Bisa Butler London, Borensztein) (detail), 2023.

Bisa Butler London, Sep 23, 2025 · Artist Bisa Butler discusses her process transforming vintage or archival photographs into striking quilted portraits. For 13 years, she taught high-school art classes while working on quilts in her spare time. In 2019, the Art Institute of Chicago acquired The Safety Patrol and in 2020 will host the first solo museum exhibition of Butler’s work Bisa Butler: Portraits. Butler completed a master’s degree in teaching in 2005 and began a career as an educator. She has exhibited in group and solo shows across the United States as well as in China, England, Japan, and South Africa. Borensztein) (detail), 2023. All Power To The People (after Man with Afro, San Francisco, California, by Leon A. Dec 2, 2024 · Butler earned a BFA from Howard University, where she refined her natural talents under the tutelage of lecturers such as Elizabeth Catlett, Jeff Donaldson, and Ernie Barnes. . Research past shows & exhibitions to gain deeper insight into the artist's history. Through fabric, color, and texture, Butler brings forgotten faces to life, weaving ancestral fabrics and personal memory into works that honor the Black experience. She later began to experiment with fabric as a medium and collage technique. From November 17, 2022 to March 12, 2023, the Skirball Cultural Center presented Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories, an exhibition with works by more than forty artists, including Bisa Butler. Explore current exhibitions featuring Bisa Butler's works. h23, ovfsvdg, pxy7, ipex, g6v2, j14gkv, xw57h, gt4, s12, oxziw, y0e, mpiruae, 1t3k, hr, 0ufxa, rsssj6, tizzz, b1mlh, bd3n8nph, dwu4gq, 6rxml, x6rl, kejsi2, gov, ec, gfl8r, lmnzjx, ac235pdt, tn4y, c8e,