Born in Lahore, Pakistan 1969.
  Currently lives and work in Boston, MA

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

  2008
  Dirty Pretty, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
  Dirty Pretty Special project, Bernard toale gallery, Boston, MA
  2007
  Cirque Du Monde, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
  I need a hero, Site Specific Installation, Flemming Museum University of
  Vermont, Burlington, VT
  2006
  2006 Maud Morgan prize: Ambreen butt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
  MA
  2005
  I Need a Hero, Kustera Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
  Demons, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  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,
  MA2002
  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

  2008
  Accumulations, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
  2007
  Global Feminisms; Davis Museum and Cultural center, Wellesley College,
  Wellesley, MA
  Global Feminism; Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for feminist art, Brooklyn
  Museum. New York, NY
  Home Coming; Pakistan National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
  2006
  Banquet; Feast for the Senses, Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena, CA
  Holy Land: Diaspora and the Desert; Heard museum, Phoenix, AZ
  Threads of Memory, curated by Margaret Mathews Berenson, Dorsky
  Gallery, Long Island City, NY
  2005
  Time's Arrow: Twelve Random Thoughts on Beauty, The Rotunda
  Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  The Observed and Envisioned; Davis Museum, Wellesley College,
  Wellesley, MA
  2004
  Visualizing Diaspora: Constructing Self, Gallery Artists Studio Projects,
  Brookline, MA
  Tale Spinning; The Drawing Center New York, NY
  I Want to Take you Higher; McKenzie Fie Arts, New York, NY
  For the Birds, Artspace, New Haven, CT
  Playing with a loaded gun, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
  Masala Diversity & Democracy 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
  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, New
  house 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; Province town, 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

  2006
  Maud Morgan Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  Joan Mitchell Foundation; Career opportunity grant; New York,
  NY
  2002
  Central Michigan State University; Stephen L. Barstow
  Artist in Residence; Mt. Pleasant, MI
  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; james and Audrey Foster
  Prize; Boston, MA

  The Boston Globe, Review by Ken Johnson, November 30th, 2006, “A dream like glimpse   of   the cosmic and mundane”
  The Nations, Article by Atteqa Ali, September 25, 2006, “New Platforms for Discussion, ,
  India New England, Article by Meera Rajagopalan, May 15, 2006, “Miniature Artist Mixes   Traditional
  Skills, modern ideas”
  Art News Magazine, Review by Lilly Wei, October 2005, “Ambreen Butt at Kustera Tilton   Gallery”
  Art Asia Pacific Magazine, Article by Atteqa Ali, Fall 2005 issue, “Impassioned Voices”
  The New York Times, Art Review by Grace Glueck, July 8th 2005, “I Need a Hero”
  India New England News, Article by Mark Pickering, May 1st 2003, “Art Exhibit Talks War,   Gender, Independence”
  The Boston Globe, Article by Cate Mcuaid, April 11th 2003, “A woman of Many Worlds”
  Worcester Telegram, Article by Nancy Sheehan, March 23rd 2003, “Ambreen Butt: Finding   a   Voice Through Her Art”
  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”
  Central Michigan Life; Article by Mellisa L. Grunow; April 10, 2002; "Identity on Display"
  Boston Magazine; Article by Stephen Jermanok; February 2001 Issue; "Artists In   Residence"
  South End News; Article by Brigid Watson; November 25, 2001; "Exploring Identity: Artist   Examines Tension Between East and West in New Series"
  Boston Globe; Article by Cate McQuaid; November 10, 2001; "Painted Layers Reveal A   Rich   Self-Portrait"
  Boston Globe; Article by Cate McQuaid; March 29, 2001; "In Lowell Exhibition: A Fusion of   South Asian, American Cultures"
  India New England News; Article by Martin DesMarais; March 2001; "Mass. Gallery   Exhibits   South Asian Artists"
  The Sun (Lowell, MA); Article by Mary Sampas; February 27, 2001; "Brush Art Gallery   Celebrates the Exotic Art of India"
  The Boston Globe; Article by Christine Temin; September 14, 2000; "For the Love of Cod"
  The Boston Globe; Article by Cate McQuaid; June28, 2000; "In Brockton: Embodiment of   Change"
  Boston Herald; Article by Mary Sherman; July 2, 2000; "Show Questions New York's   Dominance"
  The Boston Globe; Review by Cate McQuaid; June 23, 2000; "Disparate Solo Shows   Strong   at
  DeCordova"
  Art New England; Article by Denise Markonish, June/July 2000; "Defining a New Cultural   Language"
  Art India; Article by Karin Miller-Lewis; January 2000; "Recent Work by Artists of South   Asian   Descent in the USA"
  Art New England; Review by Miles Unger; August/September 1999; "Bernard Toale   Gallery/Boston -- Ambreen Butt: Works on Paper"
  The Boston Globe; Review by Cate McQuaid; April 29th, 1999; "Miniature Myths"
  The Boston Tab; Review by Gary Duehr; April 13th, 1999; "Global Art from Local   Collections"
  The Boston Globe; December 31st, 1998; Review for "Posing"
  Art in America; Review by Ann Wilson Lloyd; May 1998; "Ambreen Butt at Bernard Toale"
  Boston Herald; Article by Joanne Silver; December 19th, 1997; "Brush Strokes Free   Painter   from Her Constraints"
  Graduate News, Mass. College of Art; Article by George Creamer; March 1998, "Bridging   Gaps"
  Voices; January 7th, 1998; "Young Talent Show at WAA"
  The Art Scene; Review by Alice Tessier; January 1998; "The Show's the Reward for   YoungTalent"
  The Boston Globe; April 23rd, 1997; Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Announcement
  Art in America; June 1997; "Awards"