Andersen Woof

Andersen Woof (b. 1989) is a Chinese-American painter who lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally trained in landscape architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), he creates fictional and semi-autobiographical paintings that explore transformation, memory, belonging, and the paradox of the human condition through the lens of his own queer and immigrant life. Drawing from research into queer history, mysticism, religious art, philosophy, and psychology, his intuitive painting process embraces spontaneity and ambiguity, constructing symbolic spaces where personal experience and collective histories converge.

Woof has exhibited with Semiose Gallery (Paris, France), 1969 Gallery (New York, NY), Fortnight Institute (New York, NY), CPM Gallery (Baltimore, MD), Vardan Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), and Acappella Gallery (Naples, Italy). His work has been featured in New American Paintings, Platform by David Zwirner, Art Verge, Art Viewer, Booooooom, Connaissance des Arts, The Steidz, Baltimore Fishbowl, The AIDS Memorial, and Mepaintsme. Woof is a finalist for the Hopper Prize and a two-time semifinalist for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize. He received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship for his 2025 ...

EDUCATION
2015
Master of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
2013
Master of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
2010
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, & GRANTS
2026
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, Greater Opportunity Fellowship and Cy Twombly Endowment Fellowship, Amherst, VA
2025
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, Johnson, VT
Semifinalist, Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
2023
Semifinalist, Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
2022
Artist Recovery Grant, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
2021
Finalist, Individual Artist Grant (Fall Cycle), The Hopper Prize
Business of Arts Professional Development Mini Grant, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
2019
Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects Texas Chapter
2018
Prix de la Création, Chaumont-sur-Loire International...

EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2026
July Crit Exhibition, Curated by Jared Christensen, The Baltimore City Crit Club, Baltimore, MD
2025
Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Semifinalists Exhibition, The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
SCOUT Art Fair with CPM Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“hissssssss: Serpents and Social Imaginings”, Peach Pit Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024
“Drawing Room”, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
“The Minotaur’s Daydream”, Curated by Anthony Cudahy, Semiose Gallery, Paris, France
Presentation with 1969 Gallery, Platform by David Zwirner (Online)
Spring/Break Art Show, Curated by Amanda Barker and Brandy Wednesday, New York, NY
“Let the Right One In”, CPM Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Semifinalists Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2022
“Contemporary Art Now” (CAN) Art Fair with 1969 Gallery, Ibiza, Spain
“Gone Was the Glow”, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
“Character”, Mothflower (Online)
2021
“Nine Lives”, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
“Animal Show”, Acappella Gallery, Naples, Italy
“Keep On Keepin’ On: 2021 Postcard Show”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
“Out of Order”, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (Onli...