孙天一
b. Kaifeng, China
tianyisunn@gmail.com
@tianyisun_
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Parsons, The New School University, New York City, NY.
Master of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Exhibitions, Performances, and Screenings
2025 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE (forthcoming)
40 Epochs, VH AWARD, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
The 6th VH AWARD, Haus der Elektronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland
VH AWARD Exhibition, Hyundai Motorstudio 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
40 Epochs, Hyundai Visionhall, Hyundai Motor Group University,
Yongin, South Korea
When one language licks another, Below Grand, New York, NY
2024 Nostalgic Mayfly / 恋旧蜉蝣, Rockbund, Shanghai, China
Penser avec Baudrillard, Columbia in Paris, Paris, France
All Paradises, s+t with JDJ, New York, NY
Means of Production, Shisanwu, Glendale, NY
Can Thought Go On Without A Body?, Stillife, New York, NY
Workloop, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Warmer Layers, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
Bodiless Body, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2023 FROM_LISTENERS, Segue Reading Series, Artists Space, New York, NY
5x5, 99 Canal, New York, NY
Drawings by Sculptors, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York NY
Text-ure 2023, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea
2022
An Asterism, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Re-Body, Sheila Johnson Design Center, New York, NY
Left Unsaid Miss(in) Personae, COPE NYC, Brooklyn, NY
Drawn To Paper, The City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2020 ARCHIVE MACHINES, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
In Search [indistinct conversations], Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The 35th Made in California Exhibition, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Streetview Video Series, OXY Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Law of the Excluded Middle, Proxy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Slice: A Juried Cross-Section of CA Art, Pence Gallery, Davis CA
Annual Exhibition, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 The 12th City of Kaifeng Annual Juried Exhibition, Kaifeng Culture
Exhibition Hall, Kaifeng China
Mid-Residency Show, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Penumbra – Solo Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Operations in Space, The Alice Gallery, Seattle, WA
Lectures & Talks
2024 数字时代的艺术与内容：边界的模糊与创作的新维度, Stilllife at
Rockbund Museum, Shanghai, China
2023 Navigating the Artist Visa Process, Pioneer Works, NY
Research and Practice, Parsons, The New School, New York , NY
Visiting Artist Lecture, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Digital Media, Smith College, Northampton, MA
2022 Spatial Practices: Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2020 Tianyi Sun Artist Q&A, Los Angles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
Alterbridge, Artist Panel, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Collaboration Lecture with Maria Nordman, Otis College of Art and
Design, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Bibliography
2025 Artisle Talk｜VH AWARD —— 新媒体艺术的悖论与可能
Hyundai Artlab, Q&A with Dawn Chan and the 6th VH AWARD Finalists:
Machine Patterns, Dawn Chan
新周刊，这些创作者，并不惧怕AI的到来 , Arianna Song
2024 Love, Melancholy, Anger, and Surprise: Asian Artists Explore the Emotional
Side of AI, ARTnews, Jenny Wu
愛と憂鬱、怒り、そして驚き──「AIのエモーション」を探求するアジア系アーティストたち, ARTnews JAPAN, Jenny Wu,
Means of Production, Office Magazine, NY, Sofia Thieu D'Amico
Exposing the Seams of Art and Commerce, The AMP, NY, Jenny Wu
New York Artists Leading with Zany, Cute, and Interesting, Whitehot Magazine,
NY, Qingyuan Deng
Tianyi Sun and Fiel Guhit’s Digital Soundscape Adds to AI-Debate,
Gritdaily, Alexandra Israel
On Henry Street, Tianyi Sun Works with Simulacra and Cuteness, Art Spiel,
Anna Mikaela Ekstrand
2023 The Simulacra Talk Back in the Art of Tianyi Sun, Arte Fuse, Jenny Wu
“Interiors & Intimacies” Vassar Review, Issue 8.
FROM_LISTENERS, Whitehot Magazine, NY, Stephen Wozniak
Tianyi Sun: Transcending boundaries between image, object, physical and
digital, Artron, Gang Pei
CHAPTER_: Reconfiguring time and narrative, artdaily, Jose Villarreal
Tianyi Sun- between line and space, Artron, China, Ye Cheng
2022 Disposable Utensils, Tianyi Sun, Sina News, China, Xiaoxiao Wu
How can digital art help art change the world, Orient Today, Ziyuan Liu
2020 Los Angeles: A Year in Review in Art and Culture, Hyperallergic,
Elisa Wouk Almino
Honors and Residencies
2025 Backslash Art Award, Cornell Tech, Cornell University, New York
Finalist, The 6th VH AWARD, Hyundai Artlab, Korea
2024 Artist in Residence, EYEBEAM, New York
Artist in Residence, NARS Foundation, New York
2023 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Artist in Residence, 99 Canal, New York
2022 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, AICAD
2021 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, AICAD