Fiona Rae (Hong Kong, 1963) studied at Croydon College of Art, London (1983–1984) and Goldsmiths College, London University (1984–1987). In 1988, Rae, along with many of those who would become the Young British Artists, participated in the seminal show “Freeze” in London’s Docklands. In 1990, she was selected for the Aperto at the 44th Venice Biennale and was subsequently shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1991. In 2002, Rae was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Rae has become one of the foremost abstract painters of her generation, with solo exhibitions at public institutions including the Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes, France (2021); Leeds City Art Gallery, United Kingdom (2014); Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, France (2002); Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom (1994); and Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (1992), amongst others.

Rae’s work has been included in many significant group exhibitions including at the Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou, China (2024); Milwaukee Art Museum, United States (2023); Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom (2019); Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom (2017); Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain (2008); Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany (2007); Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany (2006); Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China (2006); Singapore Art Museum (2006); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (2003); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2002); Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom (2001); Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, United States (2000); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (1996); Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (1996); Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom (1994); and Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom (1989).

Rae is widely represented in prestigious collections such as the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; Arts Council England, United Kingdom; British Council, United Kingdom; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, United States; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, France; Fonds régional d’art contemporain d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Fundació ”la Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., United States; Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam), Luxembourg; Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany; Muzeul de Artă Recentă, Bucharest, Romania; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D. C., United States; and Tate Collection, United Kingdom.