ABOUT
Sunny was born in Bangkok, Thailand.
She currently lives and works in New York City.
Sunny received her MA in arts administration at Columbia University and completed her BFA in film and photography from Ithaca College.
Sunny works primarily with photography, text, and video to explore storytelling, placemaking, memory, and superstition, and personal family history. In 2018, as part of her residency at rehearsal, she expanded her practice to include a discussion-based workshop on handwriting, signature, and family superstition.
She will have new video work in SculptureCenter’s 2021 In Practice exhibition.
︎︎︎She was the principal photographer for Abrams' upcoming book, We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World by Jasmin Hernandez
︎︎︎Read her latest writing here:
An Artist's Mission to Preserve New York City's History of Lesbian Nightlife (Hyperallergic, August 27, 2019)
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