Artist

Bisa Butler

born Orange, NJ 1973
Bisa Butler sitting on a chair with her artwork behind her.

Photo by Javier Romero

Born
Orange, New Jersey, United States

Videos

Exhibitions

Quilt featuring the portrait of a woman
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World
May 13, 2022–April 2, 2023
Renwick Gallery
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World showcases the dynamic landscape of American craft today.
Patterned, multicolor quilt with a central Akuabaa figure.
We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts by Black Women Artists
February 21, 2025–June 22, 2025
Renwick Gallery
Artists featured in We Gather at the Edge honor the Black story quilt tradition with work that envisions a more just and connected world.
Detail of a portrait quilt.
Bisa Butler: Tender Monuments
March 19, 2027–August 22, 2027
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bisa Butler: Tender Monuments presents three decades of the artist’s radiant, large-scale quilts that stitch together visual histories of Black people.

Related Posts

Detail of quilted portrait showing three African American soldiers
Contemporary CraftExhibitions12/05/2022
Threads of History: Bisa Butler’s Monumental Quilt The Harlem Hellfighters
SAAM’s video series, American Art Moments, takes a closer look at the monumental quilt The Harlem Hellfighters by Bisa Butler
A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.
Howard Kaplan
Writer
Detail of quilted portrait showing three African American soldiers
Contemporary CraftFrom the Collection05/02/2022
Contemporary Craft in Focus: Harlem Hellfighters
Learn more about artist Bisa Butler's vivid portraits of African American heroes from World War I
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