SHIYAO SUN
Born in 1995, Tianjin, China
Living in Gothenburg, Sweden
EDUCATION
2023-2025 University of Gothenburg, Academy of Art and Design, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden
MFA Programme in Crafts, Jewellery Art
2017-2020 ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewelry School in Firenze, Florence, Italy
Jewellery and Body Ornaments, MFA
2013-2017 Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
Jewelry and Metal Craft, BFA
EXHIBITION
2026 What if the past isn’t gone but simply sunk, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg
2025 Talking Hands, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2024 We didn’t playtest this show, Mäster olofsgården, Stockholm
The tide recedes from the shore, NÄÄS Konsthantverk Galleri, Gothenburg
MED EN ENKEL TULIPAN,Galleri Box, Gothenburg
We didn’t playtest this show,Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg
2023 Surreal Dreams, Street Gallery, Gothenburg
2021 See the Big from the Small-” The Midas Touch “show, The Colser Gallery, Beijing
Beijing International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing
“INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS”·VonmoContemporary Jewelry Exhibition, Lanng Space, Beijing
2020 “FLYING BLIND +” Alternative OptionsExhibition, The Bund Financial Center, Shanghai
MARZEE International Graduate Show, Gallery MARZEE, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Concatenality, MFA Graduate Solo Exhibition, The Colser Gallery, Beijing
2019 PedestrianContemporary Jewellery Exhibition, 798 Pedestrian Art Space, Beijing
2018 CLUES-Academic Year Show, Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence
Melting Point-WIPExhibition, Fabrika12, Valencia, Spain
2017 Excellent Gradudation Work Exhibition, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing
GRANT
2025 Estrid Ericson Stiftelse
Carl Larsson scholarship
Göteborgs Slöjdförening
2024 Göteborgs Slöjdförening
Theodore och Hanne Mannheimers
2023 Estrid Ericson Stiftelse
PUBLIC
2022 Sun, S., & Yang, M. (2022). Application and Analysis of Materials in Contemporary Jewellery. Art Education Research, 12(1), 89–91.
ACTIVITIES
2025 Public performance: Gloria tvättar igen by Åsa Dybwad Norman, Field studies, Gothenburg
Performer
2024 Jewelry Symposium: Glittering Horizons, Craft Days, Gothenburg
Presenter
2024 Open Seminar-Wearing Space: Body and Site, Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany
Presenter
2019 Overlapping Colour Contemporary Jewellery Workshop, NoCC. ,Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Lecturer
OTHERS
2025- Founder, ShiyaoStudio
Admin, Jewelry Workshop at KKV-gbg
2022-2023 Founder and Initiator, SUNLAB Studio
2021-2023 Project Manager, LESTASI6 Jewelry Brand