Marianne Sung
Award-winning contemporary landscape painter exploring themes of identity and community
Artist statement
Radiating warmth and light, my paintings explore atmosphere, memory, and the emotional experience of landscapes. Drawing inspiration from Canadian and imagined environments, I build luminous surfaces through thin layers of acrylic paint, creating dreamlike spaces where colour becomes a carrier of feeling and recollection. I am especially drawn to transitional moments in nature, including shifting light, distant horizons, and subtle tonal fields, where landscapes become less about place and more about perception. My use of pinks and atmospheric washes reflects this interest in memory as something fluid and emotionally constructed rather than fixed. Through my artwork, I explore how we experience identity, belonging and interconnectedness through nature, as well as how environments and community shape emotional and psychological states.
Details
- Born
- 1979, Seoul, South Korea
- Based in
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Mediums
- Painting
- Education
- Bachelor of Commerce, McGill University
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Bio
Marianne is a self-taught Korea-Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada. In 2025, she was the recipient of the Gladstone House Award at the 64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. In addition, her artwork is collected globally, with acquisitions arranged by Studio Ninth and GZ Art Co. art advisory firms for Canadian corporate collections, and by Danna Heitner Advisory for a Canadian private collection. She is Represented by Art Interiors gallery and online by Ninth Editions.
b. 1979, Seoul, South Korea
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Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2026 · Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2025 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2025 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2025 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2024 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2024 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2024 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2024 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2024 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2024 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2023 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2023 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2023 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2023 · Acrylic on canvas
Single image · 2022 · Acrylic on paper
Single image · 2021 · Acrylic on paper
Single image · 2021 · Acrylic on paper
Single image · 2021 · Acrylic on canvas