RUSSNA KAUR | CV
b. 1991 Brampton, Ontario
Russna Kaur lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2013 Honors BA, Fine Arts: Studio Specialization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION RECORD
2024 Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC (upcoming, October 2024)
2023 DREAM MACHINE (try walking on a path of splinters with no shoes), W Projects, Vancouver, BC
2023 to wear a face you still have - the feeling of being surrounded comes alive in many ways, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, IN
2022 it is not easy to find a dark place when the sky seems four times greater, RBC Emerging Artist Series, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK
2022 Echoes will return and reveal far more, 330g artist-run space, Saskatoon, SK
2021 It cannot be heard - the glow is so far away!, A Room with a View Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021 I Thik The Kracdil wil et Sme and No Bute witse sme a gin. (I think the crocodile will eat me and nobody will see me again.), Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
2020 Suddenly her lips sharpened - it was splendid., Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2019 Veil of tears, TRAPP Projects, Vancouver, BC
2019 She was there for a while…, The Fort Gallery, Langley, BC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION RECORD
2024 1:1 Artists Select from the Collection, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2024 PATHS, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC (exhibition circulated by Artist for Kids and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art)
2023 Kindred Tracings, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2022 PATHS, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC
2022 We can only hint at this with words., Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC
2021 High Anxiety, Mónica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021 Holding a line in Your Hand, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2020 Keep for Old Memoirs, Young Space Spring 2020 Online | Co-curated with Celine Mo of VICTORI+MO Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Leaning Out of Windows, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2019 “the heart is the origin of your worldview” (Sister Co-Resistor), Art Toronto (Cooper Cole), Toronto, ON
2019 Introspection: MFA Thesis Show, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Understory, Ground Floor Art Centre, Vancouver, BC
2018 PLUS Art Fair: National MFA Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2017 Art Show & Sale, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2017 The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON
2017 Toronto Design Offsite Festival, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON
2016 The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON
2014 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
2013 Exposure, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
2013 CONTACT: Dark Room 2.0, Gallery 918, Toronto, ON
2013 Cadenza, Undergraduate Thesis Show, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
ARTIST TALKS
2023 W Projects, Vancouver, BC
2023 Galerie Isa, Mumbai, IN
2022 Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK
2022 Power Hour, Brampton Arts Organization, Brampton, ON
2022 Outdoor banner series, Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives, Brampton, ON
2022 Artists for Kids & North Vancouver School District, Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2022 We can only hint at this with words: Panel discussion, Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2022 Tuesday Night Talks, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC
2022 Graduate Studies Seminar, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2021 Q & A Graduate Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2021 Panel discussion: Holding a line in your hand, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2021 Boren Banner Series: Russna Kaur, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2020 On A.I.R. Podcast, Centrum Residencies, Port Townsend, WA
2020 BAF Insight: Spring 2020, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2018 Artist Salon Series: Panel Discussion, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
PUBLIC ART
2023 Square Nine Developments Public Art Project, Ballard Fine Art, Burnaby, BC (completion date, 2026)
2022 Maze of control and the slightest chaos, Outdoor Banner Series at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA), Brampton, ON
2021 Boren Banner Series Public Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2018 No. 3 Rd Art Column Public Art Commission, City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
RESIDENCIES
2024 Independent Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Centrum Emerging Artist Residency, Port Townsend, Washington
2020 Burrard Arts Foundation Artist Residency, Vancouver, BC
2016 Summer Residency Program, Spark Box Studio, Picton, ON
2015 Summer Residency Program, Spark Box Studio, Picton, ON
AWARDS + SCHOLARHIPS + GRANTS
2023 Arts Acclaim Award, City of Brampton, Brampton, ON
2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create Program Grant
2020 IDEA Art Award, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2020 Takao Tanabe Painting Prize, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
2019 Gathie Falk Visual Arts Scholarship, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2017 University Women's Club of Vancouver Graduate Scholarship, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2013 Carol Hudgins Book Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
COLLECTIONS
2023 TD Bank Art Collection, Toronto, ON
2023 RBC Art Collection, Toronto, ON
2022 Artist for Kids/Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC
2022 Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2021 EQ Bank, Toronto, ON
2021 OvareGroup, Louisville, KY
2021 Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC
2020 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2020 VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, Gordon & Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre, Vancouver, BC
2018 Deloitte, Toronto, ON
2014 Colart Collection, Town of Mont-Royal, QC
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Plessner, F.D., DREAM MACHINE (try walking on a path of splinters with no shoes), C Magazine.
2023 Lavery, Lauren, Dreaming in Dollar Signs: Russna Kaur at W Projects, Femme Art Review.
2022 Canadian Colouring Book Vol. 1, RxART, New York, NYDreaming in Dollar Signs: Russna Kaur at W Projects
2022 Pearson, Gary, Border Crossings Magazine, “Holding a line in your hand”, Issue #158.
2021 Kamloops Art Gallery Publication
2021 Russna Kaur, Selected Works from 2019-2021, The Capilano Review, Vancouver, BC.
2021 Cadloff, Emily Baron, More than virtual: How universities have embraced pandemic learning, Macleans.ca.
2021 Grauer, Perrin, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquires Towering Painting by Russna Kaur, Emily Carr University of Art + Design Alumni News.
