Sumaira Tazeen is a Canadian multi-disciplinary visual artist and educator of Pakistani origin. She earned her BFA in Miniature Painting and Sculpture from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1996. Her work has been exhibited internationally across South Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle East, and is held in public and private collections, including the Royal Ontario Museum’s Global South Asia collection.
Sumaira has received numerous awards, including the Haji Muhammad Sharif Award, the Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship, and Ontario and Canada Arts Council grants (multiple years). She was part of the First Vasl Artist Workshop in 2001, and was Artist in Residence at Living Arts Centre in Mississauga (2009) and the city of Kitchener, Ontario (2018)
She served as Associate Professor at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi (2005–2012). She continues to inspire the next generation of artists in Canada by leading workshops and courses at prestigious museums, art galleries, and art universities.
