Russna Kaur (b. 1991, Brampton, Ontario) is a Vancouver-based painter whose bold, layered works explore colour, movement, and cultural identity. A graduate of the University of Waterloo (BA, 2013) and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (MFA, 2019), Kaur has received major honours including the Takao Tanabe Painting Prize and the IDEA Art Award (both 2020). Her paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally at leading institutions such as the Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Kamloops Art Gallery, Remai Modern, Galerie Isa in Mumbai, and Gajah Gallery in Yogyakarta. In 2025, she will debut new work at the Art Gallery of Burlington.

Kaur’s creative voice has also been celebrated through prestigious artist residencies across North America, including the Burrard Arts Foundation, Wassaic Project in New York, and the Annandale Artist Residency on Prince Edward Island. Her public art commissions range from large-scale banners for the Frye Art Museum in Seattle to site-specific works for the City of Richmond and Peel Art Gallery in Brampton. As part of The Acorn and Lila’s Tastemakers Billboard Series, Kaur’s work brings her dynamic vision to the streets of Vancouver, offering a vivid, thought-provoking presence that reflects the same spirit of creativity and community that defines the restaurants’ ethos.