2020 Dragomir, Ada, The Shrugging Lady Emoji and Russna Kaur’s Abstractions, Femme Art Review.
2020 Jambhekar, Neha. Editors’ Picks: 14 Things Not to Miss in the Virtual Art World This Week (“Keep for Old Memoirs” at Young Space), artnet news.
2020 Scott, Hannah. Richmond Artist Gets 2020 Residency, Richmond Sentential, Richmond, BC
2020 Russna Kaur Wins Tanabe Prize, Galleries West, Vancouver, BC
2019 Uytdewilligen, Ryan. Richmond artist takes over Fort Gallery… for a while…, Langley Advance Times, Langley, BC
2018 Xiong, Daisy. Art Pillars Explore Migration, Richmond News Article (A24), Richmond, BC
AUCTIONS
2024 Audain Art Auction, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC
2023 Brilliance Gala & Auction, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC
2023 Illuminate Gala & Auction, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC
2023 Splash Art Auction, Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, BC
2022 C Magazine Art Auction, Toronto, ON
2022 Splash Art Auction, Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, BC
2021 Art Auction 2021, The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2021 Splash Art Auction, Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, BC
2021 Burrard Arts Foundation Alumni Exhibition/Auction, Vancouver, BC
COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT
2023 Public Art Selection Panel, Dava Developments, Richmond, BC
2023 Selection Panel: Artist Residency Program, Brampton Library, Brampton Arts Organization, Brampton, ON
2022 Arts & Culture Ambassadors, Brampton Arts Organization (BAO), Brampton, ON (present)
2022 Selection panel for Pinnacle Capstan Public Art, City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
2022 Selection Panel, City of Richmond Public Art, Richmond, BC
2022 Selection Panel, Penn IDEA Art Award, Vancouver, BC
2020 Board Member, Richmond Art Gallery Association, Richmond, BC (present)
2019 Teaching Awards Committee, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 VP Academic + Provost Search Committee, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Graduate Studies Student Representative, Emily Carr Student Union, Vancouver, BC
2018 International Conference on the Arts in Society, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Curriculum Review Panel, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2017 Curriculum Review Panel, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE, SESSIONAL FACULTY
2022 Thinking Through Painting (PNTG 210, 6-credit, online, Spring 2022), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Painting Practices (PNTG 200, 6-credit, online, Fall 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Thinking Through Painting (PNTG 210, 6-credit, online, Summer 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Mixed Media Painting (CEPN 105, 8 sessions, online, Summer 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Summer Teens Institute: Painting (CETP 101, 16 sessions, online, Summer 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Mixed Media Painting (CEPN 105, 8 sessions, online, Spring 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Contemporary Painting (CEPN 210, 8 sessions, online, Spring 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Introduction to Acrylic Painting (CEPN 102, 8 sessions, online, Spring 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021 Painting Practices (PNTG 200, 6-credit, online, Spring 2021), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Painting Practices (PNTG 200, 6-credit, online, Fall 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Introduction to Acrylic Painting (CEPN 102, 8 sessions, online, Fall 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Contemporary Painting (CEPN 210, 8 sessions, online, Fall 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Mixed Media Painting (CEPN 105, 8 sessions, online, Summer 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Summer Teens Institute: Painting (CETP 101, 16 sessions, online, Summer 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Thinking Through Painting (PNTG 210, 6-credit, online, Summer 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2020 Senior Studio (VAST 410, 6-credit, Spring 2020), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2019 Senior Studio (VAST 400/410, 6-credit, Summer 2019), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
ADDITIONAL TEACHING + RESEARCH + WORKSHOPS
2023 Mixed Media/Writing Workshop, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2022 Youth Workshop, Artists for Kids & North Vancouver School District, North Vancouver, BC
2022 Educator Workshop, North Vancouver School District, North Vancouver, BC
2021 Guest Artist Workshop, From Words to Paint: Educator Workshop, Washington Art Education Association/Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2019 Teaching Assistant, Painting Advanced (PNTG 310, 6-credit, Spring 2019), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Research Assistant, Leaning Out of Windows: Art/Physics Collaborations Through Aesthetic Transformations (SSHRC funded), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Audain Faculty of Art Teaching Fellowship, Painting Materials + Process (PNTG 214, 3-credit, Fall 2018), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Guest Artist Workshop, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2018 Teaching Assistant, Interdisciplinary Forums (AHIS 333, 3-credit, Summer 2018), Emily Carr University of Art Design, Vancouver, BC
2018 Teaching Assistant, Painting Practices: What It’s Like To Be a Painting (PNTG 315, 6-credit, Spring 2018), Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC