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Hussein Sharif

United Arab Emirates (b.1958)

Hussein Sharif is the brother of renowned Emirati artist Hassan Sharif, who is also considered one of the UAE’s most experimental artists. Having studied Theatre Design at the Institute of Kuwait, multidisciplinary artist Al Sharif also held the position of Head Designer at Sharjah TV. Al Sharif was amongst the ‘Five Group’, established in the 1980s, which was one of the UAE’s first contemporary artist collectives. He is a founding member of the Emirates Fine Art Society alongside his brother, the late Hassan Sharif.

He has exhibited his works both locally and internationally in Egypt, France and Germany, and Russia.