Hend Al‑Mansour is a Saudi‑born Arab American installation artist whose work engages contemporary Islamic art, feminist narratives, and screen‑printed textile environments.

An immigrant from Saudi Arabia, Hend Al‑Mansour draws from Islamic art, Arabic aesthetics, and Middle Eastern women’s narratives to shape her work as an Arab American installation artist. Themes of gender discrimination and social injustice inform her focus on women’s power, visibility, and cultural agency. Al‑Mansour holds a medical degree from Cairo, Egypt, an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and an MA in Art History from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Her practice includes screen‑printed works with stylized figures, Arabic calligraphy, Sadu and henna motifs, and shrine‑like textile installations that merge contemporary Islamic art with feminist storytelling. She has received numerous awards, including the Minnesota State Arts Board’s Creative Support grant (2024 and 2022), the Artist Initiative grant (2019), the McKnight Fellowship (2018), the Jerome Fellowship in Printmaking (2013–14), and the Juror’s Award at the Contemporary Islamic Art exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2012). Al‑Mansour has exhibited internationally, lectured on Arab and Islamic art, and curated exhibitions featuring Middle Eastern and Arab American artists. She is a member of Rosalux Gallery, the Interfaith Artists Circle, and The Habibties, a collective of multiethnic American women promoting cultural diversity in the United States.

Artist looking out of her window with a self‑applied henna design.