Fiona Rae RA
Born: 10 October 1963, Hong Kong
Elected RA: 28 May 2002
Category of Membership: Painter
Fiona Rae RA, 'Untitled (grey with rectangles)'
Rae studied at Croydon College of Art from 1983 to 1984 and at Goldsmiths College, London from 1984 to 1987. She participated in 'Freeze', the group show organised by Damien Hirst which helped launch a generation of artists who became known as 'YBAs' (Young British Artists). Rae was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1991.
Rae's paintings contrast flat areas of colour with sign-making. This includes elements of text and pixilation. Throughout the 1990s her work became more structured and began to concentrate on particular motifs. Rae was appointed a Tate Trustee in 2005. In the same year she was also Master Artist in Residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, USA.
Recent solo exhibitions
2010 PaceWildenstein, New York
2009 Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
2008 Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
2006 PaceWildenstein, New York
2005 Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
2004 Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
2003 Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
2003 BBC Broadcasting House Public Art Programme, London
2002-3 Carré d’Art - Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, France
2001 Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
2000 Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
2000 Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
1999 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
1999 Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1997 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
1997 The British School at Rome, Rome
1996 Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
1995 Waddington Galleries, London
1994 Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
1994 John Good Gallery, New York
1993-94 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1992 Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
1991 Waddington Galleries, London
1990 Third Eye Centre (now Centre for Contemporary Art), Glasgow
1990 Galerie Pierre Bernard, Nice
Public collections
Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK
British Council, London, UK
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Carré d’Art - Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, France
Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
Fondation - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris, France
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain d'Ile de France, France Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Fundació ‘la Caixa’, Barcelona, Spain
Government Art Collection, London, UK
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Marx Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin SMPK
Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, France
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Sintra Museum of Modern Art; the Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal
Southampton City Art Gallery, UK
Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tate Collection, London, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Publications
Painting Today, Phaidon, London, 2009
Open Space: Art in the Public Realm in London 1995-2005, Arts Council, England and Central London Partnership, London, 2007
Tate Modern: The Handbook, Tate Publishing, London 2006
Tate Women Artists, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 2004
Fiona Rae – Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes, 2002
Hybrids: International Contemporary Painting, Tate Publishing, London, 2001
Vision: Fifty Years of British Creativity, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999
What the Butler Saw, Durian Publications, London, 1996
The 20th-Century Art Book, Phaidon Press, London, 1996
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
