Samina Mansuri is multi-disciplinary artist, currently based in Toronto, Canada. Born in Karachi, Pakistan. Mansuri has exhibited her work extensively in Pakistan as well as internationally for over two decades. Recent exhibitions include Out of Rubble, curated by Susanne Slavick, Touring in the US (2010 – 2014). Leaning Towards Collapse, A Space gallery, Toronto, Canada (2011), Empire of Dreams Phenomenology of the built environment, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada (2010) Double Consciousness, Mattress Factory, USA (2007), Post-Object, Doris McCarthy gallery, Scarborough, Canada (2007), Beyond Borders, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India (2005). She has taught the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture from 1990 to 2000 and is the founding member of VASL that provides residencies to local and international artists. Her works are represented in public and private collections internationally and have been featured and reviewed in catalogs, books, newspapers and journals. She has received her BFA from Pratt Institute, New York and MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA.

Residencies include, Gasworks, London, UK, Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, The Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, USA, the Vermont Studio Center, USA and the International Studio and Curatorial Residency, New York, USA.