About

Samina K. Ansari (b. 1990, Jhelum, Pakistan) has done double bachelors Bcom IT distance learning AIOU 2014 and BFA from Beaconhouse National University 2025. She has served in various firms i.e. Bank of Punjab, Abacus Consulting, Dogars company law associates and taxation, and department of revenue as tax calculation, Ministry of Inland Revenue. She has served to O Art Space as Assistant Gallery Curator and Manager and Assistance Curatorship at Numaish Gah. She has exhibited her art practice in Alhamra Young Art Exhibition 2020, she was selected for Arjumand Award exhibition in the following year, Photograph at COMO 2023, Museum of Repairing Reminiscences ideation by Mohsin Shafi in collaboration with Vasl 2024, Emerging Talent 2025 group show at VM Art Gallery and Alif Anar at Numaish Gah 2025, The Summer Show at Artsoch 2025. She has done various independent projects like graphic design and e-cataloging for International Committee of the Red Cross 2021-2023, Independent Translator in collaboration with British Council Art South Asia and Ambareen Art Mentor 2021- 2022. She has secured publication of articles and columns in The News Sunday Magazine, Hal Ahwal online, humsub.com online journalist site by Wajahat Masood. She has served as researcher/internee to Abdul Rehman in collaboration with British Council and Aangan Bazar. She is a Recipient of UMISSA and NEST Scholarships while studying at Beaconhouse National University. She is residing and continueing her practice between Jhelum and Lahore.

Samina Kausar Ansari 

Work Experience:

Gallery Management: 

Numaish Gah, Lahore (July 2024 - Sept 2024)

Gallery Assistant Curator

[Exhibition design, Social Media handling, store keeping, book keeping]

O Art Space, Lahore (2019 - 2021)

Assistant Curator/ Gallery Manager

[Exhibition design, Social Media handling, warehouse and store keeping, book keeping, marketing]

Design Projects:

Bigelo, Lahore (June 2023 - Sept 2023)

Design and photography editor

[Photography edits, website interface, illustrations and social media handling]

Shirkat Gah 2019- 2020

Graphic Designer, Illustrator

DunyaPakistan.cm 2015-2016

Sub Editor, Translator.

Internships:

Research Internee with Abdul Rehman in collaboration with British Council Pakistan, Aangan Bazar and Textile patrons. (2024)

Curatorial Projects: 

Assistance with Irfan Gul Dahri’s independent curatorial projects between (2020 – 2024)
Assistance with Aarish Sardar as facilitator titled “Lahore Digital Festivals”

 Independent Projects:

2022 A technical translation of art terminology project, In collaboration with British Council, Art South Asia Project, and Ambereen Art Mentor.

2021 Two Gallery shows as Assistant curator along with social media strategy and Graphic design at O Art Space Titled “Read | A solo presentation of Hadia Moiz, May 26, 2021”, “Distance | A two person show of Kiran Waseem & Mubashar Iqbal, Show on display May 17, 2021”

2021 Graphic Design, Record Keeping, and Correspondence | ICRC International Artbeat 2021.

2020 - 2021 Technical urdu translation for Somewhere In Pakistan Project. “Issue is in Publishing Process” 

2019 - 2020 Book Project | Illustrator, Graphics, Story editing, Book Composing, Publishing Process at Shirkat Gah 

Education:

BS VA  2021 - 2025
BeaconHouse National University Lahore.
The Recipient of UMISSA and NEST Scholarship

B.Com 2010 — 2014
(Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad) AIOU Islamabad.

Exhibitions:

2025, The Summer Show, ArtSoch, Lahore (Group Show)

2025, Alif Anar Numaish Gah, Lahore (Group Show)

2025, Emerging Talent Exhibition VM Gallery, Karachi

2024, “Museum of Repairing Reminiscences” envisioned by Mohsin Shafi, Vasl Artists’ Association in collaboration with The Repair Atelier 

2023, “Photograph” Como Museum, (Group Show)

2021, Arjumand Painting Award, Participation +  (Group Show) 

2020, All Pakistan Young Art Exhibition, (Group Show)