Mr. Sun Yu-li has been actively involved in Singapore and regional arts scene for the last 15 years. Mr. Sun Yu-li, Architect-turned-Sculptor, was the winner of the prestigious 1991 Republic of China (ROC) Modern Sculpture Award. He was also a Merit Award winner of the IBM Art Award 1990. He has been involved in many high-profile projects, like China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Sculpture.

His sculptures and artworks have been installed in many prime locations in Singapore such as Paragon, Suntec City, ITE East Campus and several other commercial and government's buildings. Mr. Sun was also one of the artists selected for the Arts in Transit project where his art work (Universal Language) is featured in the interior of the Dhoby Ghaut MRT stations along the North-East Line (NEL).

The sculptor’s 30 years of research into the Universal Language, a language explaining the origin of life from a dot (node/landmark), extending to a line (path/boundary), connecting to a plane (place/domain), finally forming the volume (architectural space/existential space), is the guiding principle behind the creation of Land before Time. Land before Time in itself embodies the language of life – the Universal Language.