Owais Husain

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Owais Husain
Born
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
EducationFine Arts
Alma mater Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
Parent
Relatives Shamshad Hussain (brother)

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

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Biography

Owais Husain was born in Mumbai, India, in 1967. [1] The son of M. F. Husain and Fazila. Husain graduated in Fine Arts from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in 1990. He currently resides and works in Dubai and Mumbai.

Work

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.

International multi-media artist.

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.

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Projects, film and music

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