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Russna Kaur

Russna Kaur (b. 1991, Brampton, Ontario) is a painter currently living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. Kaur completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Waterloo (2013) and a Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2019). Kaur is the recipient of the Takao Tanabe Painting Prize (2020), the IDEA Art Award (2020), and an Arts Acclaim Award through the City of Brampton (2023).

She has exhibited works nationally at institutions including the Kamloops Art Gallery (2021), Remai Modern in Saskatoon, SK (2023), Burnaby Art Gallery, BC (2023), Art Gallery at Evergreen in Coquitlam, BC, Vancouver Art Gallery (2024), Audain Art Museum in Whistler, BC (2024), College Art Galleries at the University of Saskatchewan (2025), Art Gallery of Burlington, ON (2025), and internationally at Galerie Isa in Mumbai, IN (2023), Gajah Gallery in Yogyakarta, ID (2024), and Rajiv Menon Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA (2024). Upcoming exhibitions include a two-person exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery, BC (2026).

Kaur has been an artist-in-residence at the Burrard Arts Foundation (2020) in Vancouver, the Centrum Emerging Artist Residency (2020) in Port Townsend, Washington, an Independent Artist Residency (2024) in Los Angeles, California, the Wassaic Project (2025) in New York, and the Annandale Artist Residency (2025) on Prince Edward Island. Upcoming residencies include Foundation Fiminco (2026) in Paris, FR.  

She was commissioned to create public artwork for the Translink Art Columns in the City of Richmond, BC (2018), Boren Banner Series at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (2021) and Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives in Brampton, ON (2022). Upcoming public art commissions include the Square Nine Developments in Burnaby, BC (2027).

Kaur’s work is held in numerous private, corporate and institutional collections including the TD Bank Collection, RBC Art Collection, EQ Bank Collection, Desjardins Art Collection, Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, Audain Art Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Surrey Art Gallery, and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art.