Hussain Sharif (born 1961) is an Emirati artist based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Co-founder of Emirates Fine Arts Society and is one of the original "Five"^[1] conceptual artist in the UAE including Mohammed Kazem, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdullah Al Saadi and his brother Hassan Sharif.^[2][3]

Group exhibitions

• 2010 Dropping Lines1, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
• 2010 Arab world meets Zurich1, AB Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2008 Selected UAE contemporary Artist Expo1, Zaragoza, Spain
• 2005 Cultural Diversity 1, Sharjah Art Museum, U.A.E.
• 2003 6th Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, U.A.E.
• 2002 Dhaka Biennial, Bangladesh
• 2002 5 UAE 1, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany
• 1999 4th Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, U.A.E.
• 1998 U.A.E. Contemporary Art, Institute of Arab World, Paris, France
• 1998 The 7th Cairo International Biennial, Egypt
• 1995 Emirates Arts 1, Sittard Art Center, Sittard, Netherlands
• 1989 Exhibition of the Emirates Fine Arts Society the Soviet Union1, Moscow, U.R.S.S. (Russian Federation)
• 1983 Black and White 1, Al Ahli Club, Dubai, U.A.E.

Solo exhibitions

• 2001 Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, U.A.E.
• 1992 Paintings, Oil and Collage1, Sharjah Cultural Center, Sharjah, U.A.E.
• 1981 Caricature, Arabic Cultural Club, Sharjah, U.A.E.