An Afternoon with Artist Ambreen Butt

Ambreen Butt is an internationally known Pakistani American artist best known for her drawings, paintings, prints, and collages, Her work is included in many public and private collections such as the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Library of Congress in Washington DC, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington DC, the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA, the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA, among others. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Art in America, Art News, Artforum, and Art Asia Pacific. She has also appeared on NPR and PBS.  

Ambreen Butt's work is rooted in her bi-cultural identity and retains the intricate, decorative patterning that characterizes Indian and Persian miniature painting. She has updated the medium's painstaking technique with new materials, such as PET film, thread and collage.

Ambreen Butt's work, her miniature paintings, more specifically, are made to exemplify social issues. In particular, Butt's work addresses gender roles, cultural differences, the notion of freedom, and the meaning of human rights. This is achieved by blending imagery from newspapers and historical depictions on her canvases.

Please join us for a fascinating and informative afternoon with the artist!