Russna Kaur (b. 1991, Brampton, Ontario) is a painter currently living and working inVancouver, 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) and the IDEA Art Award (2020).

She has exhibited works nationally at institutions including the Kamloops Art Gallery (2021), Remai Modern in Saskatoon, SK (2023), Vancouver Art Gallery (2024), and internationally at Galerie Isa in Mumbai, IN (2023) and Gajah Gallery in Yogyakarta, ID (2024). Upcoming exhibitions include those at the Audain Art Museum (2024), Kenderdine Art Gallery at the University of Saskatchewan (2025), and the Art Gallery of Burlington (2025).

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 and an Independent Artist Residency in Los Angeles, California (2024).

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), Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives in Brampton, ON (2022) and Square Nine Developments in Burnaby, BC (2026).

Kaur’s work is held in numerous private, corporate and institutional collections including the TD Bank Collection, RBC Art Collection, Audain Art Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Surrey Art Gallery, and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art.