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b. Cincinnati, OH
Lives and works in Chicago, IL

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Education:

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2025 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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2018 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Solo Exhibitions:

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2026 Primary Pictures, crosswalk, Chicago, IL

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Group Exhibitions:

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2025 Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni, SECRIST|BEACH, Chicago, IL

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2025 I'm Still Jenny from the Color Block, RUSCHWOMAN, Chicago, IL

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2024 Small Stuff II, Howling Pages, Chicago, IL

 

2023 Lines of Sight, Found Objects, Denver, CO

2023 Sagg Moon, The Kerr Foundation, St. Louis, MO

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2010 Exhibition 7.06052010, MVSEVM, Chicago, IL

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Press:

 

Zapien, Patrick. “Omair Hussain” Caesura Magazine, 20 May 2021. https://caesuramag.org/visual-art/omair-hussain

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Writings:

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"American Painting", by Omair Hussain, Caesura Magazine, June 2026, https://caesuramag.org/posts/american-painting

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"End of the End of Painting?", by Omair Hussain, Caesura Magazine, March 2026, https://caesuramag.org/posts/end-of-the-end-of-painting

 

"Donald Judd: Crisis of the Aesthetic", by Omair Hussain, Caesura Magazine, June 2024, https://caesuramag.org/posts/donald-judd-crisis-of-the-aesthetic-omair-hussain

Elkins, James, Montgomery, Harper, “The Stone Art Theory Institutes: Beyond the Aesthetic and the Anti-Aesthetic”, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013

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​“After Hegel: An Interview with Robert Pippin”, by Omair Hussain, Platypus Review 36, June 2011,

https://platypus1917.org/2011/06/01/after-hegel-an-interview-with-robert-pippin/

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“An interview with Hal Foster: Is the funeral for the wrong corpse?”, by Bret Schneider and Omair Hussain, Platypus Review 22, April 2010, https://platypus1917.org/2010/04/08/an- interview-with-hal-foster/