BISA BUTLER - Artist Talk

Schedule

Tue Apr 08 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

RMCAD's Mary Harris Auditorium | Denver, CO

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RMCAD's VASD Program presents a free and public Artist Talk by Bisa Butler
About this Event

Doors open at 5:00 pm | Talk begins at 5:30 pm

Through her dynamic, celebratory quilted portraits of people of African descent, Bisa Butler (b. 1973, Orange, NJ) investigates the purposes and potential of portraiture within the Black historical narrative. Butler's influences range widely from personal family scrapbooks to American folk traditions and AfriCOBRA philosophies. Although her finished works are made entirely of textiles, Butler approaches the medium from a painterly perspective. Sourcing imagery mainly from photographs, she uses layered fabrics and quilting to create unique compositions, psychological depth, and detailed textures that she found missing from her paintings. By returning to textiles, Butler has reconnected with her family's history since it was her grandmother and mother who taught her to sew. 

Bisa Butler lives in South Orange, New Jersey and has a studio in Jersey City. Butler earned her BFA in painting at Howard University, Washington, D.C. in 1995 and holds a MAT in teaching art from Montclair State University, New Jersey. Her work has been exhibited widely, both domestically and internationally. In 2020, Butler had her first institutional solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Pérez Art Museum, Miami. The World Is Yours, Butler’s first solo exhibition with Jeffrey Deitch, in 2023 in New York, was enthusiastically received and attracted thousands of visitors.

Bisa Butler's Artist Talk is part of the 2024/2025 VASD Program Series. Go here to learn more about this year's artists and events.

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RMCAD's Mary Harris Auditorium, 1600 Pierce St, Denver, United States

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