Mini Sivakumar was born in Trivandrum in 1962 and took her post-graduation in Zoology.
She then pursued her post-doctoral research at Visva Bharati University.
She was married to the eminent art historian, R. Siva Kumar.
In the year 2008, she conducted a major solo show at Birla Akademy, Mumbai.
She is known for her "vibrancy of color and the dynamism of a creative outpouring"[2] Mini died of breast cancer on 5 September 2010.