Fiona Rae

Born in Hong Kong in 1963, Fiona Rae lives and works in London.

 

Fiona Rae's work has been shown in recent major solo exhibitions at Centre d'art La Malmaison, Cannes (France, 2021-2022), Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (UK, 2014), Southampton City Art Gallery (UK, 2014), Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (UK, 2013), Leeds Art Gallery (UK, 2012), New Art Gallery, Walsall (UK, 2012). Previous solo exhibitions have included Carré d'Art - Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes (France, 2002), ICA London (UK, 1994) and Kunsthalle Basel (Switzerland, 1992).

In 2026 Fiona Rae will have a solo exhibition at Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma (Spain).

 

The artist has exhibited in prestigious institutions, including Torrance Art Museum (USA, 2025), Muzeul de Artǎ Recentǎ, Bucharest (Romania, 2025), Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma (Spain, 2025), Château de Rochechouart (France, 2024), The Hepworth Wakefield (UK, 2024), au Guangdong Museum of Art (China, 2024) Tate Modern, London (UK, 2023), MUDAM Luxembourg (Luxembourg, 2023), Milwaukee Art Museum (USA, 2023), Hunt Museum, Limerick (Ireland, 2022), Tate Britain, London (UK, 2019), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (UK, 2017), Institute of Contemporary Arts of Singapore (Singapore, 2012), Tate Britain, London (UK, 2009), Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Luxembourg, 2008), Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (Germany, 2007), Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (China, 2006), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany, 2003), Tate Liverpool (UK, 2001), Fundacio Caixa, Palma de Mallorca (Spain, 2000), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (Portugal, 1997), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain, 1996), Hayward Gallery, London (UK, 1994), Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (Netherlands, 1990) and Venice Biennale (Italy, 1990).

 

Fiona Rae has become one of the most important abstract painters of her generation, enjoying a significant presence in prestigious public and private collections such as the Tate Collection, London (UK); the Royal Academy of Arts, London (UK); the Fond National d'Art Contemporain, Paris (France); the Centre Pompidou, Paris (France); the Mudam, Luxembourg (Luxembourg); the Fundacio Caixa, Palma de Mallorca (Spain); the Carré d'Art - Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes (France); the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC (USA); The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York (USA); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. (USA); Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (Norway); Arts Council England (UK); Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (UK); British Council, London (UK); Southampton City Art Gallery (UK); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK); Warwick University Art Collection (UK); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal); Contemporary Art Society, London (UK); Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield (UK); Albertina Museum, Vienna (Austria); FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (France); Fundación Barrié, La Coruña (Spain); Government Art Collection, London (UK); Muzeul de Artǎ Recentǎ, Bucharest (Romania); Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (Germany); Jerwood Collection, London (UK); Leeds Museums and Galleries (UK); Musée départemental d'Art contemporain de Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne (France); Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen (Germany); Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Centro Cultural de Belém Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Australia); Buffalo AKG Art Museum (USA).

 

Fiona Rae has been represented by Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels, since 1994.