Huang Rui (born 1952, Beijing) is an artist and a curator, and a founding member of the Stars Group in 1979. He is recognised as one of the most important artists of his generation; his painting, sculpture, and installation challenge aesthetic and political convention. From 1984 to 1992, he resided in Japan; he returned to Beijing in the 1990s, then pioneered the 798 Art District. Huang lives and works in Beijing.