AMBREEN BUTT

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EDUCATION

1997 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
1993 BFA, National College of Arts; Lahore, Pakistan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Cirque du Monde, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 I Need a Hero, Site Specific Installation, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2005 I Need a Hero, Kustera Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
New Work on Paper, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Visualizing Diaspora: Constructing Self, Gallery Artists Studio Projects, Brookline, MA
Masala, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, CT
For the Birds, untitled (space) gallery/Artspace, New Haven, CT
2003 What is past, or passing, or to come, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
I must utter what comes to my lips, Worcester Art Museum; Worcester, MA
2002 Drawings by Ambreen Butt - Stephen L. Barstow Artist In Residence, University Art Gallery - Central Michigan University; Mount Pleasant, MI
2001 Ambreen Butt: Home and the World, Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, MA;
1999 Artist is an Allure of the closed; Invitational Site-Specific Installation, Institute of Contemporary Art; Boston, MA;
Bed of my own making; Ambreen Butt: Works on Paper, Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, MA
1997 Ambreen Butt: New Paintings, Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Banquet: A Feast for the Senses, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
2006 Threads of Memory, curated by Margaret Mathews Berenson, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Holy Land, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2005 Time’s Arrow: Twelve Random Thoughts on Beauty, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 For the Birds, Artspace, New Haven, CO
Playing with a loaded gun, Friedricianum, Kassel, Germany
2004 Masala Diversity & Democrary in South Asian Art, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, “
2003 Playing with a loaded gun, Apex Art, New York, NY
Contemporary Miniatures: India/Pakistan, The Fine Art Resource, Berlin, Germany
2002 Get in Line, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Artists in Residence, McColl center for visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2002 Painting in Boston: From 1950-2000, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park; Lincoln, MA
India - Contemporary Responses, The Art Complex Museum; Duxbury, MA
2001 HOME? Crosscurrents in Contemporary South Asian/American Art, The Brush Art Gallery; Lowell, MA
Home and the World, India Center for Art and Culture; New York, NY
2000 Material Revelations: Variations on COLLAGE, Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA
Palimpsest, Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism from 1950 to the Present, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center; Staten Island, NY
2000 Annual Exhibition, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park; Lincoln, MA
1999 Leroy Neiman Center for Prints and Drawings; Columbia University, NY
DNA Gallery; Provincetown, MA
Collectors Collect Contemporary 1990 – 1999, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Boston, MA
1998 Posing, Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts; Boston, MA
Washington Arts Association; Washington Depot, CT
1997 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
1996 Annual National Exhibition, National Art Gallery; Islamabad, Pakistan
Six Painters, Rohtas Gallery; Islamabad, Pakistan
Asar, Alhamra Art Gallery; Lahore, Pakistan
1995 Out of Pakistan, AMMARP Gallery; Boston, MA
1994 Spectrum, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art; Boston MA
1993 Three Painters from Lahore, Hunerkada Gallery; Islamabad, Pakistan
Miniature Painting, National College of Arts; Lahore, Pakistan
1992 Punjab Artists Association Annual Exhibition, Alhamra Art Gallery; Lahore, Pakistan
1991 Exhibition of Paintings and Prints by Young Artists, Empire Center; Lahore, Pakistan
Scope – 4, National College of Arts; Lahore, Pakistan
1990 Punjab Artists Association Annual Exhibition, Alhamra Art Gallery; Lahore, Pakistan

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2002 Central Michigan State University; Stephen L. Barstow Artist in Residence; Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
McColl Center for Visual Arts; Artist in Residence; Charlotte, NC
2001 Canada Council for the Arts; Creation Production Grant for Visual Arts; Canada
1999 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Boston, MA; Artist in Residence
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; ICA Artist Prize for excellence in art as a Boston artist; Boston, MA
1998 Saint Botolph Club Foundation Grant for Painters; Boston, MA
1997 ART/ OMI; Artist in Residence; New York, NY
Edward Albee Foundation; Artist in Residence; New York, NY
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award and Grant for Painters; New York, NYP.E.O
1996 International Peace Scholarship; Des Moines, IA

INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC PROJECTS

Invited Artist; Cavalcade of Cod Y2K; Boston, MA; 2000
Illustrator, The New Yorker Magazine; New York; 1997, 1998
Nawa-e-Waqt; Lahore, Pakistan; 1990

COLLECTIONS

Various Private and Public Collections in Pakistan, USA, and Europe
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art OMI; Ghent, New York
Chief Minister's House, North West Frontier Province; Pakistan
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park; Lincoln, MA
Edward Albee Foundation; Montauk, New York
Worcester Art Museum; Worcester, MA
Wellington Management Company; Boston, MA

