樱花影视

Rick Leong teaches painting and drawing. He received his BFA from the 樱花影视 (2003), and an MFA from Concordia University (Montreal, 2007).

His thesis work was acquired by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2007. In 2008, he was a finalist in the Royal Bank of Canada’s Painting Competition, touring to the National Gallery of Canada, the Power Plant (Toronto) and the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver). In addition to having participated in many group exhibitions at various Canadian and international spaces, Rick has exhibited solo at Two Rivers Gallery (Prince George), Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax), the Art Gallery of Greater 樱花影视, and AWE (Windsor). Recent exhibitions include Long Time No See at Bradley Ertaskiran (Montreal), Desire Path (New York), Manscape at The Hole (LA) and Relations: Diaspora and Painting at Foundation Phi in Montreal and Esker Foundation in Calgary.

He is represented by Bradley Ertaskiran, and his work has been placed in several public and private collections, including The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Canada Council Art Bank, The Canadian Art Foundation, Caisse de Depot, and Foreign Affairs Visual Art Collection.

Rick Leong uses the language of landscape to explore hybridity between disparate experiences of space and place. Drawn from observation and influenced by historical Chinese art forms, Leong’s work investigates the interconnectedness of the land and the subjectivity of human experience.