Patrick Sun founded Sunpride Foundation in 2014, with a goal to raise awareness for the LGBTQ community and to nurture a more equitable world through art.
In 2017, Sunpride Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA) co-hosted Spectrosynthesis - Asian LGBTQ Issues and Art Now, the first LGBTQ-themed exhibition staged in an art museum in Asia. Two years later, the foundation and Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) presented Spectrosynthesis II – Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia, marking the largest-ever survey of regional contemporary art exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer creative history in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Patrick graduated from McGill University in Canada with a degree in business. Patrick started his career in the real estate development business in Hong Kong and founded his own company Kinwick Holdings Limited. Since, 2002, he has been active in promoting equal rights for the LGBTQ community in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Patrick has developed his own art collection since 1988, starting from his earlier interest in modern Chinese paintings to his recent focus on contemporary art. With an aim to support the LGBTQ community, Patrick’s collection comprises works from artists in the community or works that examine this theme. His collection includes works by Shu Lea Cheang, Sunil Gupta, David Medalla, Arin Rungjang, Ming Wong, Wu Tsang, Danh Vō and Samson Young, among others.
Patrick is a member of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Asian Art Circle and Tate’s Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee. Most recently, Patrick was included in the 2020 edition of ArtReview’s Power 100 list, an annual ranking of the most influential figures in the contemporary art world, for his leading role in LGBTQ activism in Asia.