About

I wish to tell stories with my art. The narrative might be told through the tilt of a head, the gaze of an eye, or the gesture of a hand in a portrait. It might be patterns of snow in a field that communicate desolation in a winter landscape. It may be journalistic, documenting a specific moment in time. Many of my works have a figure as part of the narrative, an observer or voyeur who is a witness as people react to or affect their environment.

 Richard Küng was born in Alberta, Canada. As a teenager, he studied art and landscape painting with local artists and was influenced by Canadian Realism artists. He moved to Los Angeles to attend Art Center College of Design; upon graduation, he moved to San Francisco, where he owned a design studio. He worked internationally and with Silicon Valley people and projects he can't name in public, but you would have heard of them. He returned to Canada for decent healthcare and lives on Vancouver Island with his wife and his little dog, too.

Group Exhibitions:

“Thresholds” Rockside Gallery October 5 - November 30, 2024

“Victoria Now” Bay Center May 11 - 31,2024

“Visage” Rockslide Gallery September 24 - November 19, 2022

Marin County Fair Fine Arts Show (San Rafael, CA)

The Bateman Gallery (Victoria, BC)

Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA)

Education:

University of Calgary, BFA

Art Center College of Design, BSC

Grants and Awards:

Winner, Portrait Artist of the Week (Sky Arts)

Influences:

Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Alex Colville, Andrew Wyeth, Enzo Ferrari, Gregory Crewdson, Nick Alm, Louis Kahn, Pininfarina, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Guy Bordin, Stanley Kubrick, "Big Daddy" Ed Roth, Luis Barragán, Anders Zorn, Joaquin Sorolla.