--- title: Marianne Sung description: Award-winning contemporary landscape painter exploring themes of identity and community url: "https://www.artsume.com/a/marianne-sung" type: artist createdAt: 2026-04-27 updatedAt: 2026-05-14 disciplines: - Painting location: "Toronto, ON, Canada" website: "https://mariannesung.com" birthYear: 1979 --- # Marianne Sung *Award-winning contemporary landscape painter exploring themes of identity and community | Painting | Based in Toronto, ON, Canada* ## 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. ## Biography 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. ## Curriculum Vitae ### Education - **2001** - Bachelor of Commerce, McGill University, Montreal ### Group Exhibitions - **2026** - "Contemporary art fair," 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Toronto - **2026** - "Contemporary art fair," Artist Project Toronto - **2026** - "ArtGems Fundraising Art Auction," Liberty Grand Toronto - **2026** - "When the Light Returns," The Lobby by Heaps Estrin Toronto - **2025** - "Contemporary art fair," Artist Project Toronto - **2025** - "Contemporary art fair," 64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Toronto - **2025** - "TOAF Gladstone House Award one-year showcase," Gladstone House Hotel Toronto - **2025** - "Art with Heart Silent Auction for Casey House supporting HIV," Cowley Abbott Fine Art & The Carlu Toronto - **2025** - "Edition 01," Ninth Editions Toronto - **2025** - "OFF THE WALL," The Badminton & Raquet club Toronto - **2025** - "Good Time silent auction for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation," United Contemporary Gallery Toronto - **2024** - "Contemporary art fair," 63rd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Toronto - **2024** - "Contemporary art fair," Artist Project Toronto - **2024** - "Journeys," Hallway Galleries at Artscape Youngplace Toronto - **2024** - "Perfect Medium & Festival of Smalls," Art Interiors gallery Toronto - **2024** - "Chosen Family," Bevy Space Toronto (Curated by Emerald Repard-Denniston) - **2024** - "Art Intelligence," Design TO Festival, Gallery 1313 Toronto - **2023** - "Contemporary art fair," Artist Project Toronto - **2023** - "All the Small Things," Northern Contemporary gallery Toronto - **2022** - "Winter, Spring & Fall collection," Ninth Editions Toronto - **2021** - "Revelations," Visionary Art Collective Brooklyn - **2021** - "Summer & Fall collection," Ninth Editions Toronto - **2021** - "Honest Shop 21," Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Toronto - **2021** - "The End," Gallery 1313 Toronto - **2021** - "Big, Bold, Risk & Opening Doors," Leslie Grove gallery Toronto ### Awards & Grants - **2026** - Gladstone House Award, judged by curator Lee Petrie (64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair), Toronto Outdoor Art Fair - **2024** - Curated Collection and art tour, Top Picks by Laura Mann (founder at Pearl Row art), Artist Project - **2023** - Contemporary Art Collectors, Emerging Artist Program, Contemporary Art Collectors ### Collections - Earls restaurants, Toronto, (Corporate) - Fitzrovia, Toronto, (Corporate) ### Bibliography - **2023** - "Fit for a Feast," *House & Home magazine* - **2023** - "Wall Power," *Toronto Star newspaper - Living/Style/Decor* - **2021** - "Create Magazine," *Create Magazine, Issue #27* ### Gallery Representation - Art Interiors gallery, Toronto, (Current) - Ninth Editions, Toronto, (Current) ## Portfolio ### After the Sunset (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *24"x30"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 32 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *8"x10"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 29 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *8"x10"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 28 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *12"x12"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 27 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *11"x14"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 25 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *11"x14"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 22 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *24"x24"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. These paintings are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 20 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *40"x30"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. They are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 19 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *40"x30"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. They are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Sunset Dream 18 (2026) *Metallic silver spray paint & Acrylic on canvas* *40"x30"* The Sunset Dream series is spray painted in silver metallic creating a luminous and ethereal atmosphere. They are also layered in dreamlike pinks, expressing warmth, nostalgia, and the emotional memory of fleeting moments in time and place. --- ### Nostalgia 5 (2025) *Acrylic on canvas* *24"x30"* The Nostalgia series is inspired by hills, rocks and tress that are not just a reflection of nature but also of personal connection, memories and home. --- ### Nostalgia 4 (2025) *Acrylic on canvas* *40"x36"* The Nostalgia series is inspired by hills, rocks and tress that are not just a reflection of nature but also of personal connection, memories and home. --- ### Nostalgia 1 (2025) *Acrylic on canvas* *30"x40"* The Nostalgia series is inspired by hills, rocks and tress that are not just a reflection of nature but also of personal connection, memories and home. --- ### Nostalgia (2024) *Acrylic on canvas* *30"x40"* The Nostalgia series is inspired by hills, rocks and tress that are not just a reflection of nature but also of personal connection, memories and home. --- ### Forest Reverie (2024) *Acrylic on canvas* *16"x20"* --- ### Forest Fantasy 6 (2024) *Acrylic on canvas* *18"x24"* --- ### Forest Fantasy 5 (2024) *Acrylic on canvas* *24"x30"* --- ### Bambi (2024) *Acrylic on canvas* *18"x24"* --- ### Forest Fantasy 7 (2024) *Acrylic on canvas* *24"x30"* --- ### Tree Blooms (2023) *Acrylic on canvas* *20"x24"* --- ### Forest Fantasy 4 (2023) *Acrylic on canvas* *22"x28"* --- ### Forest Fantasy 1 (2023) *Acrylic on canvas* *24"x30"* --- ### Forest Fantasy (2023) *Acrylic on canvas* *24"x30"* --- ### Evening Glow (2022) *Acrylic on paper* *8.5"x11"* --- ### Glowing (2021) *Acrylic on paper* *8.5"x11"* --- ### My Algonquin (2021) *Acrylic on paper* *12"x16"* --- ### Cabane (2021) *Acrylic on canvas* *16"x20"* ## Links - **Website:** https://mariannesung.com - **instagram:** https://instagram.com/m.sungstyle