Richard Storms: Tulipa

Opening reception: Saturday, February 22, 3—5pm

For Richard Storms, painting is a site of tension—its inherent problems and messiness present an ongoing challenge. His practice oscillates between acceptance and rejection of representation, embracing a space of pictorial in-betweenness that reflects a deep skepticism toward visual certainty and the notion of objective fact.

In late 2023, Storms returned to an exploration of nature and organic forms, considering their potential within abstraction. Tulipa centres on beauty—its presence, fragility, and transformative possibilities in painting—offering a meditation on perception, form, and the shifting boundaries between the real and the imagined.

Richard Storms was born in Wellington, Kansas and moved to Canada in 1978, settling in Toronto in 1981. Richard attended York University and completed his MFA in 1983 with a specialty in Painting. He has exhibited widely in private and public galleries in Canada and internationally including shows at The Power Plant, Mercer Union, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Museum London and the Kamloops Art Gallery. Storms work can be found in notable collections such as The Art Gallery of Peel, TD Bank, RBC, BMO collections, The Art Gallery of Hamilton and The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal,