Sameer Farooq is a Toronto-based artist of Pakistani and Ugandan Indian descent. Farooq has held exhibitions at institutions around the world including PRAx, Oregon (2026), the Jaou Photography Biennale, Tunis (2024). Toronto Biennial of Art (2024), Le 19, crac, Montbéliard, France (2024), Venice Architecture Biennale (2023), Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden (2023), Materia Abierta, Mexico City (2023), Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff (2023), Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax (2023), Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (2023), Fonderie Darling, Montréal (2022); Susan Hobbs, Toronto (2022); Koffler Gallery, Toronto (2021); Patel Brown, Toronto (2021); Lilley Museum, Reno (2019); Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (2017); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2016); The British Library, London (2015); Maquis Projects, Izmir (2015); Artellewa, Cairo (2014); and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2011).
Reviews dedicated to his work have been published by Art Forum, The Art Newspaper, La Presse, Canadian Art, The Washington Post, BBC Culture, Hyperallergic, Artnet, and C Magazine. He is an alumni of the Kohler Arts/Industry and Bemis Center residencies and has been longlisted for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent art award.
Sameer Farooq is a Toronto-based artist of Pakistani and Ugandan Indian descent. Farooq has held exhibitions at institutions around the world including PRAx, Oregon (2026), the Jaou Photography Biennale, Tunis (2024). Toronto Biennial of Art (2024), Le 19, crac, Montbéliard, France (2024), Venice Architecture Biennale (2023), Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden (2023), Materia Abierta, Mexico City (2023), Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff (2023), Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax (2023), Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (2023), Fonderie Darling, Montréal (2022); Susan Hobbs, Toronto (2022); Koffler Gallery, Toronto (2021); Patel Brown, Toronto (2021); Lilley Museum, Reno (2019); Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (2017); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2016); The British Library, London (2015); Maquis Projects, Izmir (2015); Artellewa, Cairo (2014); and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2011).
Reviews dedicated to his work have been published by Art Forum, The Art Newspaper, La Presse, Canadian Art, The Washington Post, BBC Culture, Hyperallergic, Artnet, and C Magazine. He is an alumni of the Kohler Arts/Industry and Bemis Center residencies and has been longlisted for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent art award.
