XINDI SUN
孙 馨 迪
孙 馨 迪
EDUCATION :
Royal College of Art
Master of Fine Art | Communication
Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Academy of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Architecture | Architecture
Sep 2019 – Jul 2024
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS :
Corpus: Her Embodied Archive
Three Rooms Gallery, London, UK | 01/2026
· Showcased "Wo De Nai Nai" as part of a major group exhibition focusing on feminist perspectives in contemporary art.
Palimpsest | hARTslane Gallery, London, UK | 09/2025
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She Looked Back | Purist Gallery, London, UK | 08/2025
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Aria of the Unhear | Sol de Paris, Paris, France | 07/2025
& China Sex Museum | Changzhou, China｜05/2025–08/2026&
Her Element in Art | Levant Art, Shanghai, China | 03-06/2025
· Showcased "Touchable Letters" as part of a major group exhibition focusing on feminist perspectives in contemporary art.
Touchable Perfetti Gallery, London, UK | 06/2025
· Curated and exhibited Touchable, a solo show exploring sensory intimacy and gender embodiment.
· Collaborated with music label Half East Records to produce an immersive audiovisual art experience.
The White Noise
Paris, France | 04/2025
· Presented two installations ("Touchable Letters" and "Transnational Echoes") exploring feminist narratives and queer activism in East Asia.
· Engaged international audiences, contributing to dialogues on transnational queer community and body politics.
UCCA Art Shop Exhibition
UCCA, Beijing, China | 2020
· Installation art: “Escape from the City”, focusing on the relationship between traveling and escaping.
MEDIA & TEACHING
EXPERIENCE :
Invited Speaker
LSE × UAL × RCA | Academic Talk “Love and Power” | London, UK | 05/2025
• Presented practice-led research examining BDSM as a critical framework for analysing intimacy, obedience, and relational power.
Artist Interview FeatureHushed Noise | London, UK | 2025
• Featured as a feminist artist reflecting on performativity, social roles, and the politics of visibility.
Artist Work Feature
Global Times | China | 2023
• Featured project: Topia Plan, a collaborative rural public art initiative with Harvard CSSA exploring participatory spatial practice and community-based knowledge production.
Guest Lecturer
Beijing Union University | Beijing, China | 2023
• Invited to deliver a generative design course focused on digital tools for narrative spatial design.
CURATORIAL PRACTICE：
Co-curator & Spatial Designer
Topia Plan | Harvard CSSA Rural Practice
| Zhejiang, China | 2023
• Co-curated a public rural art project on participatory spatial practice and locally situated knowledge production; led a multidisciplinary team of artists, architects, and local craftspeople from concept development to on-site delivery.
Co-curator & Exhibition Designer
CAFA Spontaneous Graduate Exhibition
| China | 2022
• Co-led curation and production of a large-scale, student-organised graduate exhibition, coordinating design, production and communications teams.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT：
Stand-up Performer
50 Shades of Feminism
- Chinese-speaking feminist and non-binary community London, UK | 2025–present
• Regular performer for audiences of 300+, using humour and autobiographical storytelling as feminist public pedagogy within diasporic Chinese-speaking communities.
Content Creator
TikTok & RedNote
• Built a Chinese social platform of 20,000+ followers, exploring self-media as a decentralised infrastructure for feminist knowledge dissemination and public engagement.
Art Workshop Organizer & Facilitator
London, UK | 2025
• Designed and facilitated 5+ participatory art workshops on embodied experience and collaborative making; secured local partnerships for sponsorship and promotion.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE：
Events Manager
Maki & Ramen, London, UK | Mar 2026–present
• End-to-end delivery of public-facing events and cultural partnerships for the brand's London flagship.
Design & Marketing Specialist
DustyJam, London, UK | Sep 2025 – Mar 2026
• Spatial storytelling and experiential installations for London F&B clients, coordinating designers, photographers and production teams.
Creative Strategy & Spatial Intervention Project
London Fashion Week, London, UK | 2025
• Developed an audience-engagement proposal through temporary spatial intervention and experiential design (under review for implementation).
Visual Merchandising Designer
Meituan, Beijing, China | 2023–2024
• Designed and delivered 10+ pop-up spatial projects engaging 50,000+ visitors nationwide; collaborated with international brands including Sephora, McLaren, and Xiaomi.
Architectural Intern
IARA Design & Consulting Co., Beijing, China | 2022
• Supported design development and construction documentation for commercial and cultural architectural projects.
CORE COMPETENCIES :
Project Management & Strategic Planning
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Public Engagement & Community Building, Event Execution & Exhibition Production
Design & Visualization:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro.
3D Modeling & Rendering:
Rhino, SketchUp, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, C4D, Blender, Lumion, V-Ray.