Selected Solo Exhibitions
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, Singapore
2015 Heart of Silence, Capsule Arts, Dubai, UAE
2014 My Body, A Fleet of Ships, W. Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2013 Forest of Lost Languages, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
2010 3 Worlds, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2006 Forest of Lost Languages, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Owais Husain: New Works, Gallery 88, Calcutta
1998 The Present is the Source of Presences, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1997 The Present is the Source of Presences, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1995 Owais Husain: Recent Works, Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1994 Owais Husain: Paintings and Drawings, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1992 Cities and Sky, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology Campus, Ahmedabad (Winning exhibit)
1989 That Obscure Object of Desire, Triveni Gallery, New Delhi, India
1987 Photographic installation on North/Central India, Festival of India in Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia
1986 The Sea that Found a Tree, Site specific installation, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Contemporary Art, Dunia Media City Financial Centre, Dubai, UAE
2010 Owais/Tassaduq, Unicorn Gallery, Karachi
2008 Keep Drawing, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
2007 Double Take, Gallery Espace, New Delhi Indian Art III/III, curated by Nancy Adajania, Vadehra Grosvenor Gallery, London, UK
2004 Husain & Sons, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
2003 A Celebration of Colour, organized by Vadhera Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2001 Century City, curated by Geeta Kapur and Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Tate Modern, London, UK
2001 Excerpts from My Diary Pages, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai 2000 Erotica, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai, India
1999 Wallpaper, Kala-Ghoda Festival, Kala-Goda pavements, Mumbai, India
1999 Legatee: Exhibition of The JJ School Alumni, Fine Art Company, Mumbai, India
1999 Icons, organized by Lakeeren Gallery, Sir JJ School of Applied Arts, Mumbai, India
1999 Contemporary Indian Artists Today, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1998 Wilberding Collection of Contemporary Indian Art, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
1998 Generations: Indian Contemporary Art from Jamini Roy to the Present, A Gallery, New York, USA
1997 Indian Contemporary Art – Post Independence, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
1997 A Gift for India, organized by SAHMAT, LKA Galleries, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi The Looking Glass Self, Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India
1996 Cinema Scape: An Artist’s Tribute to 100 Years of Cinema, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
1995 A Tree in my Life, organized by The Village Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi, India
1993 Four Young Contemporaries, curated by Rekha Rodwittya, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai, and Sakshi Art Gallery, Bangelore
Education
1989 Apprenticeship with Robert Blackburn, Printmaking Workshop, New York
1986 Apprenticeship with Jagdish Swaminathan, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1985-90 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai