Shamshad Husain did his Diploma in Painting from College of Fine Arts, Baroda and Post Graduation from the Royal College of Art, London.
Has held solo exhibitions in Hyderabad, Bombay, Delhi, Baroda, Madras, Bangalore and in Copenhagen, West Germany, London and Geneva. Has also participated in group shows held all over India and in Australia, Switzerland, London, USA, Japan, Turkey, USSR and in Cairo, Egypt titled “Husain, Husain and Husain”
Shamshad has won the National Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi; Govt. of India Fellowship. He was commissioned by various organizations both in India and abroad to execute Metal Relief Sculptures, Murals and Paintings.
EDUCATION
1979,80 Post Graduation, Royal College of Art, London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1968,74,83 Hyderabad
1969,70,71,72,74,76,78,83,86,91,2001 Bombay Pundole Art Gallery.
1968,69,70,71,75,79,84,89,91,92,2000 Dhoomimal Gallery, Gita Art Gallery & Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi.
1983 Baroda.
1973 Copenhagen, Denmark.
1973,80,84 Hoffiem, Werl, West Germany.
1973 London.
1974,75,78 Geneva, Switzerland, Gallery Denberg.
1986 Madras.
1987 Bangalore
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1964,65,66 Gujarat State Annual Exhibition.
1965,70,71,74,77,83,84,85 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1975,78,86 Triennale International, New Delhi.
1977 Perth Festival, Australia.
1969,71 Art Today I & II, New Delhi.
1973,75,77 Group Show of Gallery Denberg, Geneva, Switzerland.
2013 'Confluence des Arts' a group show of 100 artists at Gallery Artchill, Amber Fort , jaipur.
Helpage India 1991, 1993 Artist Alert – Sahmat 1989, Postcards for Gandhi – Sahmat 1995, Gift for India - Sahmat 1997, Drawing Gallery Espace 1994, Graphics Gallery Espace 1996, Christies London & Vadehra Art Gallery – 1995, Indian Contemporary Art Post - Independence, organized by Vadehra Art Gallery NGMA 1997, Art for Charity - Bombay 1999.
1981 Monumental Sculpture of a Scientist, Hyderabad.
1986 Metal Relief Sculpture, New Delhi.
1988 Metal Relief Sculpture, Jaipur.
1986 Fiber Glass Sculpture, New Delhi
1991 Three Portraits for British Council Division Annual Report, London.
1995 Mixed media mural at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1995 Mixed media mural at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1995 Mixed media mural at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
2006 Mosaic Mural Jamia Milia University, Delhi.
1983 National Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.
1983,85 Govt. of India Fellowship.
Travelled extensively all over India and Western Europe, USSR, Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Canada, USA, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mauritius,Singapore.