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, March 27th 2003
University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC, October 28, 2002
Columbus School of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, September 10, 2002
Central Michigan University; Mount Pleasant, MI; April 11, 2002
Corey McPherson Nash Design; Watertown, MA; December 20, 2000
New England School of Art and Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA; October 10, 2000
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park; Lincoln, MA; January 11, 2003 and August 5, 2000
Fogg Art Museum - Harvard University; Art and Antiques Magazine; Cambridge, MA; March 11, 2000
Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, MA; April 21, 1999
School of the Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, MA; 1997-1998

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lilly Wei. Ambreen Butt, Kustera Tilton Gallery, ARTnews, October 2005, pp.166,167
Grace Glueck, Ambreen Butt: I Need A Hero, The New York Times, July 8, 2005, p.E32
Judy Birke, A Fowl Menagerie, The New Haven Register, March 14, 2004
Benjamin Genocchio, Not Only Watching, Painting and Sculpting, Too, The New York Times, February 15, 2004
Serena Crivellaro, For the Birds not for the weak of heart, flighty, The Yale Herald, January 23, 2004
McQuaid, Cate, Miniature paintings convey great power, The Boston Globe October 17, 2003
Mark Pickering, Art Exhibit Talks War, Gender, Independence, India New England News, May 1, 2003
Cate McQuaid, A woman of Many Worlds, The Boston Globe April 11, 2003
Nancy Sheehan, Ambreen Butt: Finding a Voice Through Her Art, Worcester Telegram, March 23, 2003
Boston Herald; Article by Mary Sherman; August 25, 2002; “Small Worlds’ show intricacies of India”
The New York Times; Art Review by Holland Cotter; August 23, 2002; “Art Complex, Duxbury”
The Boston Globe; Article by Cate Mcuaid,; August 23, 2002; “Small Paintings offer a big picture of India”
Mellisa L. Grunow, Identity on Display, Central Michigan Life, April 10, 2002
Stephen Jermanok, Artists In Residence, Boston Magazine, February, 2001
Brigid Watson, Exploring Identity: Artist Examines Tension Between East and West in New Series, South End News, November 25, 2001
Cate McQuaid, Painted Layers Reveal A Rich Self-Portrait, Boston Globe, November 10, 2001
Cate McQuaid, In Lowell Exhibition: A Fusion of South Asian, American Cultures, Boston Globe, March 29, 2001
Martin DesMarais, Mass. Gallery Exhibits South Asian Artists, India New England News, March 2001
Mary Sampas, Brush Art Gallery Celebrates the Exotic Art of India, The Sun (Lowell, MA), February 27, 2001
Christine Temin, For the Love of Cod, The Boston Globe, September 14, 2000
Cate McQuaid, In Brockton: Embodiment of Change, The Boston Globe, June28, 2000
Mary Sherman, Show Questions New York's Dominance, Boston Herald July 2, 2000
Cate McQuaid, Disparate Solo Shows Strong at DeCordova The Boston Globe, June 23, 2000
Denise Markonish, Defining a New Cultural Language, Art New England, June/July 2000
Karin Miller-Lewis, Recent Work by Artists of South Asian Descent in the USA, Art India, January 2000
Miles Unger, Bernard Toale Gallery/Boston -- Ambreen Butt: Works on Paper, Art New England, August/September 1999
Cate McQuaid, Miniature Myths The Boston Globe, April 29, 1999
Gary Duehr, Global Art from Local Collections, The Boston Tab, April 13, 1999
Posing, The Boston Globe, December 31, 1998
Ann Wilson Lloyd, Ambreen Butt at Bernard Toale, Art in America, May 1998
Joanne Silver, Brush Strokes Free Painter from Her Constraints, Boston Herald, December 19, 1997
George Creamer, Bridging Gaps, Graduate News, Mass. College of Art, March 1998
Young Talent Show at WAA, Voices, January 7, 1998
Alice Tessier The Show's the Reward for Young Talent, The Art Scene, January 1998
The Boston Globe, April 23, 1997
Awards: Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Announcement, Art in America, June 1997

CATALOGS

Painting in Boston, from 1950-present; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2002
Home And The World; India Center for Art and Culture; New York, NY 2001
HOME? Crosscurrents in Contemporary South Asian/American Art; Brush Art Gallery;
Lowell, MA; 2001
The 2000 DeCordova Annual Exhibition; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park; Lincoln, MA; 2000
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism; Snug Harbor Cultural Center; Staten Island, NY; 2000
Collectors Collect Contemporary; Institute of Contemporary Art; Boston, MA; 1999

AWARDS
2006 Maud Morgan prize: Ambreen Butt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004 Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, RI, Visiting Faculty in Painting department.
2002 Central Michigan University; Mount Pleasant, MI; Assistant Professor and Artist in Residence, Painting Dept.
1999 - 00 School of the Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, MA; Visiting Faculty, Painting Dept.
1997 – 03 Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA; visiting faculty.

2007

Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Cirque du Monde, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

Banquet: A Feast for the Senses, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA

2006

I Need a Hero, Site Specific Installation, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Holy Land: Diaspora and Desert Lineage, Heard Museum for Native American Art, Phoenix, AZ

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