1980
Born in Fuxin, Liaoning Province
Education
2009
Moved ‘∏’Animation Studio to beiing，works in Beijing
2006
Established ‘∏’Animation Studio
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
His Story-Sun Xun Solo Exhibition, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
People’s Republic of Zoo, University of Essex UK
Sun Xun: Shock of Time, The Drawing Center, NY, USA
2008
Coal Spell, Platform China project space, Beijing
New China, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2007
Mythos-SUN Xun Solo Exhibition, ShanghART F-Space, Shanghai
Group Exhibitions
2009
2009 Festival Ars Electronica, Linz Austria
“CHINA NARRATIVES” THE FOURTH CHENGDU BIENNALE, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum
Metamorphosis, ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai ShanghART at Huaihai Rd 796, Shanghai
The Tree, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
Art 40 Basel ShanghART at booth # J7, Art Fairs Basel, Switzerland
“YiPai-Century Thinking” A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum
Shanghai Kino-Shanghai Kino, KUNSTHALLE BERN, Switzerland
SPEAK DESCRIBE—2009 Cross------strait Contemporary Art, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
BLACKBOARD, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
What has been happening here？-The Inaugural Exhibition of Chinese Independent Film Archive, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art
ShanghART Group Show, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
In the Mood For Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing
Another scene-artists’ projects, concepts and ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
Artists Video Week - Sun Xun-ShanghART Video theque Project, ShanghART Beijing
Paperwork, DF2 Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
New Work from China-Painting, Photography & Video, Fortune Cookie Projects Singapore, HT Contemporary Space, Singapore
2008
Future Sky - Chinese Contemporary Young Nomination Exhibition, Today Art Museum
AN UNFORGETTABLE TOUR, National Museum of Cinema
ShanghART Gallery Artists’ Group Show-Shi Qing, Sun Xun, Wang Youshen, Zhao Bandi, ShanghART Beijing Shanghart Beijing, Beijing, China
Multiple Realities, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
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
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, China
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, China
2004
2004 New Media Art Festival, China, China Academy Of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
Video Exhibition, On The Hill, Baitaling, Hangzhou, China
Blink in Video Festival, Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Hangzhou
Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Shanghai Duolun Art Museum, Shanghai
2003
White Tower Mountain-Contemporary Art Exhibition, Baitaling, Hangzhou
Format, 31#Bar, Hangzhou, China
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
35th International Filmets Festival of Badalona, Badalona (Barcelona) Spain
11th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Wiesbaden Germany
14th Split Film Festival, Split Croatia
8th International Kansk Video festival, Moscow Russian
20th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo Brazil
6th CON-CAN Movie Festival, Tokyo Japan
7th international Short film festival of Salento Finibus Terrae, Apulia, Italy
7th CinemadaMare International Film Festival, Roma Italy
5th International Short Film Festival Detmold , Detmold ,Germany
16th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2009, Stuttgart Germany
International Festival of Animated film AniFest 2009, Prague Czech Republic
55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
10th Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju Korea
The 2009 BeFilm The Underground Film Festival, New York USA
9th SONAR INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Florence Italy
11th Mecal International Short Film Festival, Barcelona Spain
31st Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand France
2008Fresh international short film festival London UK
13th Tehran International Short Film Festival Tehran Iran
2008
1° Recife Janela Internacional de Cinema, Recife, Brazil
The ALTER-NATIVE 16th International short film festival Romania
12th Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Festival Shadows 2008 Chinese Independent cinema, Centre Pompidou Paris, France
5th SEDICICORTO International Film Festival Forli Italy
4th International Short Detmold Film Festival, Detmold Germany
31st Norwegian Short Film Festival, Oslo, Norway
24th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg ，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, Jeonju ,Korea
2007
25th Torino Film Festival, Torino 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, Holland
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,
2006
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)
