Ru Xiao Fan Biography
Born in 1954, Nan Jing, China.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
Education
1982 The Fine Arts Department of the Normal University, Nan Jing, China.
1986 The National Superior School of Fine Arts, Paris, France.
1988 ‐ 1990 La Casa Velasquez, Madrid, Spain (received scholarship)
Selected Solo Exhibitions (since 1991)
2011 Inspire ∙ Expire, Dialogue Space, Beijing, China
RX Gallery, Paris, France
2010 My Secret Garden, project coproduction with Rue89 web‐Site, Paris, France
2009 ‐2010 Translucent, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 Quintessens Gallery, Utrecht, Pays‐Bas
2008 Adam Gallery, London, England
Orenga de Gaffory, Corse, France
Cà Muse, Vicenza, Italy
2007 Enjoy, RX Gallery, Paris, France
2006 Gallery Lee Hwaik , Seoul, Korea
Gallery Hengevoss Dürkop, Hambourg, Germany
2005 Safe Contact, Shanghai Museum, China
Safe Contact, RX Gallery, Paris, France
2004 Botany‐Movement of One Hundred Flowers, Multi‐Media Library of Raymond Hospital, France
Squarepoint, collaboration with FRAC (Regional Funds of Contemporary Art) of France Island, Garches,France
Bubble Game, RX Gallery, Paris, France
Bubble Game, White Box, New York, USA
2003 100 Flowers and Recent Paintings, Museum of Ursulines, Macon, France
2002 Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Swiss
Hundred Flowers, RX Gallery, Paris, France
2001 Hundred Flowers, Villa Tamaris, Contemporary Art Centre, La Seyne‐sur‐Mer, France
Gallery Quintessens, Utrecht, Pays‐Bas.
One Man Show, Art Fair Amsterdam, Gallery Quintessens, Utrecht, Pays‐Bas.
1999 Hundred Flowers, Church Saint Jacques, Saint Gaudens, Minister of culture, Midi‐Pyrénées, France
1996 Colombani‐Robin, Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
1995 Fernando Latorre, Saragosse, Spain
1994 Symptom, Quintessens Gallery, Utrecht, Pays‐Bas
1993 Balloons, Hesdin Gallery, Paris, France
1992 Balloons, Gastaud Gallery, Clermont Ferrand, France
Balloons, Liverpool Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
Balloons, Quintessens Gallery, Utrecht, Pays‐Bas
1991 Apples, Van Melle Gallery, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions (since 1983)
2010 CIGE Beijing Art Fair, Dialogue Space, Beijing, China
The Ocean, Le Bellevu, Biarritz, France
Art Taipei, Dialogue Space, Taipei, China
Art Asia Fair, Dialogue Space, Miami, USA
2009 David 4th, Academy of Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Play Time, Parcours Saint‐Germain, Paris, France
2008 Art Paris, RX Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Orange Senate, Paris, France
Telltale Paintings, Dialogue Space, Beijing, China
2007 Franch Touche, Villa Tamaris, Contemporary Art Centre, La Seyne‐sur‐Mer, France
The New Pop, SOMA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006 The New Pop, Villa Tamaris, Contemporary Art Centre, La Seyne‐sur‐Mer, France
CIGE Beijing Art Fair, SUN Gallery, Beijing, China
KIAF Seoul Art Fair, RX Gallery, Korea
School of Fine Arts of Nime, France
2005 Touch without Danger, curator Zoe Zhang, Shanghai, China
Triennale of Contemporary art, curator Hou Hanru, Tirana, Albania
My Favorite Things, curator R. Leydier, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
2004 ARTissima, RX Gallery, Turin, Italy
Beyond Paradise, RX Gallery invited by Hengevoss Dürkop Gallery, Hambourg, Germany
Art Brussels, RX Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
2003 d.u.m.b.o Arts Center, Brooklyn, USA
Aura, Gallery RX, Paris, France
2002 Grand Opening Exhibition, RX Gallery, Paris, France
Around Figuration, cultural space of Velizy‐Villacoublay, France
Gallery Art Line, Bruxelles, Belgium
2001 Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Swiss
1997 International Competition of Contemporary Art, Michelin (Prize: Special Mention), France
1996 Spirit of Art, Abbey of Royaumont, Asnières sur Seine, France
1995 FIAC, Lucien Durand Gallery, Paris, France
1991 Art Fair Discovery, Van Melle Gallery, Paris, France
Fernando Latorre Gallery, Saragosse, Spain
Exhibition of March, Jacques Barrère Gallery, Paris, France
Exhibition of Montrouge, Montrouge, France
1990 Stockholm Art Fair, Westlund Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Partner: Art in the Company, Villa Gilet, Paris, France
Exhibition of Montrouge, Montrouge, France
Exhibition of May, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1988 Young Painters Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1986 New Realities Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Yan Pei‐Ming and Ru Xiao Fan, Vendôme Space, UAP, Paris, France
1984 Gallery Actes Sud, Arles, France
1983 Gallery Art Promotion, Hong‐Kong
Public Collections (selected)
2010 Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 Seoul Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2008 Realization of the fresco of La Coupole, Paris, France
2006 National Fund of Contemporary Art, France
Seoul Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Collection of Foundation Colas, Paris, France
2005 Foundation Salomon, Alex, France
2004 Museum of Ursulines, Mâcon, France
1999 Collection Sosume, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Regional Fund of Contemporary Art, France Island
1995 Foundation Michelin, Grand Prize, Paris, France