Work Owais Husain

1 work

1.1 international multi-media artist.
1.2 solo exhibitions
1.3 group exhibitions
1.4 projects, film , music

work

owais husain multi-media artist works have been shown in both group exhibitions , solo shows. has worked producer, director , writer film , music.

international multi-media artist.

as artist has been active since late 80s, has explored numerous mediums through study , produced pieces. husain has used range of mediums, including: poetry, painting, watercolor , sculpture, in varied works.

most recently, has combined multiple mediums installations , more diversely textured works.

husain international artist, having studied in mumbai , bhopal in india, , new york, usa. works have been shown in art capitals around world, such london, new delhi, new york, , dubai. husain’s recent works have been shown @ institute of contemporary arts singapore , in publica 2016, outdoor sculpture exhibition in new delhi organised floodlight foundation.

themes of identity, iconography , mythology.

owais husain known indian contemporary artist. works explore range of themes, namely: iconography, urban mythology, identity , culture. many of works have been influenced indian heritage, traditional form , subjects, yet equally work differentiated , not wholly based on traditional indian art.

solo exhibitions

2016 owais husain: house of cards. collaboration students of lasalle college of arts, faculties of fine arts , media arts, institute of contemporary arts singapore, praxis space , project space

2015 heart of silence, capsule arts, dubai

2014 body, 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 present source of presences, vadehra art gallery, new delhi

1997 present source of presences, sakshi art gallery, mumbai

1995 owais husain: recent works, sakshi art gallery, mumbai

1994 owais husain: paintings , drawings, vadehra art gallery, new delhi

1992 cities , sky, centre environmental planning , technology campus, ahmedabad (winning exhibit)

1989 obscure object of desire, triveni gallery, new delhi

1987 photographic installation on north/central india, festival of india in moscow , st petersburg

1986 sea found tree, site specific installation, sir j.j. school of art, mumbai

group exhibitions

2016 publica 2016, outdoor public sculpture installations sponsored floodlight foundation, new delhi

2011 contemporary art, dunia media city financial centre, dubai

2010 owais/tassaduq, unicorn gallery, karachi

2008 keep drawing, gallery espace, new delhi

2007 double take, gallery espace, new delhi, indian art iii/iii, curated nancy adajania, vadehra grosvenor gallery, london

2004 husain & sons, aicon gallery, new york

2003 celebration of colour, organized vadhera gallery, jehangir art gallery, mumbai

2001 century city, curated geeta kapur , ashish rajadhyaksha, tate modern, london, excerpts diary pages, fine art company, mumbai

2000 erotica, fine art company, mumbai

1999 wallpaper, kala-ghoda festival, kala-goda pavements, mumbai

legatee: exhibition of jj school alumni, fine art company, mumbai

icons, organized lakeeren gallery, sir jj school of applied arts, mumbai

contemporary indian artists today, organized vadehra art gallery, jehangir art gallery, mumbai

1998 wilberding collection of contemporary indian art, national gallery of modern art, mumbai

generations: indian contemporary art jamini roy present, gallery, new york

1997 indian contemporary art – post independence, organized vadehra art gallery, national gallery of modern art, new delhi

a gift india, organized sahmat, lka galleries, rabindra bhavan, new delhi

the looking glass self, lakeeren gallery, mumbai

1996 cinema scape: artist’s tribute 100 years of cinema, lakeeren art gallery, mumbai

1995 tree in life, organized village art gallery, academy of fine arts , literature, new delhi

1993 4 young contemporaries, curated rekha rodwittya, cymroza art gallery, mumbai, , sakshi art gallery, bangelore

projects, film , music

2016 house of cards, three-day workshop international institute of fine arts, modi nagar, india

2015 house of cards, three-day workshop , collaborative sculpture project lasalle college of arts, singapore

a paper house vocabulary, collaborative light , paper installation 250 school children, king’s school, dubai

2010 producer , director, letters son father, (16 mins) documentary on life , times of m.f.husain, draft version screened @ tribeca international film festival, doha (2010), , victoria & albert museum, london (2014)

2009 producer, flight, experimental music track, (6 mins), festival of thinkers, abu dhabi

2007 director, ek mohabbat, (5 mins) short film on anthem a.r.rahman, 7 wonders of world international campaign (winner)

2004 writer , co-director, meenaxi: tale of 3 cities, (130 mins, hindi) (national award winner, india), score , soundtrack a.r. rahman, screened @ melbourne international film festival , filmfest düsseldorf (2004)

2000 associate director, gaja gamini, (122 mins, hindi), screened @ london international film festival (2000), berlin film biennale (2001), , marché du film section, cannes film festival (2004)