Oliver Husain
*1969 in Frankfurt (DE)
lives and works in Toronto (CA)
1990-1991
Fine Arts at University of Baroda, Gujarat (IN)
1992–1994
Film at HfG Offenbach (DE)
1994–1998
Media Art at HfG Offenbach (DE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2022
„Literal Umbrella“, Clages, Cologne (DE)
2018
„Watermelons“, Clages, Cologne (DE)
„French Exit“, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto (CA)
„Roving“, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (CA)
„Were here“, REPUBLIC GALLERY, Vancouver (CA)
2016
„Isla Santa Maria 3D“, Western Front, Vancouver (CA)
„Isla Santa Maria 3D“, Gallery TPW, Toronto (CA)
„you are the gracious toe-twirled stumbler“, Clages, Cologne (DE)
2015
„beside the point“, Gallery Susan Hobbs, Toronto (CA)
2013
„Pandy Ramada’s Bendable Displex“, Gallery TPW R&D, Toronto (CA)
„Gebimsel“, Gallery Susan Hobbs, Toronto (CA)
„C-Value“, Republic Gallery, Vancouver (CA)
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTED)
2023
„Double Exposure“, Camera Austria, Graz (AU)
„Who’s afraid Of Stardust“, Kunsthalle Nürnberg (DE)
2022
„I Don’t Know You Like That – The Bodywork of Hospitality“, UB Art Galleries, New York (US)
„strike a pose“, K21, Düsseldorf (DE)
„Every Moment Counts: AIDS and its Feelings“ with Kerstin Schroedinger, Heni Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (NOR)
2021
„I Don’t Know You Like That: The Bodywork of Hospitality“ with Kerstin Schroedinger, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha (US)
„The Garden. Kinematografien der Erde“ with Kerstin Schroedinger, at silent green, Berlin (DE)
2020
„Taking a Stand“, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbour (US)
„moth maze“ (video) at Shift Key, online video platform by Moca, Toronto (CA), curated by Daisy Desrosiers
„Radikale Passivität – Politiken des Fleisches“ with Kerstin Schroedinger, ngbk – neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin (DE)
„Immaterial Architecture Online“, Art Museum UofT, Toronto (CA)
„Paradise Libraries: Episode 2“, Clages, Cologne (DE)
2019
„Casing“, Support, London (CA)
„Routes“, Kressmann Kunsthalle, Offenbach (DE)
2018
„DCNB“ with Kerstin Schroedinger, Schwules Museum Berlin (DE)
„AHHHHH! REAL MONSTERS!“, curated by Lena Albers and Haris Giannouras, Clages, Cologne (DE)
2017
„PILGER MILLS. Von unzeitgemäßen Formen in der Gegenwart“ Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg (DE)
„The Stars Down to Earth“, Forum Expanded Exhibitions, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
2016
Images Festival, Ontario Place (CA)
„Theatre Theatre“, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam (CA)
„curated by_Cosima von Bonin: Enough Romance. Lets Fuck“, Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna (AT)
„form follows fiction“, Art Museum at UofT, Toronto (CA)
„Putting Rehearsals to the Test“, VOX, Montreal (CA)
2015
„Depth of Perception“, Oakville Galleries, Oakville (CA)
„Architecture by Artists“, 221A, Vancouver (CA)
2014
„An Architecture of Performance“, vtape, Toronto (CA)
„Monitoring“, Dokfest, Kassel (DE)
2013
„Spectacular Sangeet“, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey (CA)
„Qual und Wahl“, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
„Eastern Promises“, MAK Vienna, Vienna (AT)
„Echo Release“, NKV Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (DE)
„Simple Present, Future Anterior“, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto (CA)
2012
„Avalon“, OCADU on site, Toronto (CA)
„Inside Out and From The Ground Up“, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland (US)
„Lichter Art Award“, Lichter Film Festival, Turmpalast, Frankfurt (DE)
SOLO SCREENINGS/ RETROSPECTIVES (SELECTED)
2015
pleasuredome, Toronto (CA)
2014
Gallery SKE, New Delhi (IN)
2011
Experimenta Festival, Bangalore (IN)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2019
„French Exit“, Art Museum of the University of Toronto (CA)
AWARDS / GRANTS
2017
Residency at NTU CCA Singapore
2014
Production Grant Toronto Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council
2012
Best Film German Competition, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen („Item Number“)
Lichter Art Award, Frankfurt („Dear What’s Your Face“)
2009
Images Festival, local artist award („Mount Shasta“)
2006
Kunstfonds artist grant
Urban Film Festival Award, Teheran („Swivel“)
PUBLICATIONS
Chhangur, E.; White, I. & Yang, C.H. (2012). Oliver Husain: Spoiler Alert. New York: Art Gallery of York University.
„Q“ – Text by Vanessa Joan Müller. Design Antonia Henschel, sign. Frankfurt 2003
„Salon Ö Magazin“ Catalogue with Claus Richter, Frankfurt: Forum Fraspa, 2001