A self-taught artist, Mohamed Saïd Chair began his career in finance before fully dedicating himself to his passion for painting. Driven by a fascination with humanity and its representations, he has developed a practice centered on portraiture, deeply influenced by the raw and introspective expression of Lucian Freud.

His work, executed primarily in oil, demonstrates a sharp attention to anatomy and bodily detail. With variations of drapery, use of verdaccio, and precise rendering of volumes, Chair draws on the legacy of the old masters — from the Italian Renaissance to Flemish and French classical painting — to revive academic techniques in the service of profoundly contemporary themes, such as modern alienation, mass culture, and the impact of social media on our perception of the individual.