1959年出生于台湾台北，1982年毕业于国立台湾师范大学美术系西画组，1992 毕业于纽约视觉艺术中心学院插画研究所。
黄本蕊的绘画创作透过画中的色彩、造型等等元素，以及兔子尼尼（Nini）自由地诠释艺术家内心的一种人文意涵，同时尝试着制造一个好似简单明了，却又存在无限发想的空间给观众。尼尼外型温和脆弱，面部鲜有表情，在画面上既是主角又是配角，它所身处的画面─天空、大地、暗夜或海底等等，代表主动进行中的叙述性故事，常常兔子只是扮演被动的旁观者，如同看画的观者一般，容易博得认同感；有时又毫不掩饰的安适态度，予人一种「有何不可？」的理所当然而让人自然地接受。透过尼尼，黄本蕊的绘画透露出艺术家所关心的议题，这些议题大多是她生活中接触到的直接或间接、或大或小的事件，例如死去的宠物，因自然环境遭到破坏而发出的感触等，这些在在显示出艺术家对人性的矜持，以及对人和周遭环境敏锐而细微的关注。
黄本蕊的创作世界，便是这样的一个渺小人生与浩瀚宇宙的互动与共存，甚至抗衡的世界。人生结束，宇宙继存，人的存在和所有努力只是一种必然现象，所以黄本蕊的画面有许多天人相容的温暖片刻，也时常充满些许无力感，不过人们面对着宇宙，还是无畏地努力着，似乎还带着点幽默。许多观者在欣赏黄本蕊的画之时，有的会莞尔一笑，有的会触景情伤。这是黄本蕊绘画的玩味之处，幽默与忧愁、悲观与乐观参杂融合，在作品的意义上，得由观者自己取决，而在这个过程中观者发自内心的自我投射和诠释，正是黄本蕊所追求的「与观者之间的对话和共鸣」。
Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1959, he graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Department of Fine Arts of National Taiwan Normal University in 1982, and graduated from the Institute of Illustration of the Center for Visual Arts in New York in 1992.
Huang Benrui draws inspiration from everyday life and uses Nini the rabbit as a vehicle for contemplation and reflection on her experiences. FromHuang Benrui's paintings we can get a glimpse of the artist's inner world, as most of them are inspired, directly and indirectly, by the people, things and events that take place in her immediate environment. Sometimes a painting comes from her mourning for the loss of a pet; sometimes it could be an afterthought when she encountered a street performer (singer) in the subway; and sometimes it may be to express her anxiety about environmental degradation.Huang Benruibelieves that all creatures on Earth are only a small part of the universe. Although the course of nature and life are beyond our control, optimism and a fighting spirit may be our only way to give meaning to our existence. As such, Huang's works often emanate a hint of sadness and helplessness yet at the same time filled with warmth and humor. Though personal, her works contain emotions that are universal to us, and thus they become a mirror of our own experiences, and from them we are able to see a bit of ourselves.
