Sun Xun was born in 1980 in Fuxin, China. He currently lives and works in Beijing. He is a graduate from the Print-making Department of the China Academy of Fine Arts.
In 2005 he established Phi Animation Studio.
During 2010 he has received several notable awards including the “Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA Best Young Artist)” and “Taiwan Contemporary Art Link Young Art Award”.  His film “21 KE (21 GRAMS)” (2010) has had its world premiere at the new “Orizzonti” section at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. This was the first Chinese animation film premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
2012 his latest wood printing animation film “Some Actions Which Haven't Been Defined yet in the Revolution”?has been nominated by Berlinale Shorts 2012 jury in 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Meanwhile, merely 2 years after SUN Xun’s work 21G entered Venice Film Festival in 2010, being the first Chinese animation film nominated by this festival, the artist brings animation work once again into top three A-class international film festivals.

Animated works include:
“Some actions haven’t been defined yet in the Revolution”(2011)
“Clown’s Revolution” (2010)
“Beyond-ism” (2010)
“21 KE (21 GRAMS)” (2010)
“People's Republic of Zoo” (2009)
“New China” (2008)
“Coal Spell” (2008)
“Requiem” (2007)
“Heroes No Longer” (2007)
“Lie” (2006)
“Mythos” (2006)
“Lie of Magician” (2005)
“A War About Chinese Words” (2005)

Recent solo exhibitions include:
Beyond-ism — Sun Xun Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Beijing (2011);
Clown's Revolution, Holland Animation Festival, Center Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands (2010);
21KE, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2010);
The Soul of Time, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland (2010);
Sun Xun: Shock of Time, The Drawing Center, NY, USA (2009);
Animals, Max Protetch Gallery, NY USA (2009);
Mythos, SUN Xun Solo Exhibition, ShanghART F-Space, Shanghai  (2007).

Recent group exhibitions include:
By Day By Night or Some (Special)Things a Museum Can Do, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2010);
2009 International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan (2009);
Double Happiness, Leonhardi Kulturprojekte, Frankfurt, Germany  (2009);
2009 Festival Ars Electronica, Linz Austria (2009);
Beyond-ism — Sun Xun Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Beijing (2011);
Clown's Revolution, Holland Animation Festival, Center Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands (2010);
21KE, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2010);
The Soul of Time, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland (2010);
Animals, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, U.S.A (2009);
People’s Republic of Zoo, University of Essex Gallery, U.K.(2009);
His Story, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai (2009);
The New China, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A(2008);
etc.

Recent group exhibitions include:
By Day By Night or Some (Special) Things a Museum Can Do, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2010);
China Power Station–Part 3, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy (2010);
Aichi Tiennale 2010, Aichi, Japan (2010);
2009 Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria; etc.