ABOUT
Who Am I ?
Liangchen Sui (b.1997) is a visual designer, sound researcher and multimedia artist. She graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Visual Communication Design in 2022 and is currently a practice-based PhD Candidate in Sonic Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Her research operates at the intersection of visual art and soundscape ecology. Through interdisciplinary experimentation, she explores the boundaries between sound, art and design, with a particular focus on the relationship between visual systems and sonic practices. Working across sound, notation, installation, performance and multi-sensory media, her practice is informed by acoustic ecology, semiotics, musicology, philosophy and technoethics.
Her current research examines the dynamic relationship between humans and non-humans. Grounded in non-anthropocentric thinking, she investigates how sound and symbolic systems can redistribute agency beyond the human. Through critical making and reflective inquiry, her work seeks to rethink language, perception and communication in ecological contexts. Ultimately, she envisions artistic research as a way to engage with emerging conditions of species entanglement, ambiguity and symbiosis.
隋良晨是一位视觉设计师、声音研究者与多媒体艺术家。2022年毕业于英国皇家艺术学院视觉传达设计专业，现为伦敦大学金史密斯学院基于实践的声音艺术方向博士候选人。
她的研究立足于视觉艺术与声景生态学的交叉领域，通过跨学科实验实践，探索声音、艺术与设计之间的边界关系，尤其关注视觉艺术与声音实践之间的转译与互动机制。其创作涵盖声音、记谱、装置、表演与多感官媒介等，并受到声学生态学、符号学、音乐学、哲学与技术伦理等理论领域的影响。
当前，她的研究聚焦于人类与非人类之间的动态关系。在非人类中心主义的框架下，她尝试通过声音与其符号的建构，重新思考感知、语言与能动性的分配方式。通过批判性的创作与反思性研究，她的实践致力于在生态语境中拓展沟通与表达的可能性。其长期愿景是回应物种交织、共生与边界模糊的未来处境，并以艺术研究的方式参与对这一现实的理解与想象。
Education
Goldsmiths, University of London
(09.2024 -present, London, England)
PhD Candidate in Music (Sonic Arts), Practice-Based Research
Research focus: Sonic Arts, Acoustic Ecology and Experimental Notation
Royal College of Art
(09.2020 - 07.2022, London, England)
MA Visual Communication (Graphic Design)
Honour:
Distinction in Critical and Historical Studies Dissertation
Beihang University
(09.2015 - 07.2019 Beijing, China)
BFA Visual Communication Design
Honour:
Excellent Undergraduate Thesis, School of New Media Art and Design of Beihang University
Excellent Graduate of Beihang University
Affiliate, Centre for Art and Ecology, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2025–present
Founder and Creative Director, TOODAY Studio 极昼定律工作室, 2024–present, Shanghai and London
(Founded an independent visual communication and portfolio education studio; developed project-based teaching, creative direction and student mentoring programmes.)
Held the workshop Variations in the Wild: Experimental Scores & Improvisation at the abC Art Fair, Hangzhou, China, 05.2025
Teaching Assistant for Graphic Design Course, Beihang University, 02.2020-06.2020
Selected Artistic Publications
Sui, Liangchen. “City of Scars.” Artwork feature in The Ecological Citizen, Page 120-124, Vol 7 No 2, 2024
Sui, Liangchen. “City of Scars.” Artwork feature in Graduate 360° Magazine, Page 384-385, 2022
Invited Roundtable Participant, Translation Across Mediums, Contexts and Experiences, Goldsmiths, University of London. With Athena Farrokhzad, Elin Käck and Sophie Seita. Artistic research project supported by the Swedish Research Council ｜08.2026, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars for the A Nomadic Box exhibition at Bargehouse｜03.2023, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars at RCA2022 Show in the Gorvy Lecture Theatre Battersea｜06.2022, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars for White Noise 41st at Kensington Campus Lecture Theatre | 06.2022, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars: Experimental Symphony Concert at Wormwood Scrubs | 06.2022, London, UK.
