My work traces the shifting entanglements between geography, neurodivergence, identity, and the spaces I traverse, inviting viewers into an introspective journey. Rooted in the Taoist concept of Dao, I embrace dualities—material and spiritual, abstract and figurative, chaotic and harmonious—integrating Chinese ink, bold pigments, and everyday materials such as tea leaves, flower petals, and fragments of music. These elements converge into dynamic spaces that transcend geography and expand the narratives of memory and identity, where geometric and biomorphic forms emerge as vessels of significance bridging the organic and the artificial. The constant act of migration and immersion in diverse cultures has woven “movement” into the fabric of my practice, shaping an intuitive and layered approach rooted in tactile materials and emotional cartography. Drawing from my lived experience as a transnational individual, my work explores the dynamics of home, belonging, and spiritual presence within physical spaces.
Sunny Moxin Chen (b. Moscow) is a Chinese multidisciplinary artist, educator, and curator who migrated to the U.S. in 2013 and currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Chen has exhibited at Zhejiang Saili Art Museum (China), Beijing Exhibition Center (China), Erie Art Museum (PA), Yiwei Gallery (Los Angeles), and Distillery Gallery (Boston). Chen won the Best in Show award at Main Street Arts (NY) and has shown work at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (MA), Morgan Lehman Gallery (NY), School of Visual Arts (NY), Fowler-Kellogg Art Center (NY), and Piano Craft Gallery (MA), among others. Chen was a fully funded artist-in-residence at Vermont Studio Center (2025) with The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, as well as at Soaring Gardens (PA) and the Chautauqua Institution (NY) in 2022. They hold an MFA in Painting from Boston University (Merit Scholarship & Social Impact Award) and a dual BFA in Painting & Studio for Interrelated Media from Massachusetts College of Art & Design (Presidential Scholarship & George Nick Prize).