Photo courtesy: Alexis Orosa

Hui Yuan Christina Sun

(b.1999) lives and works in Sydney, Australia

Sun explores spatial experiences through voyeuristic frames found in urban landscapes. Inspired deeply by her tertiary studies in architectural design and fascination with cinema, she creates scenes which magnify the ambience of spatial moments through colour and volume. Each work finds a new way of ‘breaking the fourth wall’ by puncturing the frame, allowing the viewer to step in to become part of the work. Sun’s current series investigates the psychology of lingering in momentary architecture ‘interstitial spaces’ meant for passing through - a guard watchtower, a bridge, a subway station, a harbourside pier, a train carriage.

Education

University of Sydney (Bachelor of Design in Architecture with Honours I), 2017-2022

Tokyko University of the Arts (Travelling Studio), 2018

Exhibitions/Shows

2025

Collected Curiosities (Group), Sheffer Gallery, Redfern AU

Autofictions (Solo), Chauffeur Gallery, Sydney AU

Lennox Street Studios Annual Show (40th Anniversary), Newtown AU

Light Dances with Darkness (Group), Orangerie Gallery, Munich GER

Small Works Prize (Group), Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne AU

2024

Art by Women (Group), Botany AU

2022

Affordable Art Fair, Sydney AU

2021

Works on Paper Prize (Group), Blackstone Gallery, Newcastle AU

National Capital Art Prize (Group), Aarwun Gallery, Canberra AU