Owais Husain

Owais Husain (born 1967) is a multi-media artist, painter and filmmaker.

Owais Husain was born in Mumbai, India, in 1967. The son of M. F. Husain and Fazila, he has two sisters, Raisa and Aqueela, and two brothers, Mustafa and Shamshad.

Husain graduated in Fine Arts from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in 1990. He currently resides and works in Dubai and Mumbai.

Owais Husain is a multi-media artist whose works have been shown in both group exhibitions and solo shows. He has also worked as a Producer, Director and Writer for film and music.

As an artist who has been active since the late 80s, he has explored numerous mediums through study and his produced pieces. Husain has used a range of mediums, including: poetry, painting, watercolor and sculpture, in his varied works.

Most recently, he has combined multiple mediums into installations and more diversely textured works.

Husain is an international artist, having studied in Mumbai and Bhopal in India, and New York, USA. His works have been shown in art capitals around the world, such as London, New Delhi, New York, and Dubai. Husain’s recent works have been shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore and in PUBLICA 2016, an outdoor sculpture exhibition in New Delhi organised by the Floodlight Foundation.

Themes of identity, iconography and mythology.

Owais Husain is known as an Indian contemporary artist. His works explore a range of themes, namely: iconography, urban mythology, identity and culture. Many of his works have been influenced by his Indian heritage, from traditional form and subjects, yet equally his work is differentiated and not wholly based on traditional Indian art.

2016 Owais Husain: House of Cards. A Collaboration with the students of the LASALLE College of the Arts, Faculties of Fine Arts and Media Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Praxis Space and Project Space

2015 Heart of Silence, Capsule Arts, Dubai

2014 My Body, A Fleet of Ships, W. Foundation, Seoul

2013 Forest of Lost Languages, Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2010 3 Worlds, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2006 Forest of Lost Languages, Aicon Gallery, New York

2000 Owais Husain: New Works, Gallery 88, Calcutta

1998 The Present is the Source of Presences, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

1997 The Present is the Source of Presences, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai

1995 Owais Husain: Recent Works, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai

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