About the Artist
Tanya Miao Sun is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Working across painting, sculpture, sound, and dance, her experimental practice utilizes a diverse range of media including charcoal, ink, acrylic, oil, wood, fabric, leather, metal, and found objects. She prioritizes the physical materiality of these elements, seeking to preserve the original state of matter while mapping the intersection of tactile objects and the kinetic logic of the body.
Driven by a curiosity about how systems fail and reorganize, Sun’s work operates in the critical space between order and disorder, fueled by an appreciation for the origin of the materials she employs. Her practice is an exploration into the possibilities of combining disparate mediums, from heavy metals to fluid ink, to observe how they resist or accept human intervention. Rather than imposing a fixed resolution, she allows the work to emerge from the material’s own logic.
Selected Exhibitions:
[ 熵 ] heat divided by temperature（solo), V-Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Common Thread, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA
A Place At The Table, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Free 4 All, Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Breath of Freedom, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Gifting Gallery, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
Grant & Merit Scholarship Exhibition, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
Annual Juried Exhibition, Boone Family Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2018 VAMS Scholarship Exhibition, Boone Family Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Selected Performances:
Omgoddesses, Stomping Ground LA, Los Angeles, CA
Singin' in the Rain, Montalbán Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Dangerous, Bonita Center for the Arts, San Dimas, CA
Bite Me, Bonita Center for the Arts, San Dimas, CA
Awards & Scholarships:
149th Merit Scholarship, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Ruth Estes Bissiri Memorial Award, Pasadena, CA
2018 PCC Jewelry Design Award, Pasadena, CA
Education:
M.A. in International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China