Galerie Vazieux Paris Paris, France
2019	Nightfishing, Gallery EIGENHEIM Berlin (salon), Berlin, Germany
2018	Paysages Intérieurs, Gallery ARTSCAPE Contemporary S.à,r.I.-S, Luxembourg
2018	CENTURY, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
2017	COXCOMB, Galerie Irrgang, Berlin, Germany
2017	Follow Wind, Galerie Heissingsart, Lübeck, Germany
2017	CHIMERICA, Projektraum Neue Galerie, City Art Gallery, Dresden, Germany
2016	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, Projektraum Neue Galerie, City Art Gallery, Dresden, 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