Bisa Butler Fine Art

04/28/2023

https://deitch.com/new-york/exhibitions/bisa-butler-the-world-is-yours

07/29/2020

Coming up this Sunday at the American Folk Art Museum!

07/24/2020

Thank you Smithsonian Magazine and Liz Logan for the terrific article! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/bisa-butler-stitches-together-quilts-african-american-experience-180975397/

Her dynamic quilts that reimagine old portraits will be on display in New York in her first solo exhibition

03/06/2020

My quilted portrait of Wangari Maathai Environmental activist, women’s rights activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize on the cover of TIME Magazine’s special double issue 100 women of the year!

https://time.com/5793752/wangari-maathai-100-women-of-the-year/

03/06/2020

I’m feeling so thankful for the opportunity to create a quilted portrait for TIME Magazine of the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize ; Wangari Maathai! Thank you to D.W. Pine , Keith Grossman and the team at TIME, my husband John Butler, my gallerist Claire Oliver and Ellen Weisbord.

https://time.com/5793752/wangari-maathai-100-women-of-the-year/

Find out why TIME chose Wangari Maathai as one of the 100 women who defined the last century

02/27/2020

Thank you so much Disney/ABC’s Localish for the beautiful feature!

08/27/2019

Hello Cincy!Please join me this Friday August 30th from 6 to 8 at c21 Museum Hotel for an exhibit, art talk, music, and dance reception! https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/cincinnati/event/opening-reception-for-dress-up-speak-up-regalia-and-resistance/

Please join us for the opening celebration of our newest exhibition, Dress Up, Speak Up: Regalia and Resistance featuring an artist discussion with Bisa Butler and Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites. Enjoy special performances by DJ G9 from Meraki Haus and Beyond Ballet an hour before and after the eve...

03/15/2019

Merci!

03/14/2019

03/14/2019

Artist Bisa Butler draws from an array of vibrant patterned fabrics to create portraits of everyday people. She eschews representational colors, favoring layered jewel-toned hues to form the skin of her Black subjects, and often groups figures together into strong silhouettes. "I have always been

03/14/2019

I’m thankful for the terrific article ♥️

08/08/2017

Not your grandmothers quilt💥💥💥

07/11/2017

Kansas here I come! I'll be teaching at the first inaugural African American Quilter's Conference this Saturday in Lawrence Kansas.

08/20/2015

For colored girls... Younger version. This was sold this year at www.hearnefineart.com in LittleRock