1980 Born in Fuxin, Liaoning Province
Education
2009 Artist in Residence,University Gallery, Colchester Campus
2006 Established ‘∏’Animation Studio, works in Hangzhou
2005 Graduated from Print-making Department of China China Academy of Fine Arts
2001 Graduated from Art High School of China Academy of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2009 People's Republic of Zoo,
Sun Xun: Shock of Time, The Drawing Center, NY, USA
2008 The New China, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Coal Spell, Platform China project space, Beijing
2007 Mythos-SUN Xun Solo Exhibition, ShanghART F-Space, Shanghai
Group Exhibitions
2009 Artists Video Week - Sun Xun-ShanghART Video theque Project, ShanghART Beijing
Paperwork, DF2 Gallery
New Work from China-Painting, Photography & Video, Fortune Cookie Projects Singapore, HT Contemporary Space, Singapore
Pin-An Extension Project of ShanghART Videotheque, ShanghART Beijing
Post 24 Animation, 1933 CORE Level 2, No.10 Shajing Rd., Shanghai
2008 Five Years of Duolun: Chinese Contemporary Art Retrospective Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Duolun road No.27, Shanghai
Hybrid, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
Future Sky - Chinese Contemporary Young Nomination Exhibition, Today Art Musuem
AN UNFORGETTABLE TOUR, National Museum of Cinema
ARTissima-The Forgotten Bar Project - Booth 17, Art Fairs Green Hall, Turin
Shi Qing, Sun Xun, Wang Youshen, Zhao Bandi-ShanghART Gallery Artists’ Group Show, ShanghART Beijing
Shanghai Art Fair—ShanghART Gallery Booth Nr. F30, Art Fairs ShanghaiMART
Multiple Realities, Beijing
IN-BETWEEN-Asia Video Art Weekend, Mori Art Museum, Japan
Mellow Fever, Galerie des Galeries, Paris
Artseason-The Third China New Media Art Festival, China Art Academy, Hangzhou
Crouching Paper, Hidden Dragon-Works on Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing
Shanghart Group Exhibition, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
There Is No I In Team-Group Show of Chinse FIlm Video & Installation Art, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Videotheque at ShanghART Shanghai and ShanghART Beijing, Videotheque
Fokus Kina, Riksutst?llningar, Swedish Travlling Exhibitions, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Sweden
2007 Refresh: Chinese Emerging Artists, ARARIO, Beijing
Amateur World, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing
SunXun: Art didn't have a standard-12+Contemprary Film Screening of Experimental Animation, MOCA Shanghai
Refresh: Chinese Emerging Artists, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
China Power Station: Part II, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Shouting Truth-A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing
2006 Gifts 2: A Case of Contemporary Art, Fanren Villa, Hangzhou
It's All Right-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hu Qing Tang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou
Second Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2006 Borderline International Video Festival, Beijing, China
Solo Exhibition, 2577 Creative Garden, Shanghai
China's Cutting Edge: New Video Art From Shanghai and Beijing, Anthology Film Archives,New York, USA
Image Flux: China, Guangzhou
A Yellow Box in Qingpu: Contemporary Art and Architecture in a Chinese Space, Xiao Ximen (Minor West Gate), Qingpu Town, Shanghai, China
Chaos City, Universal Studios, Beijing, China
The 3rd Annual Chinese Independent Film & Video Exhibition, Nanjing, China
Future Landscapes, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2005 Gifts 1-a Case of Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum Of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou
In the Deep of Reality-A Case of Chinese Contemporary Art, Basement Of Tianyu Apartment, Hangzhou
2004 2004 New Media Art Festival, China, China Academy Of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Video Exhibition, On The Hill, Baitaling, Hangzhou
Blink in Video Festival, Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Hangzhou
Format-Contemporary Art Exhibition, 31#Bar, Hangzhou, China
Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Shanghai Duolun Art Museum, Shanghai
2003 White Tower Mountain-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Baitaling, Hangzhou
Characters, Coffee box, Hangzhou, China
The Minority is Subordinate to the Majority, BizArt, Shanghai
2002 Shadow-XXX Art Exhibition, Qin Zhou Nan Road,Shanghai
Film Festivals
2009 16th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2009,
International Festival of Animated film AniFest 2009,
10th Jeonju International Film Festival,
The 2009BeFilm The Underground Film Festival,
9th SONAR INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL,
11th Mecal International Short Film Festival,
The 31st Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival,
2008 Regulations for the 1° Recife Janela Internacional de Cinema, Recife, Brazil
25th Tehran International Short Film Festival,
ALTER-NATIVE 16th International Short Film Festiva,
The 12th Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Festival Shadows 2008 Chinese Independent cinema, Centre Pompidou
5th International Film Festival Forli, Forli, Italy
4th International Short Detmold Film Festival,
Future Shorts Rescore Programme,
The 31st Norwegian Short Film Festival,
24th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Jugendmedienfestival Berlin, Berlin, Germany
17th Youthmediafestival, Berlin, Germany
2008 Santa Cruz Film Festival, Santa Cruz, USA
54th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
9th Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea, Seoul
2007 25th Torino Film Festival, Italy
up-and-coming Intl. Film Festival Hannover, Hannover,Germany
AURORA Film Festival, Norwich, UK
23rd International Berlin Short Film Festival, Germany
Shoot Me Shortfilm Festival, Hague, Halland
The 26th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden
Future Shorts Festival, UK
Mecal Intermacional Short Film Festival, Barcelona,Spain
Split shortfilm Festival, Croatia
EXiS 2007-Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, seoul, Korea
Alucine Toronto Latin@Media Festival, Toronto, Canada
53rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2006 Shadows Festival, Paris, France
Projects
2009 Sun Xun: Artist in Residence, University Gallery, Colchester Campus,UK
Future Shorts Festival,
2008 My China Now - a moving image project, Hayward Gallery (concrete Bar), London; Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton; City Art Centre, Edinburgh; Filming East Festival, London; Filming East Festival, London; Filming East Festival, Oxford; The Yorkshire Waterways Museum, Goole ect. (UK)