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 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.
His work has been exhibited at 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), among others. His work has been featured in New American Paintings, Platform by David Zwirner, Art Verge, Art Viewer, ArtMaze Magazine, Booooooom, Connaissance des Arts, The Steidz, Baltimore Fishbowl, The AIDS Memorial, and Mepaintsme, among others. Woof is a finalist for the Hopper Prize and a two-time semifinalist for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize. He is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship for his residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2025, as well as the Greater Opportunity Fellowship and Cy Twombly Endowment Fellowship for his upcoming residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
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