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Last week, my first museum exhibition「Nomadology•游牧」opened on the 6F of the 8-floor building at the Zhejiang Saili Art Museum in Hangzhou, China. I’m excited to share some photos from the show with you:)) Special thanks to the curator, @feiran.lyu 🫶
The exhibition will be open until November 10th. taken in Hangzhou, China by @notsunnychen

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2 years ago

..Looking back at these first-time adventures I’ve taken by the end of this year:
From driving through Death Valley, skydiving, sailing, living in a farm without signals, to sleeping over the rocks under the moon and stars by the sea. Realizing myself like to constantly fighting for uncomfortableness, fears, struggles, anxieties or embracing them.
Looking forward for more first-times along the journey 🪱🗺 #CovidResidency taken in Death Valley by @notsunnychen

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5 years ago

I’m delighted to be part of 「HIGH VISIBILITY』opening this Thursday, July 30 6-8pm at @goca.gallery (Chelsea) curated by @charsocray ❣️
It’s an honor to exhibit alongside so many great artists I admire!!
The show runs July 30–August 22, but I’ll be traveling to Asia this weekend and will be away for the rest of the exhibition, so the opening reception will be my only chance to meet or catchup with friends before I leave. If you’re in New York, I’d love to see you there :D!!!

“HIGH VISIBILITY” brings together artists whose work embraces color at its most vivid and immediate. Through bold form, saturated palettes, and strong compositions, the exhibition explores color as a tool for directing attention, shaping perception, and creating visual presence.

Spanning abstraction and representation, the artists use color in different ways, as structure, material, atmosphere, and subject. Optical effects, pattern, gesture, and form each offer a different approach, but every work shares an immediacy that demands to be looked at.

Rather than focusing on a single style, “HIGH VISIBILITY” highlights artists who use color with intention and conviction. Together, the works demonstrate the many ways chromatic intensity can command attention and transform the experience of looking.”

Confluence, 2026
Acrylic & Chinese ink on canvas
36 × 24 × 1.5 in | 91.5 × 61 × 4 cm taken in HL23 - 515 West 23rd Street by @notsunnychen

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3 months ago

Last ~two days ~on view @marinarogallery, 86 walker st, presented in collaboration with @loftprojectsny
#SunnyMoxinChen
The Greener Side, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
30 × 24 x 1.5 inches (76.2 × 61 x 3.8 cm) taken in 86 Walker Street by @notsunnychen

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2 months ago

〰️
Back to school & the statue of liberty🗽
where I first visited America at 15,
and mailed my first postcard to myself back to beijing.
here again,
continue following the flow 🌊 by @notsunnychen

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a month ago

“HIGH VISIBILITY” curated by Charlotte Hailstone Wu (@charsocray) is on view at GOCA Gallery, 515 West 23rd street through Saturday 8/29. The group exhibition features the work of twenty artists considering color as a tool for directing attention, shaping perception, and creating visual presence.

Artist Highlight: Sunny Moxin Chen (@notsunnychen)

“Untitled,” 2022
Acrylic, Chinese Ink, joint compound on wood
17 x 16 x 8 inches
43.2 x 40.6 x 20.3 cm

“Confluence,” 2026
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 24 x 1 ½ inches
91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm

“Untitled,” 2022:
This work originated from a drawing titled Chambers in My Brain, created in 2019, and later evolved into this sculptural painting during my MFA at Boston University. It imagines the mind as an architectural landscape composed of interconnected chambers—some structured, some organic, and others still taking shape.
By combining geometric planes with biomorphic relief, I explore the tension between structure and intuition, reason and emotion. Painted surfaces suggest systems of navigation, while sculptural forms emerge like living memories or neural growths, blurring the boundaries between landscape, body, and mind.

“Confluence,” 2026:
“Confluence” imagines identity as a landscape shaped by movement, convergence, and transformation. Layers of geometric planes intersect with flowing biomorphic forms, creating a space where the boundaries between body, landscape, and memory dissolve. A luminous center anchors the composition, suggesting an inner source of energy amid continuous change.

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Sunny Moxin Chen’s work traces the shifting relationship between internal emotional landscapes and external geographies, shaped by movement, neurodivergent perception, and transnational lived experience. Rooted in the Taoist concept of Dao, Chen’s practice embraces dualities—material and spiritual, abstract and figurative, chaotic and harmonious. Chen integrates Chinese ink, bold pigments, and everyday materials such as tea leaves, flower petals, and fragments of music, allowing these elements to converge into dynamic, layered spaces where memory, sensation, and place intersect. taken in GOCA by Garde by @notsunnychen

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2 months ago

Studio portrait💁🏻‍♀️ vs. Reality🧎🏻‍♀️‍➡️
Come see my newest painting 「the Greener Side」 next Thursday 7/16 opening at @marinarogallery ‘s new space at 86 Walker st @loftprojectsny

📸Studio portraits by @grace.lux taken in New York, New York by @notsunnychen

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3 months ago

Happy to share my work 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔🌺 木槿花開
Currently showcased at @soulartcenter in Beijing as part of an empowering all-women group exhibition, 「the Gift」.

acrylic and mixed media on linen
80 x 49 in ｜205 x 125 cm

🔴 taken in Beijing: 798 Fine Art District by @notsunnychen

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2 years ago

Loop🪱

Acrylic & Chinese ink on canvas and wood
36 × 24 in | 91.4 × 61 cm

Disappearing Boundaries is on view until Feb 7 @harpersbooks apartment by appointment taken in New York, New York by @notsunnychen

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9 months ago

🍊 S̾e̾e̾ ̾Y̾o̾u̾ ̾T̾h̾i̾s̾ ̾W̾e̾e̾k̾ @futurefairs @loftprojectsny 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝟗 :))))

🎟️Chelsea Industrial (535 W 28th St, NYC)
Wednesday, May 13, preview
Thursday, May 14, 12 ~ 8 PM
Friday, May 15, 12 ~ 7 PM
Saturday, May 16, 12 ~ 6 PM

.。・゜*:｡Dancing Kumquat .｡:*･゜ﾟ･*・゜・。
Acrylic on panel
12” x 12” taken in Chelsea Industrial by @notsunnychen

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5 months ago

Excited to share this piece, along with a few of my newest small works, next week at @futurefairs 🍎 with @loftprojectsny in the Special Projects section E9 ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)ノ♡ curated by @lbweissman @charsocray & showing with an amazing group of female artists I admire❣️❣️❣️

🪩May 13 ~ May 16🎟️🎟️🎟️ tix link in bio
see you there!!!

N̴o̴ ̴S̴i̴n̴g̴l̴e̴ ̴P̴a̴t̴h̴ ̴T̴h̴r̴o̴u̴g̴h̴
Acrylic, Chinese ink & tea on wood panel
12 × 12 × 1 in
2026

Details upon request @loftprojectsny 💌 taken in Chelsea, Manhattan by @notsunnychen

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5 months ago

Venting
Acrylic, metal, paper files, found cabinet, LED, with sound
Site-specific installation approx. 10’ x 8’ x 10’ taken in Boston, Massachusetts by @notsunnychen

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7 years ago