1948年出生，2005年在北京逝世。他不曾在学院接受美术教育；1964年参加工作，开始自学绘画；1970年代参加北京劳动人民文化宫开办的美术学习班，结识钟鸣、马可鲁等众多好友；1979年参加最早的画家们自发组织的展览“新春画展”，此后还参加过举办该展览的民间画会“春潮画会”（后改名为“北京油画研究会”）举办的其他展览，以及1989年的“中国现代艺术展”；1981年他的文章《一个扫地工的梦——〈自在者〉》在《美术》杂志发表。
Born in 1948 and died in 2005 in Beijing. In 1964, he started working and began to learn painting by himself. In 1970s, he joined the Working People's Cultural Palace's art class and became friends with Zhong Ming, Ma Kelu, etc. In 1979, he participated in "Xinchun Huazhan" (Beijing New Spring Painting Exhibition) and afterwards participated in other exhibitions organized by the same painting group "Chunchao Huahui" (Spring Wave Painting Group) in the following years. The group was later re-named "Beijing Youhua Yanjiuhui" (Beijing Oil Painting Society). He was also invited to the well-known China/Avant-Garde Exhibition (1989). In 1981, he published "Yige Saodigong de Meng, Zizaizhe" (A Dream of a Sweeper, A Freeman) in the magazine "Meishu" (Fine Arts).
个展 Solo Exhibitions：
2022 冯国东：1989-1999生活与工作，SPURS画廊，北京，中国
群展 Group Exhibitions：
2022 “开启：星美术馆开馆展 第一季”，星美术馆，上海，中国
