cora sun

image-based artist
creative producer
visual storyteller
researcher

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cora sun

image-based artist
creative producer
visual storyteller
researcher

about
contact
instagram
Cora Sun 孙霈甯 (b. 1995, Yunnan, China); lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. She is an image-based artist and visual storyteller with a research focus spanning life phenomenon, psychology, and conceptual art. In her artistic practice, she explores the absurdity and playfulness of happenings, by documenting or reenacting the scene.

Education

2018-2021 MA Photography, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, HU
2014-2017 BA Business Administration, University of Pécs, Pécs, HU

Grant and Awards

2021 Global Design Graduate Show 2021 x Gucci – Finalist. 
2021 Blurring the lines 2021 – Winner.
2020 BredaPhoto Festival 2020 International Talent Program – Finalist 
2018 Photography MA studies granted by Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship
2017 International Photography Competition, Institut Français, 1st place in Hungary.

Solo Exhibition

2025 “Being Elsewhere”, White Stone Art Museum, Wuhan, China.

Group Exhibition

2023 3rd Work in Context, International Symposium Central European Photography, Budapest, Hungary.
2022  “Personal Structures”, European Cultural Centre, Venice Bienniale, Italy.
2022 "Blurring the Lines", Tarık Zafer Tunaya Kültür Merkezi, İstanbul, Turkey.
2022 "Home, at last", Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary.
2021 2nd Work in Context, International Symposium Central European Photography, Budapest, Hungary.
2021 Fresh Meat 2019/2020/2021 showcase, Odesa Photo days, Odesa, Ukraine.
2021 Fresh Meat, Budapest Photo Festival, at Hybridart Space, Budapest, Hungary.
2020 The Best of Times The Worst of Times, BredaPhoto, MOME campus, Budapest, Hungary.
 
2019 Trianon 100 - Hungarian Style, MOME campus, Budapest, Hungary.
2018 Fashion and Dress codes, French Institue, touring in 89 countries.

Publication

2023 FOTOSFER, photography culture magazine, p328 - p333, Turkey.
2021 Blurring the lines, 2021 catalog.
2021 Under Her Gaze We Feel Golden, Pineapple Road Press, the Netherlands
2021 index.hu - Emlékezz a halálra – és az életre

Online showcase 

2022  see-zeen contemporary photography magazine, issue #6.
2021 Blurring the lines
2021  Urbanautica. Journal of visual anthropology and cultural landscapes.  
2021  International Symposium Central European Photography

Conference

2021 "The role of the audience" roundtable, the 3rd International Photography Conference, Venice.