Feng Rui Biography | Chinese Contemporary Artist

Feng Rui 冯蕤

Feng Rui (冯蕤) is a Chinese contemporary artist and painter. Born in Zhengzhou in 1994, she graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts with an MA in Oil Painting in 2022 and currently lives and works in Beijing.

I do not paint bodies in water, but the way a body reaffirms itself in water

My work often begins with the female body in water. What interests me is not how the body is seen, but how a person in water begins to feel their breath, weight, boundaries, and existence again

Water slows movement, loosens contours, and makes faces, expressions, and gestures uncertain. The figures in my paintings often appear from behind or through fragments of the body; they are in no hurry to offer their faces or hand their stories directly to the viewer. For me, the back is not a way of creating mystery, but a way of keeping distance and protecting the self

Within layered color, flowing brushwork, and repeatedly worked edges of the body, ripples cut through, obscure, and envelop the figure. They leave the figure in a quiet yet unstable state: floating in water while resisting some invisible force

Beneath bright color and a soft sense of the body, I hope my paintings preserve a deeper tension. Calm does not mean submission, and softness can also contain explosive force

Education

2022 MA in Oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, under the tutelage of Yu Hong
2019 BA in Oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts
2015 Affiliated High School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Exhibitions

2026 Long Summer Days, three-artist exhibition with Feng Rui, Zhang Yumeng and Zhao Xuan, Shang Space, Beijing
2025 Flickering Glimmers, XGallery Unknown Space, Dalian
The 6th Art Fair in Hotel (AFIH), The Peninsula Beijing, Beijing
Light in the Folds, Lei Shing Hong Art Center, Beijing
Transformation of Suhe Haus, Suhe Haus, Shanghai
2024 URBAN BREAK 2024, Coex Hall B, Seoul, South Korea
Heart of Waves, Feng Rui solo exhibition, UArt Center, Shanghai
Color Full, The Peninsula Beijing, Beijing
BAMA 2024 - Busan Annual Market of Art, BEXCO Exhibition Center 1, Busan, South Korea
The Eye of Wisdom, Contemporary Women Artists Exhibition, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
2023 MOORDN Art Fair, Nanfung International Convention & Exhibition Center, Guangzhou
Make Art Go Viral, Young Artists Exhibition, The Peninsula Beijing, Beijing
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
Sharpening: Fictional Romantic Layers, Jin Chang'an Tower, Beijing
Summer Dopamine Contemporary Art Exhibition, JEN Beijing by Shangri-La, Beijing
JINGART 2023, Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing
Giving You a Yellow Rose, Taste Laboratory, Beijing
Women to the Power of Three, group exhibition with Qiu Lin and Ju Yao, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
Women to the Power of Three, group exhibition with Qiu Lin and Ju Yao, Get Nice Centre, Hong Kong
2022 ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
On Flight Young Artists Special Exhibition, West Bund Art & Design x Xiaohongshu, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai
Art Beijing Art Graduate Growth Program, Lei Shing Hong Art Center, Beijing
The 5th Graduation Song Summer Exhibition, Fangyuan Art Museum, Beijing
On Boarding Xiaohongshu Art Rising Stars Graduation Exhibition, TX Huaihai Youth Center, Shanghai
Boloni Annual Art Exhibition, Boloni Wanping Experience Hall, Beijing
JINGART Beijing Online Unit, Beijing
2021 The 2nd Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair, Poly World Trade Expo, Guangzhou
Love and Meow Planet Public Welfare Exhibition, Xidan Renewal Field, Beijing
2020 Chinese New Generation 10 Female Artists Exhibition, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Exhibition of Chinese New Generation Female Artists, Princeton Sacred Space Gallery, Princeton, USA
2019 Chinese New Generation Female Artists Exhibition, Binhai Art Museum, Tianjin
2017 Youth Creation Cup National College Youth Art Creation Competition, Beijing

Projects

2023 Participated in the Hefeng Art Foundation Lhasa residency program, teaching art locally and creating works for exhibition and auction
2021 Participated in the art poster project for the animated film "I Am What I Am", creating a poster that was later exhibited and auctioned
Joined the "Echo of Love" artist project with Smile Angel Foundation, designing and producing a mural for a hospital space
Led the children’s charity exhibition project for Zheng Ai Foundation, taking charge of curation and communication design

Reference

Young Chinese Female Artist: Feng Rui Artists Who Paint Water: Feng Rui's Water-Themed Paintings FAQ about Feng Rui

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