Sun Chenyi began with the study of Chinese painting, then transferred to the foundation study of Western painting. During the university study period, he began to focus on oil painting creation and art history theory as the main study and research direction. In 2015, he obtained a BFA degree in painting from Fudan University Shanghai Institute of Visual Art. In 2018, he got a MFA degree in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Sun Chenyi's works focus on two main directions: one is to reshape the space, making the space rich, mysterious, and diverse. The second is to explore the relationship and connection between people with people, people with society, and people with the world. Chenyi explores the connection through different painting expressions and different themes. This is a long-term question worth studying and thinking about. The people, objects, and environments around us are changing when we are at different ages, including the self. The experience of each stage will make people have new thinking and progress.
While creating his own art, Sun Chenyi also pays attention to art education: in 2019, Chenyi donated a personal painting to the 27th Annual Education Fundraising Auction of Friend Academy in New York; in 2022, Chenyi joined the Shanghai Cao Peng Charity Fund as an art teacher in the autistic children's education project "Angel Confidant Salon", he wants to use art to cure autistic children, and this is also a researching. At the same time, he can also observing how special people's self-world is, and how they are related to our society and the world.
Sun Chenyi began with the study of Chinese painting, then transferred to the foundation study of Western painting. During the university study period, he began to focus on oil painting creation and art history theory as the main study and research direction. In 2015, he obtained a BFA degree in painting from Fudan University Shanghai Institute of Visual Art. In 2018, he got a MFA degree in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Sun Chenyi's works focus on two main directions: one is to reshape the space, making the space rich, mysterious, and diverse. The second is to explore the relationship and connection between people with people, people with society, and people with the world. Chenyi explores the connection through different painting expressions and different themes. This is a long-term question worth studying and thinking about. The people, objects, and environments around us are changing when we are at different ages, including the self. The experience of each stage will make people have new thinking and progress.
While creating his own art, Sun Chenyi also pays attention to art education: in 2019, Chenyi donated a personal painting to the 27th Annual Education Fundraising Auction of Friend Academy in New York; in 2022, Chenyi joined the Shanghai Cao Peng Charity Fund as an art teacher in the autistic children's education project "Angel Confidant Salon", he wants to use art to cure autistic children, and this is also a researching. At the same time, he can also observing how special people's self-world is, and how they are related to our society and the world.
Solo Exhibition
2022 Shanghai-Xinzhuang Station : Homecoming
X SPACE, Shanghai, CH.
2019 Savannah Station
Cedar House Gallery, Savannah, GA, US.
New York Station
PARASOL PROJECTS, Manhattan, New York, NY, US.
2018 Miami Art Basel Week--Red Dot & Spectrum
Solo Booth #629, Miami, FL, US.
Artist Spotlight Solo Art Exhibition
Fusion Art Gallery, Palm Spring, CA, US.
Isoland
Thesis Show, SCAD Museum of Art--Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, US.
2017 Outside in; Inside out
Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA, US.
Group Exhibition
2022 Bluer Than Blue,The Painting Exhibition of Yao Erchang and His Students
Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai, CH.
2021 Dailism
Chuang Gallery, Shanghai, CH.
2020 Traceability-Start Again
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art--15th Anniversary Alumni Works Exhibition
SIVA Museum of Art, Shanghai, CH.
2019 Miami Art Basel--Red Dot
Miami Art Collection, Miami, FL, US.
Artexpo New York
Booth #L20 Miami Art Collection, Manhattan, New York City, NY, US.
2018 33rd Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
Agora Gallery, Manhattan, New York City, NY, US.
Visual Friends Shanghai Institute of Visual Art--The First Alumni Works Exhibition
Tour Exhibition, China Financial Information Center, Shanghai, CH.
The Paradox of Print
Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA, US.
Visual Friends Shanghai Institute of Visual Art--The First Alumni Works Exhibition
Tour Exhibition, SIVA Museum of Art, Shanghai, CH.
Manque
Das Haus, Savannah, GA, US.
Collision: Returning Contemporary Young Artist Exhibition
Foundation Art Museum, Suzhou, CH.
2017 Small Work--An Annual Juried Sales Exhibition
Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA, US.
2016 Black and White 2016 Show
Colors of Humanity Art Online Gallery.
2015 SIVA 11th Student Graduation Exhibition
SIVA Museum of Art, Shanghai, CH.
2013 The Fourth Shanghai Contemporary Academic Printmaking Exhibition 2013
The Tongji University Museum, Shanghai, CH.