Matthew Felix Sun

Born in Manchurian city Shenyang, China. Currently lives in San Francisco Bay Area and has been painting for more than a decade and his works is collected in the U.S., Canada and China.Art Inspirations (Conception of Apocalypse Series)What is art about? More precisely, what are my paintings about? I have struggled with this question ever since I started to paint. Having copied famous artists' work, made many still life and figure studies, and having painted for the simple sensual thrill of presenting beauty or ugliness, I am left with the certainty that art is much broader and deeper than these technical accomplishments. For me, art is incomplete if it does not transcend simple depiction of life, and enter the realms of the historian and the social commentator.The intricate involvement with life, the sub-textual social criticism -- unpolluted by overbearing propaganda -- that is evident in the works by artists such as Matthias Grnewald, Albrecht Drer, Francisco Goya, Max Beckmann and Kthe Kollwitz has begun to teach me how to connect myself, as an artist, to the world; and, most importantly, how to perform my duty to the society as an artist, to reflect the world through the expression of my feelings.Growing up in communist C...

Selected Juried Shows and Competitions
• Fragments, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, November-December 2020; Juror: Jen Tough
• Justice, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, November-December 2020; Juror: Karen Jenkins-Johnson
• Fresh Start, Unity, etc., Berkeley Central Arts Passage, Berkeley 2015-2020
• Artist Vision 2020 (February 6-29, 2020), Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael; Juror: Carol Tarzier
• Celebration, Autumn Colors, etc., Berkeley Expressions Gallery 2015-2020
• Fresh Works VII, 2017, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA; Juror: Ryan Reynolds
• Crowded by Beauty, Juried Exhibition, McGuire Real Estate, Berkeley, California, June - October 2016
• The Left Coast, Juried Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA, 19 Sep. - 24 Oct. 2015; Juror: Lauren R. O’Connell
• The Crow Show: An Homage to the Raven, The Studio Door, San Diego, California, 2-27 February 2015
• 2014 Evergreen Association of Fine Arts Open Ex. - EAFA Gallery, Seattle, Nov 3, 2014 - Jan 2, 2015; Juror: Diane Venti
• Changes: Seasonal, Environmental and Life, etc. Juried Exhibition, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 2014 – Jan. 2015
• 23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition & COLLECT! Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Calif...