Wang Rui was born in 1987 in Hoye Township, Yunyang County, Chongqing. He graduated from Yunnan University in 2010. His solo exhibitions include: "Wang Rui's Landscapes," Flowers Gallery, Kunming, Yunnan, 2013. Selected group exhibitions he has participated in include: "Guishan—Mao Xuhui and His Students," Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand, 2020; "Hometown Land Art Festival," Tengchong, Yunnan, 2019; "Again, Stalker—Joint Exhibition of Yunnan Contemporary Painters," Greenland Haibolanting, Kunming, Yunnan, 2017; "Yunnan Seed," Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2016; "Scenery·Color—Oil Painting Exhibition by Wang Rui and Chen Chuan," Yuansheng Gallery, Kunming, Yunnan, 2016; among others.