Owais Husain

Owais Husain (born 1967) is an Indian multimedia artist, painter and filmmaker.

Biography Owais Husain was born in Mumbai, India, in 1967. He is the son of M. F. Husain and Fazila. Husain graduated in Fine Arts from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in 1990. He lives and works in Dubai and Mumbai.

Work

Husain is a multimedia artist whose work includes painting, poetry, watercolour, sculpture and installation art. His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions.

He has also worked as a producer, director and writer in film and music.

His work explores themes such as identity, urban mythology and culture.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions 2016 – House of Cards, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore 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 – New Works, Gallery 88, Kolkata 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 – Recent Works, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai 1994 – Paintings and Drawings, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 1992 – Cities and Sky, Ahmedabad 1989 – That Obscure Object of Desire, Triveni Gallery, New Delhi 1987 – Photographic installation, Festival of India, Moscow and St Petersburg 1986 – The Sea that Found a Tree, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai

Group exhibitions 2016 – PUBLICA 2016, New Delhi 2011 – Contemporary Art, Dubai 2010 – Owais/Tassaduq, Karachi 2008 – Keep Drawing, New Delhi 2007 – Double Take, New Delhi; Indian Art III/III, London 2004 – Husain & Sons, New York 2003 – A Celebration of Colour, Mumbai 2001 – Century City, Tate Modern, London 2000 – Erotica, Mumbai 1999 – Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai 1998 – National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 1997 – National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Film and music 2012 – Writer and director, Pehla Sitara 2010 – Producer and director, Letters to My Son About My Father 2007 – Director, Ek Mohabbat 2004 – Writer and co-director, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities 2000 – Associate director, Gaja Gamini