Samra Roohi

Born in 1990 in Karachi (Pakistan)
Lives and works in Karachi (Pakistan)

Samra Roohi received her BFA (Honors) from Karachi University, Department of Visual Studies in 2012. She has participated in numerous group shows, including “Awaaz: Baldia Factory Inferno,” Karachi Arts Council; “All Puns End with Guns,” Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad; “Pursukoon Karachi,” Karachi Arts Council; “FRESH!” Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi; “Dil Phaink Alchemy,” South Bank Centre London, UK; “Unwritten Thoughts,” IVS Gallery, Karachi; “The 70's: Pakistan’s Radioactive Decade,” Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi; “We the People,” Sadeqauin Gallery, Frere Hall, Karachi; and “Ibtidah,” Studio Seven Gallery, Karachi. She is the recipient of the Art Commendation Award by Ladiesfund and a scholarship by VM Art Gallery.

Samra Roohi writes of her lenticular print on view at KB17: “My work talks about changing perceptions. I use others’ ways of presenting reality and manipulate it according to how I perceive it. My work debates the actual projection of what is happening in our society, but it only provides you with a picture. How you perceive it depends upon who you are.”