Exhibitions
Ecosound Notation - PhD Research Exhibition | 01.2026, London, UK
52Hz-Echo, London Design Festival | 09.2025, London, UK. Group exhibition.
The abC Art Fair - Open M | 05.2025, Hangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
Care is Art, Art is Care | 07.2024, Spatial.io (Online). Group exhibition.
Unbound Variable |05.2024, New Art City (Online) & NewYork. Group exhibition.
Shanghai Illustration Art Fair | 05.2024, Shanghai, China. Group exhibition.
Leadhow | 11.2023, Guangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
A Nomadic Box | 03.2023, London, UK. Group exhibition.
Wuhan Zenith Art Festival | 11.2022, Wuhan, China. Group exhibition.
Take Photo Art Festival: Something Far, Sounding Close | 10.2022, Hangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
The 7th abC Art Book Fair | 09.2022, Hangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
Unruly Hair: A Room of One’s Own | 08.2022, London, UK. Group exhibition.
Above Kitsch | 08.2022, London, UK. Group exhibition.
RCA2022 Show | 06.2022, London, UK. College exhibition.
RCA Work in Progress Show 2022 | 01.2022, London, UK. College exhibition.
Gaea: A Garden of the 2nd and 3rd Dimensions | 12.2021, New York, USA. Group exhibition.
Awards
The Selected Award for CGDA Visual Communication Design Award 2023 | 08.2023
The Excellence Award for Kan Tai-keung Design Award Worldwide Chinese Design Competition | 01.2023
Three bronze prizes for Singapore Art Design Competition | 10.2022
Young Battle Awards 2022 |09.2022
Graduate 360° 2022 Annual Graduation Design Award | 08.2022
The Honorary Mention for Platinum Originality 2019 | 08.2020
The Bronze Prize for 2018 ICVA Awards | 08.2018
Honorary Mention for 2018 ICVA Awards | 08.2018
The Excellence Award for The 27th Times Young Creative Awards | 06.2018
Her research operates at the intersection of visual art and soundscape ecology. Through interdisciplinary experimentation, she explores the boundaries between sound, art and design, with a particular focus on the relationship between visual systems and sonic practices. Working across sound, notation, installation, performance and multi-sensory media, her practice is informed by acoustic ecology, semiotics, musicology, philosophy and technoethics.
Her current research examines the dynamic relationship between humans and non-humans. Grounded in non-anthropocentric thinking, she investigates how sound and symbolic systems can redistribute agency beyond the human. Through critical making and reflective inquiry, her work seeks to rethink language, perception and communication in ecological contexts. Ultimately, she envisions artistic research as a way to engage with emerging conditions of species entanglement, ambiguity and symbiosis.
隋良晨是一位视觉设计师、声音研究者与多媒体艺术家。2022年毕业于英国皇家艺术学院视觉传达设计专业，现为伦敦大学金史密斯学院基于实践的声音艺术方向博士候选人。
她的研究立足于视觉艺术与声景生态学的交叉领域，通过跨学科实验实践，探索声音、艺术与设计之间的边界关系，尤其关注视觉艺术与声音实践之间的转译与互动机制。其创作涵盖声音、记谱、装置、表演与多感官媒介等，并受到声学生态学、符号学、音乐学、哲学与技术伦理等理论领域的影响。
当前，她的研究聚焦于人类与非人类之间的动态关系。在非人类中心主义的框架下，她尝试通过声音与其符号的建构，重新思考感知、语言与能动性的分配方式。通过批判性的创作与反思性研究，她的实践致力于在生态语境中拓展沟通与表达的可能性。其长期愿景是回应物种交织、共生与边界模糊的未来处境，并以艺术研究的方式参与对这一现实的理解与想象。
Education
Goldsmiths, University of London
(09.2024 -present, London, England)
PhD Candidate in Music (Sonic Arts), Practice-Based Research
Research focus: Sonic Arts, Acoustic Ecology and Experimental Notation
Royal College of Art
(09.2020 - 07.2022, London, England)
MA Visual Communication (Graphic Design)
Honour:
Distinction in Critical and Historical Studies Dissertation
Beihang University
(09.2015 - 07.2019 Beijing, China)
BFA Visual Communication Design
Honour:
Excellent Undergraduate Thesis, School of New Media Art and Design of Beihang University
Excellent Graduate of Beihang University
Experience
Affiliate, Centre for Art and Ecology, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2025–present
Founder and Creative Director, TOODAY Studio 极昼定律工作室, 2024–present, Shanghai and London
(Founded an independent visual communication and portfolio education studio; developed project-based teaching, creative direction and student mentoring programmes.)
