1952
Born in Beijing, China. One of the leaders of the first non-conformist artist's group “THE STARS” (XING XING) which was formed in 1979 during the post-cultural revolution “Beijing Spring.”
Artist (installation, painting, photography, performance) and curator
One of the main founders of the Dashanzi Art District (Factory 798)

Solo Exhibitions
2006 One Country Two Systems - 50 Years Unchanged!, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Chairman Mao 10,000 RMB, Chinese Contemporary, Beijing
2000
Non-existent Journey III KCAL Kansai Contemporary Art Laboratory, Amagasaki, Osaka
Non-existent Journey IV, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka
Huang Rui Exhibition, Kaze Gallery, Osaka (also '98,97,95,92,90)
1999
Beijing 0:00 [Performance], Wenzi Gallery, Tokyo
1997
Huang Rui Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
I Ching + Planned Road, Nishetenma Area, Osaka
Huang Rui Exhibition, Bricollage Gallery, Osaka
1996
Gold Fish + Planned road, Nishetenma Area, Osaka
1995
Water - Wood - Paper, Ruine der Kunst, Berlin
Huang Rui Exhibition, Gallerie Bellefroid, Paris
Water + Abenosuji, Abenosuji Gallery, Osaka
Ergoutou Spirit+ Ruins, Guan Yuan area, Beijing
1994
Huang Rui Exhibition, Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (also'96)
Water + Fish, Huang Rui Studio, Beijing
Water + Bamboo, Huang Rui Studio, Beijing
1993
Chairman Mao 100's Anniversary, Ai Weiwei Studio, Beijing
1992
Huang Rui Exhibition, International Art Museum, Beijing (cancelled)
Water + 40 Faces, September Gallery, Beijing (Cancelled and moved to Self Owned studio, Beijing)
1991
Huang Rui Exhibition, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo (also'94)
1990
Huang Rui Exhibition, Osaka Contemporary Art Center
Huang Rui Exhibition, Gallery Kaze, Osaka (also '92,'95,'97,'98,'00)
1986
Chinese Modern Art Center, Osaka (also '88,'90','92)
Gallery Ueda Warehouse, Tokyo
1985
Tor Road Gallery, Kobe (also '86,'89)
1984
Central Gallery, Osaka (also '94)

Group Exhibitions
2005
2nd Dashanzi International Art Festival: Language/Fable, Beijing
Convergence Art exhibition, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing
Transparent Box, Jianwai Soho, Beijing
Cubism Painting in Asia, National Museum of Modern Art of Japan, Tokyo
2004
1st Dashanzi International Art Festival: Radiance and Resonance / Signals of Time, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing
2003
Transborder Language: Live Poetry/Performance Art, Beijing Tokyo Art    Project, Beijing
Blue Sky Exposure - Anti SARS Exhibition, Dashanzi Art District and Yi Zhuang, Beijing
Left Hand, Right Hand, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing
2002
Beijing Afloat, Beijing Tokyo Art Project Opening Exhibition, Beijing
The 1st Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou Museum, Guangzhou
CIPAF 02, Banpe Museum, Xi'an
International Contemporary Photograph Exhibition, Ping Yao
2001
Promenade in Asia AFTER KITCH”, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
Dream 2001, Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Red Mansion Foundation, London
2000
The Xing Xing 20 years, Tokyo Gallery
Documentation of Chinese Avant-Garde Art in 90s, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Choi Suk Ho and Huang Rui, Gallery Gu, Seo-Cho Visual Art Institut, Seoul
Battle to a 2001, Gozo Yoshimasu and Huang Rui, Gallery Shimada, KObe
1999
Memories of 100 Years, Huang Rui Studio, Osaka
True, Hirano, Osaka
New I-Ching, 64 Divination of 6.4, Central Park, Hong Kong
1998
NIPAF '98 Nippon Performance Art Festival, Nagano etc. (also '99)
Huang Rui Exhibition, JF Mayer Gallerie, Marseille
L'Art Degenere, Gallerie Municipale de Sextius, Aix en Provence
NIPAF a Paris, Ambassade du Japon en France, Paris
Art Performance, Art Action, Fringe Club, Hong Kong / Tribo, Macao
Today 20 Years; Japan China International Art Festival, Hamarikyu Aashi Multipurpose Hall, Tokyo
1997
Chinese Abstraction and Beyond, Hong Kong Arts center
Modern de Hirano, Kumata Shino Shrine, Osaka (also '98)
The 4th Rokko Island Water Front Open Air Play, Marine Park, Kobe (also '98, '99, '00)
Imaginery trip, Eiji Okubo, Huang Rui, two- person Exhibition, Huang Rui Studio, Osaka 
1996
Chinese Modern Arts, Gallery Asur, Oslo
From East of Eurasia, Oxy Gallery, Osaka
Origin and Myths of Fine New Art from Japan, China and Korea, The Museum of modern Art, Saitama
1995
New Painting of Chinese Artists, Alisan Fine Arts Gallery, Hong Kong
1994
The Xing Xing - China Modern Art & Cultural, Kunsterhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt
Asian Art Now, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
1993
The Xing Xing, 15 years, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
1992
Asian Wave, Tokyo Gallery
Art Now, '92; Twelve Artists: New Horizon in the 90's, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1990
Ma Desheng, Huang Rui, Wang Keping three-person exhibition, Han Art Gallery, Taipei
Huang Rui and Wang Keping two-person exhibition, Monte Gallery, Tokyo
The Xing Xing 10 years, Salpetriere Church, Paris
1989
The Xing Xing 10 Years, Han-Art Gallery, Hong Kong / Han-Art Gallery, Taipei
1987 Xing Xing exhibition by 6 artists, Art Wave Gallery, New York
Documentation of Xing Xing Exhibition, Harvest University Cultural Center, Boston
1985
Ma Desheng and Huang Rui exhibition, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka
1983
Ma Desheng, Huang Rui, Wang Keping Exhibition, Beijing Elementary School, Beijing
1981
China Contemporary Art Exhibition, New York, Boston
1980
The 2nd Xing Xing Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing
1979
The 1st Xing Xing Exhibition, outside of the China Art Museum and Hua Fang Zhai Gallery, Beijing

Publications
2005
Language/Fable, Timezone 8 + Thinking Hands
2004
798 in Beijing, Timezone 8 + Thinking Hands