Introduction
Sun Xun was born in 1980 in Fuxin in Liaoning province, China. He graduated in 2005 from the Print-making Department of the China Academy of Art. In 2006 he established π Animation Studio. He currently lives and works in Beijing. Sun Xun's work primarily consists of animated films, along with related manuscripts and pieces developed using other mediums.As an artist, Sun Xun’s works were collected by many art institutions, including White Rabbit Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery,M+ Museum, Singapore Art Museum etc. Sun Xun was awarded Asia Arts Game Changer Awards in 2018, the 8th AAC Art China · Young Artist Awards in 2014, and the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA Best Young Artist) in 2010.
His recent major exhibitions include: Sun Xun: Magic Atlas, Times Museum, Guangdong (2025); Metamorphpsis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation, China Institute Gallery, New York, U.S.A (2025);Sun Xun: Parallel Circus, TANK Shanghai, Shanghai (2024); 目 Chine | A new generation of artists, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2024); Imprinting in Time , Chinese Printmaking at the Beginning of a New Era, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A. (2023); Sun Xun: An Infinite Journey, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai (2022); Sun Xun: Mythological Time, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2021); Asia Society Triennial, We Do Not Dream Alone, Asia Society Museum, New York, U.S.A (2020); Arts of Asia, Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.A (2019); Artificial Intelligence and the Dialogue of Cultures, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Russia (2019); Sun Xun, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia (2018); 13th Havana Biennial, National Art Center, Havana, Cuba (2019); The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (2016). Sun Xun's works have participated in hundreds film festivals and nominated for Venice International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival respectively in 2010 and 2011. have been performed special screenings at International Short Film FestivalOberhausen, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Holland Animation Film Festival, etc.