Matthew Felix Sun | — Award-Winning San Francisco Bay Area Fine Artist

Reed 2026

Protraction, oil on canvas, 30"x24", 2024, published by Reed Magazine, Issue 159, May 2026

Human Conditions

Virtual solo show at Gallery 2727 (Feb. 1 – March 3, 2026)

A group of monochromatic portraits and figurative oil paintings evoke fading memory and a distorted world, where the familiar has become alien and corrupt. Virtual solo show at Gallery 2727 (Feb. 1 – March 3, 2026)

50 Years, 50 Artists

50 Years, 50 Artists: A Celebration of the West celebrating CaFÉ’s parent organization, the Creative West turning 50 in 2024!

Morose won Masterful Mind Award

"Morose" won Artist of the Year Award - Masterful Mind Award - February 2024

Morose (oil on canvas, 22"x28", 2023) was awarded a Masterful Mind Award by the Circle Foundation for the Arts, February 2024, and included in the Master Minds - Artists to Watch in 2024, Vol 1.

Rugged

Artistic Excellence Certificate awarded for my 2023 oil painting "Rugged" (oil on canvas, 22"x28", 2023), 10th International Circle Quarterly Review Magazine Contest, November-December 2023, issued by Circle Foundation for the Arts.

BlueStream

“Beginning: New History and Artistic Growth” Juried Exhibition (Aug. 31- Sep.) 14, 2023)
BlueStream Gallery, 555 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94108
Hours: Thursday to Saturday 12 - 5 pm | Opening Reception: September 2, Saturday, 5 pm

Boyhood, oil on canvas, 28"x22", 2020

GearBox

GearBox Gallery, 770 West Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 | Hours: Thur. to Sat. 12 to 5pm
Opening Reception: August 12, Sat., 1 to 4 pm | Juror’s talk: September 2, Sat., 2 pm
Disperse, oil on canvas, 20"x30", 2022

Rejuvenation

Reception: March 26, 4-6 pm
Address: 1249 Marin Ave, Albany, CA 94706
Community Center Hours: M-F: 8:30 am-5 pm;
Gallery also accessible at: T & W: 5-8 pm; Thur: 5-6 pm; Sat: 10 am-5 pm; Sun: 1-5 pm

Solo Exhibition - Imminence

Transience (April 2-30), Wilder Gallery, Orinda, CA, Reception: Apr 3, 2:30-4:30

“Transience” (April 2-30, 2022), Wilder Gallery, 20 Orinda Fields Road, Orinda, CA
Reception: Sunday April 3, 2:30-4:30 pm, Gallery Hours: M-F, 10am-4pm

Solo Exhibition - Imminence

Imminence: Feb. 4 - March 25 2021 | Reception Mar. 11, Friday, 5-8 pm
Donors’ Gallery, Art Works Downtown, 1325 Fourth St., San Rafael, CA

Artists of the Bay Area

Our Winter of Discontent", "The March of Time", "The Wall" — Artists of Bay Area (Volume 2), published by Jen Tough Gallery, January 5, 2022

Solo Exhibition - Gallerie Valerie

Matthew Felix Sun - Exhubition at Gallerie Valerie, Sep. 3-26, Pop Opening Sep 18, 1-5 pm

Solo Exhibition at Gallerie Valerie.
Join me for a pop opening on for Sep. 18, Saturday, 1-5 pm.
Call or email for private showing - valerie@gallerievalerie.com | 510-990-2505.
Above: Leisurely, oil on canvas, 22"x28", 2010