Teaching, Workshops and Public Engagement
Held the workshop Variations in the Wild: Experimental Scores & Improvisation at the abC Art Fair, Hangzhou, China, 05.2025
Teaching Assistant for Graphic Design Course, Beihang University, 02.2020-06.2020
Selected Artistic Publications
Sui, Liangchen. “City of Scars.” Artwork feature in The Ecological Citizen, Page 120-124, Vol 7 No 2, 2024
Sui, Liangchen. “City of Scars.” Artwork feature in Graduate 360° Magazine, Page 384-385, 2022
Activities & Performances
Invited Roundtable Participant, Translation Across Mediums, Contexts and Experiences, Goldsmiths, University of London. With Athena Farrokhzad, Elin Käck and Sophie Seita. Artistic research project supported by the Swedish Research Council ｜08.2026, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars for the A Nomadic Box exhibition at Bargehouse｜03.2023, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars at RCA2022 Show in the Gorvy Lecture Theatre Battersea｜06.2022, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars for White Noise 41st at Kensington Campus Lecture Theatre | 06.2022, London, UK.
Live performance of City of Scars: Experimental Symphony Concert at Wormwood Scrubs | 06.2022, London, UK.
Exhibitions
Ecosound Notation - PhD Research Exhibition | 01.2026, London, UK
52Hz-Echo, London Design Festival | 09.2025, London, UK. Group exhibition.
The abC Art Fair - Open M | 05.2025, Hangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
Care is Art, Art is Care | 07.2024, Spatial.io (Online). Group exhibition.
Unbound Variable |05.2024, New Art City (Online) & NewYork. Group exhibition.
Shanghai Illustration Art Fair | 05.2024, Shanghai, China. Group exhibition.
Leadhow | 11.2023, Guangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
A Nomadic Box | 03.2023, London, UK. Group exhibition.
Wuhan Zenith Art Festival | 11.2022, Wuhan, China. Group exhibition.
Take Photo Art Festival: Something Far, Sounding Close | 10.2022, Hangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
The 7th abC Art Book Fair | 09.2022, Hangzhou, China. Group exhibition.
Unruly Hair: A Room of One’s Own | 08.2022, London, UK. Group exhibition.
Above Kitsch | 08.2022, London, UK. Group exhibition.
RCA2022 Show | 06.2022, London, UK. College exhibition.
RCA Work in Progress Show 2022 | 01.2022, London, UK. College exhibition.
Gaea: A Garden of the 2nd and 3rd Dimensions | 12.2021, New York, USA. Group exhibition.
Awards
The Selected Award for CGDA Visual Communication Design Award 2023 | 08.2023
The Excellence Award for Kan Tai-keung Design Award Worldwide Chinese Design Competition | 01.2023
Three bronze prizes for Singapore Art Design Competition | 10.2022
Young Battle Awards 2022 |09.2022
Graduate 360° 2022 Annual Graduation Design Award | 08.2022
The Honorary Mention for Platinum Originality 2019 | 08.2020
The Bronze Prize for 2018 ICVA Awards | 08.2018
Honorary Mention for 2018 ICVA Awards | 08.2018
The Excellence Award for The 27th Times Young Creative Awards | 06.2018
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