Saeed Hosein is an Iranian painter and educator based in Boston. He is currently an MFA candidate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and holds an MA in Painting from Tarbiat Modares University and a BA in Painting from the University of Tehran. 

Saeed has extensive experience teaching painting and drawing to students of different ages and skill levels. His teaching focuses on building strong foundations in observation, composition, color, and painting techniques while encouraging students to develop confidence and their own visual language. 

His artistic practice centers on figurative painting and explores themes of memory, identity, power, and lived experience. In 2026, he was a Summer Fellow at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, where he also served as a teaching assistant for a figurative painting course. 

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